Cookie Policy

At Westwood Investments, located in the heart of Toronto's financial district, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you have a clear understanding of how we use cookies on our website. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, the types of cookies we use, how we use them, and how you can manage your cookie preferences. Westwood Investments is dedicated to providing exceptional financial guidance, and part of that commitment includes transparency regarding your data.

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, tablet, or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies enable websites to remember your actions and preferences (such as login details, language, font size, and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another. Think of them as a digital "memory" for our website.

Types of Cookies We Use

We use various types of cookies to enhance your experience on our website. These include:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our website. They enable you to navigate the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, like logging into your account, cannot be provided.
• Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they get error messages from web pages. This helps us to improve the way our website works. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
• Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for, such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
• Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers.

How We Use Cookies

Westwood Investments uses cookies for the following purposes:

• To Improve Website Functionality: Cookies help us understand how visitors use our website, allowing us to identify areas for improvement and optimize the user experience.
• To Personalize Your Experience: We use cookies to remember your preferences and tailor the content and information you see on our website to your specific needs. For example, remembering your preferred language settings.
• To Analyze Website Traffic: Cookies allow us to track and analyze website traffic, which helps us to understand which pages are most popular and how users navigate through our site. This information is invaluable in making data-driven decisions about website improvements.
• For Marketing Purposes: With your consent, we may use cookies to deliver targeted advertisements and marketing communications that are relevant to your interests. This helps us connect you with the financial services and opportunities that align with your investment goals.

Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use third-party cookies on our website. These cookies are placed by third-party service providers, such as analytics providers and advertising networks, to help us analyze website traffic, deliver targeted advertisements, and improve our marketing efforts. We carefully select our third-party partners and ensure that they adhere to strict privacy standards. These partners include services like Google Analytics to better understand user behavior on our site.

Managing Cookies

You have the right to control and manage your cookie preferences. You can typically do this through your web browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies, or to receive a warning before a cookie is stored. Please note that blocking or deleting cookies may affect the functionality of our website and may prevent you from accessing certain features or services. For example, personalized content may not be displayed correctly.

To learn more about how to manage cookies, please refer to the help documentation of your web browser or visit www.allaboutcookies.org . This website provides comprehensive information about cookies and how to manage them across different browsers.

Specifically, you can:

• Disable Cookies: Prevent all cookies from being set in your browser.
• Clear Existing Cookies: Remove cookies that have already been stored on your device.
• Control Cookies on a Site-by-Site Basis: Allow or block cookies from specific websites.

By continuing to use our website without changing your cookie settings, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this Cookie Policy.

Policy Updates

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our cookie practices or legal requirements. We will post any updates on our website, and we encourage you to review this policy periodically. The date of the latest revision will be indicated at the top of this page.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about our Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us at:

Westwood Investments
100 King Street West, Suite 500
Toronto, ON M5X 1A9
Email: privacy@westwoodinvestments.ca
Phone: 416-555-0100

Attn: Privacy Officer, Sarah Thompson