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COOKIES NOTICE

Welcome to Hindenburg Media’s Cookies Notice. This Cookies Notice explains how Hindenburg Media uses cookies. Do you have a concern or question regarding our Cookies Notice? If so, kindly contact contact@hindenburgmedia.com.

1. INTRODUCTION  

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently. We use cookies to record your interactions with our website. This, in turn, allows us to offer you a personalized and positive experience when you come to our site and help us make the website better.

2. ARE COOKIES SAFE?

Because the data stored in cookies doesn’t change, they are not harmful. Cookies cannot infect computers with viruses or other malware. Cookies only store information that your browser uses. Cookies can neither access any content on your computer nor create viruses or malware.

3. ARE THERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COOKIES?

When it comes to cookies there are two main categories: persistent cookies and session cookies.         

• Session cookies: They contain information that is stored in a temporary memory location which is deleted after the session ends.
• Persistent cookies: They are stored on a user’s computer and remain there after the user has closed their browser.   
• Strictly necessary cookies:  These are used by a website to function properly, without which the site would not work.  
• Functional cookies:  They help personalize the end-user browsing experience. Functional cookies support additional functionality to improve our site.  
• Analytical cookies: These cookies are used for tracking website visitors and their user behavior. With this data, we are able to improve the way our website works, which in return, enhances user experience. Google Analytics (GA) cookies are a common example.
• Marketing cookies: They record your visit to our site and the pages you visit. This, in turn, helps send advertising and make our website more relevant to your interests. Data collected by marketing cookies might be shared with third parties and websites for this purpose.

Some cookies collect data that is used for more than one purpose. We make use of only cookies that are strictly necessary for their purposes unless users give us consent for any other uses which these cookies have.

First-party cookies are created and used on a single domain. In other words, they aren’t shared with other websites or advertising partners. Here’s how they work.

When you visit a website, a snippet of JavaScript code fires up and creates a first-party cookie for you. Sometimes, the website will ask you to accept the cookie to proceed. And in some cases, you won’t be able to use key features of the website unless you accept.

In theory, these types of cookies improve and personalize your experience on the site. For example, when you visit a website that requires login credentials and it remembers personal user data such as email addresses and passwords — that’s a first-party cookie at work.

Third-party cookies are those created by domains other than the one the user is visiting at the time and are mainly used for tracking and online-advertising purposes.

Imagine you just viewed a digital camera on an e-commerce website but decidednot to buy it yet. Suddenly, you start to see ads for that product on other websites you visit.

That isn’t magic or coincidence. It’s third-party cookies at work.

Session and persistent cookies

Session cookies are cookies that last for a session. A session starts when you launch a website or web app and ends when you leave the website or close your browser window. Session cookies contain information that is stored in a temporary memory location which is deleted after the session ends.

Persistent Cookies are cookies that are stored on a user’s computer and remain there after the user has closed their browser. They can be used to store user preferences and other information. Persistent cookies are used to improve the user experience by allowing website owners to store information that can be used to customize a user’s experience on a website.

What are “Web Becons” and “Pixels”?

Both websites and HTML emails may also contain other tracking technologies such as “web beacons” or “pixels.” These are typically small transparent images that provide us with statistics, for similar purposes as cookies. They are often used in conjunction with cookies, though they are not stored on your computer in the same way. As a result, if you disable cookies, web beacons may still load, but their functionality will be restricted.

How do we use cookies?

We use cookies for a number of different purposes. Some cookies are necessary for technical reasons; some enable a personalized experience for both visitors and registered users; and some allow the display of advertising from selected third party networks. Some of these cookies may be set when a page is loaded, or when a visitor takes a particular action (clicking the “like” or “follow” button on a post, for example).

Many of the cookies we use are only set if you are a registered user (so you don’t have to log in every time, for example), while others are set whenever you visit one of our websites, irrespective of whether you have an account.

Controlling Cookies

Visitors may wish to restrict the use of cookies or completely prevent them from being set. Most browsers provide for ways to control cookie behavior such as the length of time they are stored – either through built-in functionality or by utilizing third party plugins. If you disable cookies, please be aware that some of the features of our service may not function correctly.

On a mobile device, you may also be able to adjust your settings to limit tracking.  

Some analytics services we use, which place their own cookies or web tags on your browser, offer their own opt out choices. For example, you can opt out of Google Analytics by installing Google’s opt-out browser add-on.