Cookie Notice
Last Updated: DRAFT September 27, 2021
When you visit MST’s websites or the MST Account Portal, we and our service providers acting on our behalf automatically collect certain data using tracking technologies like cookies and web beacons. This notice describes what tracking technologies we use and what we use them for.
A cookie is a piece of data contained in a very small text file that is stored in your browser or elsewhere on your hard drive. Cookies allow MST to identify your device as you navigate through our publicly-accessible website (the MST Site) or our account portal. We also use them to recognize return visitors to the MST Site. This helps make navigating and interacting with the MST Site and our account portal more efficient, easy and meaningful.
By themselves, cookies do not identify you specifically. Rather, they recognize your web browser. So, unless you identify yourself specifically to MST, like signing into the account portal, we don’t know who you are just because you visited the MST Site.
MST uses both session and persistent cookies. Session cookies are cookies that disappear from your computer or browser when you turn off your computer. Persistent cookies stay on your computer even after you’ve turned it off.
You can turn off your web browser’s ability to accept cookies. But, if you do that, certain parts of the MST Site or account portal may not work for you.
Cookies Used in our Services
| Cookie Type | Description | Management Settings |
|---|---|---|
| Required cookies | Required cookies make it possible for you to access our account portal, navigate within the portal, and access information related to your account. | Each time you log into the account portal, a cookie containing an encrypted, unique identifier that is tied to your account is placed on your browser. These cookies allow MST to uniquely identify you when you are logged into the account portal and to process your online transactions and requests. Required cookies are necessary to operate the account portal, so you can’t opt out of them. |
| Functionality cookies | Functionality cookies allow the MST Site and account portal to remember information you have entered or preferences you select, and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies allow you to optimize your use of MST’s account portal after logging in. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customize. | You can use your browser settings to opt out of functionality cookies. Note that opting out may affect the functionality of our Site or account portal for you. |
| Application Cookies | Application cookies include user authentication, anti-forgery, license management, language, session ID, and unread notification alert cookies. Application uses cookies for the purposes of authentication, session management, and choice of language for the UI. Application Cookies cannot be used to track users' personal preferences and choices. No data on personal website use is collected. | You can use your browser settings to opt out of application cookies. Note that opting out may affect the functionality of our Application for you. |
What We Do With IP Addresses
When you visit the MST Site, account portal, or use our products and services, we collect your IP addresses to track and analyze information about the devices that are connecting to our systems and about where those devices are located. For example, we use IP addresses to track which regions visitors to our MST Site or Customers logging into our account portal come from and to detect possible fraud or prevent unauthorized use.
How We Treat Do Not Track Signals/California Do Not Track Disclosure
Various browsers allow a “do not track” (DNT) setting that relies on a technology known as a DNT header, which sends a signal to websites visited by the individual about the individual’s browser DNT setting. At this time, there is no general agreement on how companies like MST should interpret Do Not Track signals. Therefore, MST does not currently commit to respond to DNT signals, whether that signal is received on a computer or on a mobile device. MST does, however provide meaningful choices to you about the information that is collected through cookies and web beacons through the various opt-out options set forth above. We will continue to monitor developments around DNT browser technology and the implementation of a standard.
How you contact us
You may contact via email at privacy@mstfirm.com. Or, you may write to us at the address listed below: MacMillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC One Maritime Plaza, Fifth Floor 720 Water Street Toledo, Ohio 43604