A cookie is a small file saved on your computer to help store preferences and other information that is used on webpages that you visit. We use cookies on our website so that our webpages “remember” who you are as you navigate from page to page and process any requests you may have. Typically, a cookie will contain a user or session identifier without containing personal information about the user. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We, along with third-party vendors such as Google use cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to track website and app performance.

Tracking

Using cookies when you visit our website, we may automatically collect statistics about your visit. This information does not identify you personally, but rather about your visit to our website. We may monitor statistics such as how many people visit our site, which pages people visit, from which domains our visitors arrive, and which browsers people use. We use these statistics about your visit for aggregation purposes, not to track what specific individuals are doing on our sites. We do this for many reasons, including the following:

• to recognize new visitors to our websites;
• to recognize past visitors;
• to present more personalized content, to improve your website experience, optimize your browser experience, and provide site and service enhancements; and
• so that we can better understand our investors, our borrowers, our website visitors, and their respective interests.

We may also occasionally send you informational e-mails or questionnaires. These e-mails may include links to our website or to the websites of other organizations. To enable us to tailor our communications to your interests, we may track the web links that you click on. This tracked information will only be used to analyze your interest in our communications, and in keeping with the Gatehouse Group’s privacy policy, will not be shared with any other organizations. Alternatively, if you wish to remain anonymous, you can access the web pages referenced in those e-mails and your visit will not be tracked.

Turning off Cookies and Tracking

Through your browser settings, you can accept or decline cookies or set your browser to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. You can delete cookies that have been installed in the cookie folder of your browser. The various browsers provide different procedures to manage your settings. Click on any of the browser links below for instructions:

• Microsoft Windows Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-managecookies
• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&p=cpn_cookies
• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences?redirectlocale=enUS&redirectslug=Enabling+and+disabling+cookies

If you are not using the listed browsers, you should go to the “Help” function for information on where to find your cookie folder.