Cookies support operation, interest tracking and third-party services
Together uses first- and third-party cookies. Some are technically necessary to operate the Website; others track and target users’ interests to enhance its Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies for advertising, analytics and other purposes. For the targeted-advertising process described later, collected information does not directly identify a name or contact details unless the user provides them.
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We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. They can accomplish this by using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details, or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.
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Advertising cookies make ads more relevant
Advertising cookies help prevent repeated ads, ensure ads display properly and, in some cases, select ads based on your interests. The policy does not say that every advertising cookie performs every one of these functions.
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These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
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IDE measures ad conversions; its purpose text says 1.5 years
The advertising table identifies IDE on .doubleclick.net as a DoubleClick server cookie measuring ad conversion rates. Its purpose text states a 1.5-year expiry, while the separate expiry field gives a different duration.
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Name: IDE
Purpose: Used to measure the conversion rate of ads presented to the user. Expires in 1.5 years.
Provider: .doubleclick.net
Service: DoubleClick
Type: server_cookie
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Analytics cookies support usage measurement and customization
These cookies collect information used either in aggregate form to understand Website use or marketing effectiveness, or to customize the Website for you. The aggregate qualifier describes the measurement use; the policy separately identifies customization.
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These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Website for you.
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Most advertising networks offer targeted-ad opt-outs
The policy says most advertising networks offer a way to opt out of targeted advertising and points to the Digital Advertising Alliance, its Canadian counterpart and the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance for more information. It does not promise that every advertising network participates or supply the linked programs’ detailed rules.
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In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit: