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Our websites use the following cookies for the collection of website usage statistics and to ensure that we can. These are anonymous and temporary. By using our websites, you agree that we may place these types of cookies on your device.
Service | Cookie | Purpose |
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Google Analytics | _utma, _utmb, _utmc, _utmz | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our websites. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve websites performance. All information are being collected anonymously. Click here for more information about Google Analytics Cookie Usage or privacy. |
AddThis | _atuvc | Social sharing tool, used to share content on the most popular social platforms e.g. Facebook or Twitter. Click here for an overview of privacy at AddThis. |
Smart Thumbs | stvisitor, stclick, stfirst | Used to organize and sort content by categories, popularity and relevancy. |
Crystal Trader | cr_tr | Used to organize and manage friendly websites by visits and popularity. |
SmartCJ | from, lfrom, idcheck, vs, index_page, rot_in, last_dest, last_url, vs_spon, stds_* | Used to organize and sort content by popularity, also helps to order friendly websites by visits. |
Our Branded Applications | id, multi-unique, notmob, saw_index, timestamp, visit | These cookies used to ensure that user sessions are persistent, to set a specific style of website, to organize and sort content by popularity. |
Advertising Cookies | phpsessid, goals, impressions, lng | The advertisements on our websites are served by a number of third party ad serving providers, including ExoClick, amongst others. The cookies accompanying the adverts allow them and their advertisers to monitor the effectiveness of the ads (e.g. by using statistical analysis cookies) and make the ads more relevant to you (e.g. you may get ads from your local country). If you would like more information about the cookies used by the providers listed above, please see their privacy policies at: http://www.exoclick.com/privacy.php |
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. Please note however that by deleting our cookies or disabling future cookies you may not be able to access certain areas or features of our websites. Please note that most of these cookies are necessary for proper functioning of our websites and others are required to collect anonymous statistics which help us to improve these websites.
Most web browsers have cookies enabled, but at the bottom of this page you can see how to disable cookies. Please note that cookies can't harm your computer. We don't store personally identifiable information in the cookies, but we do use encrypted information gathered from them to help provide you with a good experience when you browse our websites.
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Most web browsers allow control of cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Also, some browsers have Privacy (Incognito) modes that allows you to browse the web anonymously. In this mode browsers do not keep any data like history of views or cookies on your device.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
To opt out of being tracked by AddThis across all websites visit http://www.addthis.com/privacy/opt-out.