Effective date: 12/01/2017.
1. Cookies policy. Insanity Remains Webzine (IRW), will explain briefly within this cookies policy; What are cookies; How we use cookies on the website and notify you about our third parties that uses cookies, as well as to reiterate the IRW commitment to protect the personal information collected through the website and other services and include information about how to opt-out of them.
2. What are cookies? A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer, mobile phone or other device by the web server so that the website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the website. The cookie will collect information relating to your use of our sites, information about your device such as the device’s IP address and browser type, demographic data and, if you arrived at our site via a link from third party site, the URL of the linking page. If you are a subscriber it may also collect your name and email address; There are other similar technologies such as pixel tags (transparent graphic images placed on a web page or in an email, which indicate that a page or email has been viewed), web bugs (like pixel tags), and web storage, which are used in desktop software or mobile devices.
Cookies are either ‘session’ or ‘persistent’ cookies, depending on how long they are stored for:- ‘Session Cookies’ are only stored for the duration of your visit to a website and are deleted from your device when you close your browser;
- ‘Persistent Cookies’ are saved on your device for a fixed period after the browser has closed and are activated each time you visit the website where the cookie was generated.
3. What are the different types of cookies?
I. Essential Cookies:
These are cookies which are essential for the running of our websites. Without these cookies, parts of our websites would not function. These cookies do not track where you have been on the internet and do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing purposes.
II. Functional Cookies
Functional cookies are used to remember your preferences on our websites and to provide enhanced, more personal features. The information collected by these cookies is usually anonymised, so we cannot identify you personally. Functional cookies do not track your internet usage or gather information which could be used for selling advertising, but they do help with serving advertising.
III. Analytical Cookies
Analytical performance cookies are used to monitor the performance of our websites, for example, to determine the number of page views and the number of unique users a website has. Web analytics services may be designed and operated by third parties. The information provided by these cookies allows us to analyse patterns of user behaviour and we use that information to enhance user experience or identify areas of the website which may require maintenance. The information is anonymous (i.e. it cannot be used to identify you and does not contain personal information such as your name and email address) and it is only used for statistical purposes.
IV. Behavioural Cookies
Behavioral advertising cookies, which may be placed on your device by us or our trusted third-party service providers, remember that you have visited a website and use that information to provide you with advertising which is tailored to your interests. This is often called online behavioral advertising (OBA) and is done by grouping together shared interests based upon web browsing history. Your web browsing history can be used to infer things about you (e.g. your age, gender etc.), and this information may also be used to make advertising on websites more relevant to you. Although behavioral advertising cookies can track your activity around the internet they cannot identify you personally, even if you are signed in to our website. Without these cookies, online advertisements you encounter will be less relevant to you and your interests. If you would like more information about OBA, including how to opt-out of these cookies, EU please visit: www.youronlinechoices.com
4. How does IRW use cookies? IRW and our trusted partners use cookies for the following purposes:
Essential and Functional Cookies to enable certain online functionality (e.g. identify returning users, registrants and/or subscribers and to provide them with a personalized version of the website, commenting on the website). To disable Essential and Functional Cookies, please click here.
Analytical Cookies these cookies are used to measure user behavior to better develop our website, the service is provided by Google analytics, so we can analyze which pages are viewed and how long for and which links are followed, also we can use this information to provide more content of interest. If you want to opt-out of Analytical Cookies, please click here.
Behavioural Cookies are used to manage online advertising and revenue share arrangement, to measure general user behaviour across our website and third-party websites to build a profile based on browsing patterns so that we and third parties can target advertising to users with a more relevant user interest. If you would prefer to opt-out of Behavioural Cookies, please click here.
5. Third Party Cookies. When you visit our website, you may notice on some pages with content embedded (e.g. YouTube, Facebook, Amazon, eBay, etc.) this third-party service providers may set their own cookies on your device, IRW does not control the use of these third-party cookies and cannot access them due to the way that cookies work, as cookies can only be accessed by the party who originally set them. Please check the third-party websites for more information about these cookies.
6. How to Opt-Out of cookies? Some people find the idea of a website storing information on their device a little intrusive, when the information is stored and used by a third party. For example, you may object to being served advertising which is targeted to your interests based on your browsing history. If you would prefer to opt out of cookies, it is possible to control cookies by following the steps below, however you should be aware that you might lose some features and functionality of the website if you do so.
Cookies, including those which have already been set, can be deleted from your hard drive. You can also change the preferences/settings in your web browser to control cookies. In some cases, you can choose to accept cookies from the primary site, but block them from third parties. In others, you can block cookies from specific advertisers, or clear out all cookies. Deleting or blocking cookies may reduce functionality of the site. To learn more about how to reject cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org or go to the help menu within your internet browser. If you experience any problems having deleted cookies, you should contact the supplier of your web browser.
Opt-out of Analytical Cookies:
Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Opt-out of Behavioral Cookies:
If you would like to disable third-party cookies generated by advertisers or providers, you can turn them off by going to the third party’s website; Here are links to the main third-party advertising platforms we use, each of which have instructions on how to do this:
7. Contact. If you have questions or concerns regarding to our Cookies Policy, please feel free to contact us, at the following link: