Introduction
We and third parties we partner with use cookies and similar technologies on our websites (including mobile sites), social media sites (“Sites”), and mobile applications (Apps) (collectively “Online Services”) to give users (“you” or “your”) the best possible browsing experience.
This Cookies Statement explains:
- what cookies are,
- how I use cookies and similar technologies,
- how third parties I partner with may use cookies and similar technologies and
- your choices regarding acceptance of cookies and similar technologies.
By creating or logging in to an online account with me or using our Online Services, you agree to using cookies and similar technologies on my Online Services for the purposes I describe in this Cookies Statement.
If you have any questions about how I use cookies and similar technologies or would like to complain, please contact me at contact@holgerimbery.blog
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file placed on your PC, tablet,, or mobile phone (collectively “Devices” and individually “a Device”) when you visit an online service. Cookies send information back to the originating service or another online service that recognizes that cookie.
Cookies can be either permanent (persistent cookies) and remain on your Device until you delete or clear them or temporary (session cookies), where they stay until you close your browser.
Cookies can also be either first-party cookies set by the online service you are visiting or third-party cookies set by an online service other than the one you are visiting.
Cookies help us to do things such as:
identify your Device when you use our Online Services; identify which browser you use; identify which specific pages you view and the time and date you visited our Online Services; remember you when you return; provide you with a faster, better, and safer browsing experience; keep track of your preferences; provide you with a more personalized experience and measure and analyze traffic patterns and user behavior on our Online Services.
How we use cookies
We use different types of cookies for different purposes, including the following:
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Sign-in and AuthenticatTon – to verify your account, remr you whesign inign-in so that you don’t need to keep signing in, and keep you logged in so that you can navigate easily between pages on our Online Services.
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Your Preferences and Settings—These help us remember your preferences, including your preferred language, browser settings, and communication and opt-out preferences, so that they do not have to be reset each time you return to our Online Services.
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Performance – to assess the performance of our Online Services and to improve the features, functions, content, and design of our Online Services.
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Analytics and Research—to collect usage and performance data related to our Online Services. For example, we may use cookies to count the number of unique visitors to pages on our Sites, what content was viewed, and what links were clicked on, to log users’ IP addresses to analyse trends, and to compile other statistics about use of our Online Services and user behaviour. These cookies include our cookies and third-party cookies.
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Security—to enable and support our security features, keep your account safe, and help us combat fraud and any activity on our Online Services that violates our policies or applicable law.
Cookies and similar technologies used by me and third parties
We and the third parties that we partner with use the following cookies:
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Functional cookies These cookies are essential for the technical operation and proper functioning of our Online Services. They enable you to register and log in, move around our Online Services easily, and access secure areas. Without these cookies, our Online Services won’t function properly.
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Targeting cookies Third parties, including our advertising partners, may set these cookies through our Sites. They may use them to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites. These cookies do not directly store personal data but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and Device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
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Performance cookies Performance cookies allow us to collect aggregated and anonymous data on how our Online Services are used, such as the number of visitors to our Online Services, how you navigate around, and the time spent on our Online Services, and also to identify any errors in functionality. These cookies also help us improve the way our online services work by ensuring that you can find what you’re looking for easily, better understand what you are interested in, and measure the effectiveness of the content of our online services. These cookies may bepermanent, temporarys, or first-part,y or third-party cookies. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our Onlin.e Services and will not be able to monitor its performance.
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Strictly necessary cookies These cookies help us to improve and personalize your browsing experience by storing your preferences and providing enhanced functionality.
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Third Party Cookies and Similar Technologies Our Online Services display content and social media features from third parties, including Facebook’s “Like” button, Twitter’s “Follow” button, and LinkedIn’s “Share” button on our Online Services. When you visit web pages containing third-party content, cookies used by those third parties may track your use of our Online Services and collect information such as your IP address and which pages you visit.
Third parties may also use similar technologies to cookies, such as web beacons (clear GIFs embedded on web pages), local shared objects (also known as flash cookies, i.e. messages used in Adobe Flash) that are sent from a web server to a web browser and are then stored as a data file in a browser) to help us to deliver personalised content to you on our Online Services.
Third party cookies and similar technologies use browsing information collected to do things such as:
- count the number of visitors to our Online Services;
- identify the web pages you view and the links you click on and other actions you take on those web pages; and
- identify the online service from which you came before arriving at a particular web page. We also use third party analytics tools such as Google Analytics which use cookies and similar technologies to collect data about your online activities, in order to analyse your behaviour on our Online Services and activities and trends. This data helps us compile aggregated statistics about the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns or other operations. Please be aware that we do not control the use of third party cookies and similar technologies.
- Your Cookie Choices If you don’t want to receive cookies, or want to adjust your cookies preferences, most browsers allow you to change your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Your browser’s “help” function will tell you how to do this.
You should be aware that if you block or delete cookies, our Online Services may not work properly and you may not be able to access certain areas.
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Updates to this Cookies Statement We may update this Cookies Statement at any time. If we do, we will update the “last modified” section at the bottom of this Cookies Statement. We encourage you to regularly review this Cookies Statement to stay informed about our use of cookies.
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How to contact us If you have any questions about this Cookies Statement, please contact us at contact@holgerimbery.blog
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