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What Are Cookies?
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What Do We Use Cookies For?
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What Types of Cookies Do Websites Use?
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Types of Cookies Used On This Website
| Cookie type | Need your permission? | What does it do? | Do these cookies collect my personal data? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technically-necessary cookies | No | These cookies are essential to ensure that the Website functions properly. These include those required to allow registered users to authenticate. | The information collected by these cookies may contain your personal data, such as your IP address or e-mail address. |
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| Third Party / Embedded Content | Yes | Our Website makes use of different third party applications and services to enhance the experience of Website visitors. This includes embedded content from Youtube and Vimeo. As a result, cookies may be set by these third parties, and used by them to track your online activity. We have no direct control over the information that is collected by these cookies. | Most types of these cookies can be detected via their IP address or via an account that you have created with a social media platform, so that they can contain personal data. |
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Which Cookies Do We Use?
| Cookie used | What does it do? | How long does the cookie stay on the device? | Cookie information |
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| Analytics / Tracking | Provides anonymous / aggregated information about where you are going and what you are doing on the Website | 2 years | Google Analytics |
| Rich Media | Supports various parts of functionality on the Website and websites of partners such as playing videos. | N/A | YouTube, Vimeo, Juicer hashtag feed |
More Information
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