Last updated: November 11, 2026
This Cookies Policy explains how Egan-Jones Ratings Company ("Egan-Jones", "we" or "us") uses cookies and similar technologies on the websites we operate that link to this policy (each, a "Site"), on our client platforms and in our emails, and how you can control them. It should be read with our Privacy Policy.
1. What cookies and similar technologies are
Cookies are small text files that a website stores in your browser. A first-party cookie is set by the site you are visiting. A third-party cookie is set by another company, for example one whose content appears on the page. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser, and persistent cookies remain until they expire or you delete them.
Similar technologies include local storage, which keeps information in your browser, and web beacons (also called pixels), which are small images in web pages or emails that report when they have been loaded.
2. Our approach
We keep these technologies to a minimum. We do not use advertising cookies or social media tracking pixels on our Sites, and we do not use cookies to build profiles of visitors for advertising. Where a Site uses optional technologies and the law requires it, we ask for your consent before setting them.
3. Types we use
Strictly necessary
Our hosting and security providers may set cookies needed to deliver a Site, balance traffic and tell genuine visitors apart from automated attacks. These are required for the Site to work. You can block them in your browser, but parts of the Site may then stop working.
Preferences
Some Sites store your settings in your browser, such as display preferences and your cookie choices, so that they apply on later visits.
Analytics
Some Sites use analytics that record which pages are viewed, so that we can understand how the Site is used and improve it. Where a Site offers cookie settings, these analytics run only if you allow them, and you can change your choice at any time.
Embedded third-party tools
Some Sites embed tools provided by other companies, such as meeting schedulers. These providers may set their own cookies to run their tools, protect against fraud and measure use of their services, under their own cookie policies.
Client platforms
Our client platforms use cookies or local storage that are strictly necessary to sign you in, keep your session secure and apply your account settings. The platforms cannot be used without them.
Our newsletters and other marketing emails may contain web beacons and tracked links that tell us whether a message was opened and which links were clicked. We use this information to understand which content interests our readers and to keep our mailing lists current. Most email programs let you block images, which stops web beacons from loading.
4. Managing cookies
Where a Site offers cookie settings, you can use them to accept or decline optional cookies. Most browsers also let you see which cookies are stored, delete them, and block cookies from all sites or from particular sites, usually from the browser's privacy or security settings. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent parts of a Site or platform from working, and blocking a third-party provider's cookies may prevent its embedded tool from working. You can always contact us by email instead.
Some browsers send Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signals. Because we do not use cookies for advertising or to sell or share personal information, these signals do not change how our Sites work.
5. Changes to this policy
We will update this policy when we change the technologies we use, and we will change the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.
6. Contact us
Questions about this policy can be sent to compliance@egan-jones.com or to the postal address in our Privacy Policy.