Check Point Cookies Notice
This Cookies Notice provides you with information about the cookies we use and why we use them. It should be read together with the Check Point Website Terms and Conditions (governing your use of the Webpages and Services) and the Check Point Privacy Policy (outlining our practices regarding your personal data).
This Cookies Notice applies to cookies used on any Check Point website with the Check Point domain and the Check Point operated websites listed below including (each a “Webpage” and together the “Webpages”):
This Cookies Notice also applies to cookies used on any Check Point service including these listed below, which may not be an exhaustive list (each a “Service” and together the “Services”):
- Check Point Mobile Security Solutions;
- ThreatCloud AI;
- Capsule Cloud;
- SandBlast Cloud Service
References to “We” and “Us” in this Cookies Notice means Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., 5 Shlomo Kaplan Street, Tel Aviv 67897, Israel, and other affiliates or companies within the Check Point international group.
Unless otherwise stated, the definitions used in the Check Point Website Terms and Conditions are adopted in this Cookies Notice.
A. WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies are small text files that are sent to and temporarily stored on your computer, smartphone or other device for accessing the internet whenever you visit a website.
B. WHY DO WE USE COOKIES?
We use Cookies for a variety of reasons, including:
- To improve the functionality and performance of the Webpages and Services (including your user experience) and to make sure the Webpages and Services perform as you expect them to
- To prevent any potential disruptions or cyber attacks to the Webpages or Services
- To distinguish you from other users of the Webpages and Services, and
- To allow us to tailor Webpage and Service content to better suit your interests and needs
C. TYPES OF COOKIES WE USE
We use the following types of cookies on our Webpages:
| Cookies |
Description |
Duration |
| Analytics and Integrity cookies |
These help us analyze how you use the Webpages and Services and allow us to identify what you like, do not like and how we can improve things for you. They also allow for site integrity, such as remembering when you are logged into a secure area. |
These cookies will remain until they are deleted. |
| Session cookies |
These cookies are essential to ensure performance of our Webpages and allow you to use our online services. You will be unable to load our pages if you block these cookies. We also use session cookies to save your language preferences or display search queries. |
These cookies will expire when you leave the Webpages. |
| Functionality cookies |
These cookies are not essential but they enhance your use of the Webpages. Pre-filling of fields is one example of what these cookies do, as are social media cookies which allow for the sharing of content. |
These cookies typically expire after 2 years. |
| Authentication cookies |
These provide you with access to User Center: our secured login area and main portal (“User Center”). Without this cookie, you will be unable to register or log in, and thus be unable to access User Center. |
These cookies typically expire after 6 years |
| ‘Strictly necessary’ cookies |
These cookies are essential to ensure performance of the Webpages and include Session Cookies. |
These cookies typically expire after 3 months |
| Targeting or advertising cookies |
These cookies allow us to display promotions and advertisements from external websites that may be of interest to you. We have also signed a written data processing agreement with Google based on a template created by Google in association with data protection authorities. For further information on this, please contact Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland or visit www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and/or www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
For more information about interest-based ads, or to opt out of having your web-browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes, please visit www.aboutads.info/choices if you are in the United States, or youronlinechoices.eu if you are outside the United States. |
These cookies typically expire after 3 months |
Most of the cookies we use do not save any information that can identify you as an individual. Instead, we receive general and anonymized information from these cookies regarding all users of our Webpages and Services, including, but not limited to: the services accessed, the browser and operating systems used, activity data relating to the use of documents, time and date stamps, the type of user device and the cities that users are located in. We only collect part of your IP address in a form that does not permit recognition of or mapping to a specific individual.
Where you have provided us with information about you as an individual (for example, by registering with us), we may use information collected using cookies to identify you as an individual and to inform you about products or services that may be of interest to you.
We use this collected data for the purposes of troubleshooting, internet based advertising, informing you about products or services that may be of interest to you and improving the services offered.
D. MANAGING YOUR COOKIES
By using the Webpages and/or closing the pop-up cookie notice, you consent to the use of cookies on the Webpages. If you do not consent to the use of cookies on the Webpages, you should immediately leave the Webpages and/or change your browser settings to block 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 the Webpages, you can do this at any time by changing your browser settings. Your browser’s ‘help’ function will tell you how to do this. You do not have to accept cookies, however, please note that cookies are often used to enable and improve certain functions on the Webpages. If you choose to block cookies through your browser settings, it is likely to affect how the Webpages work and you may not be able to access all or parts of the Webpages.
For more information about how to disable cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
For more information about interest-based ads, or to opt out of having your web-browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes, please visit www.aboutads.info/choices if you are in the United States, or youronlinechoices.eu if you are outside the United States.
E. CONTACT US
Questions, comments and requests regarding this Cookies Notice can be sent to us using the contact details set out below:
checkpoint.com/about-us/contact-us
Or: privacy_inquiries@checkpoint.com
United States
Check Point Software Technologies Inc.
959 Skyway Road, Suite 300
San Carlos, CA 94070
International
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
5 Shlomo Kaplan Street
Tel Aviv 67897, Israel
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