Paxos Cookie Policy

1. Understanding how and why we use cookies

Paxos Trust Company, LLC and itBit PTE. Ltd., together with other members of their group (we/us/our), use cookies on our website (Site) and product platforms (Products) to distinguish you from other users of the Site and Products. This helps us to improve your experience when using our Site and Products and to ensure the Site and Products perform as you expect it to. By browsing the Site and Products, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

Due to recent changes in law, all websites which operate across certain parts of the European Union are required to obtain consent to using or storing cookies (or similar technologies) on your computers or mobile devices. This Cookie Policy provides you with clear and comprehensive information about the cookies we use and the purposes for using them. To review the privacy policies that apply to users of our Products, please read our Privacy Policy.

2. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are sent to and stored on your computer, smartphone or other device for accessing the internet, whenever you visit a website. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device. We use the following cookies on our Site and Products:

‘strictly necessary’ cookies, which are essential to ensure performance of the site. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Site and Products.

More information about cookies can be found on www.allaboutcookies.org.

3. How cookies make our websites safer and easier to use

Cookies are used for a variety of reasons, such as to improve the functionality and performance of this Site and Products. If you leave a secure session window open when logged in to Paxos, cookies will enhance your security by prompting you to end (and/or automatically ending) your secure session.

When we include links to third party websites, please bear in mind they will have their own privacy and cookie policies that will govern the use of any information you submit. We recommend you read their policies as we are not responsible or liable for any third party’s privacy practices.

4. How you can manage your cookies

The browsers of most computers, smartphones and other web-enabled devices are typically set up to accept cookies. If you wish to amend your cookie preferences for this Site and Products or any other websites, you can do this through your browser settings. Your browser’s ‘help’ function will tell you how to do this.

However, please remember that cookies are often used to enable and improve certain functions on our Site and Products. If you choose to switch certain cookies off, it is likely to affect how our Site and Products work and you may not be able to access all or parts of the Site and Products.

For more information about how to disable cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.