Cookies Policy
This Cookies Policy was published on 14/01/2019 and last updated on 03/03/2021.
About this Cookies Policy
This Cookies Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them on mykindofmeeple.com. You should read this policy to understand what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used and how to control the cookie preferences.
For further information on who we are, how you can contact us, how we use, store and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.
How do we use cookies?
Like most online services, our website uses cookies first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our websites are used mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.
What types of cookies do we use?
Essential: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information. For example, these cookies allow you to log-in to your account and add products to your basket and checkout securely.
Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.
Marketing: Our website displays advertisements. These cookies are used to personalize the advertisements that we show to you so that they are meaningful to you. These cookies also help us keep track of the efficiency of these ad campaigns.
The information stored in these cookies may also be used by the third-party ad providers to show you ads on other websites on the browser as well.
Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing contents on the website on social media platforms.
Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.
The cookies we use are:
Cookie name: lang cdn.syndication.twimg.com
Company: Twitter
Purpose: Determines the language settings of your browser so that we can show you relevant information in the right language.
Duration: Until end of session
Cookie name: _gat_gtag_[ID of website]
Company: Google Analytics
Purpose: Identification code of website for tracking visits
Duration: 2 years
Cookie name: _utma, _ga
Company: Google Analytics
Purpose: Statistics of website views: Counting visit number from individual computer
Duration: 2 years
Cookie name: _gid
Company: Google Analytics
Purpose: Identification of user returns within 24 hours of first view
Duration: 24 hours
Cookie name: _utmb
Company: Google Analytics
Purpose: Statistics of website views: Measuring duration of your visit on our website
Duration: 30 minutes
Cookie name: _utmc
Company: Google Analytics
Purpose: Statistics of website views: Measuring duration of your visit on our website
Duration: Until end of session
Cookie name: _utmz
Company: Google Analytics
Purpose: Statistics of website views: Noting how the user got to our website (through keywords, browsers, partner websites etc.)
Duration: 6 months
Cookie name: ad.id
Company: Amazon
Domain: amazon-ad.system.com
Purpose: Clickthroughs to Amazon websites: Noting how the user got to Amazon via this website
Duration: 190 days
Cookie name: IDE
Domain: Varies according to country (e.g. .doubleclick.net or google.com)
Company: Google
Purpose: Used by Google Marketing Platform and Google Ad manager for advertising.
Duration: 390 days
Cookie name: _gads
Domain: googlesyndication.com
Company: Google
Purpose: Used by Google to show adverts.
Duration: 6 months
Cookie name: DSID
Domain: .doubleclick.net
Company: Google
Purpose: Used by Google to show adverts.
Duration: 6 months
Cookie name: _sonar
Domain: .doubleclick.net
Company: Google
Purpose: Used by Google to show adverts.
Duration: 1 year
AdThrive
Advertising Privacy Statement
This Site is affiliated with AdThrive, LLC (“AdThrive”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site. AdThrive uses standard and widely-available tools for the placement and serving of ads, including those provided by Google, Inc. and its affiliates. We publish interest-based advertisements on the Site; that is, ads that are tailored to reflect your interests. To help understand your interests, AdThrive, Google and our other advertising partners will track your behaviour on our website and on other websites across the Internet using cookies.
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
By using this Site, you consent to the use of such cookies and the sharing of data captured by such cookies with AdThrive, Google, and our other third party partners. You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser by visiting: https://adssettings.google.com. You can also opt out of the network cookie using those settings or using the Network Advertising Initiative’s multi-cookie opt-out mechanism at: http://optout.networkadvertising.org. However, these opt-out mechanisms themselves use cookies, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your opt-out will not be maintained.
For European Economic Area Residents
If you reside in a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), then under the GDPR and applicable data protection laws you have the rights, among other things, to access your personal data, have us erase it, and/or restrict its further processing. If you wish to access or delete your personal data (if any) maintained by us or AdThrive related to advertising on the Site, you can contact us at [email protected] and contact AdThrive at [email protected]. If you wish to see a list of the advertising partners we work with or change which of those partners track your behavior using cookies, click the ad preferences link at the bottom of the site. (Available in the EU.)
For California Residents
California law gives residents the right to opt out of the “sale” of their personal information to third parties, including for advertising purposes. Under California law, the sharing of your information with a service provider for advertising purposes could be considered a “sale.” To opt out of the sharing of your information for advertising information, click the opt out link provided in the footer of this page. You also have the right to request from us the categories of personal information that we have shared and the categories of third parties to whom the information was provided. To make such a request, please contact us at [email protected]. To be clear we do not share your name, contact information, or any other sensitive information with third parties, and the categories of third parties that we share information with for advertising purposes are supply side platforms, programmatic advertising exchanges, and demand side platforms.
How can I control the cookie preferences?
Different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites.
You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies.
To find out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org. Further information about Google cookies can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy