COOKIE POLICY
 
Last updated February 3, 2021
 
 
 
This Cookie Policy explains how Screen Ties, LLC ("Company", "we", "us", and "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our websites athttps://www.screenties.com, ("Websites"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
 
In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.
 
What are cookies?
 
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
 
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Screen Ties, LLC) are called "first party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third party cookies". Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
 
Why do we use cookies?
 
We use first and third party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Websites 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 Websites for advertising, analytics and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
 
The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our Websites and the purposes they perform are described below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):
 
How can I control cookies?
 
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.
 
The Cookie Consent Manager can be found in the notification banner and on our website. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
 
The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our Websites and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):

Essential website cookies:
 
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Websites and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
 
Name: __cfduid
Purpose: Used by Cloudflare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address, and apply security settings on a per-client basis. This is a HTTP type cookie that expires after 1 year.
Provider: .cloudflare.com
Service: CloudFlare View Service Privacy Policy  
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 30 days

 

Performance and functionality cookies:

These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Websites but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like comments) may become unavailable.

Name: disqus_unique
Purpose: These cookies are controlled by Disqus, which provides discussion forum software enabling website owners to plug powerful functionality into their sites.
Provider: disqus.com
Service: Disqus View Service Privacy Policy  
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 11 months 30 days
Name: __jid
Purpose: These cookies are controlled by Disqus, which provides discussion forum software enabling website owners to plug powerful functionality into their sites.
Provider: disqus.com
Service: Disqus View Service Privacy Policy  
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 30 minutes
Name: G_ENABLED_IDPS
Purpose: These cookies are controlled by Disqus, which provides discussion forum software enabling website owners to plug powerful functionality into their sites.
Provider: disqus.com
Service: Disqus View Service Privacy Policy  
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 7979 years 7 days

Analytics and customization cookies:

These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Websites are being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Websites for you.

Name: _pk_ses#
Purpose: Tracks the pages requested by the visitor in a session for use by the Matomo (formerly Piwik) Analytics Platform. It last for 30 minutes. During this time the cookies keep the session active. Once they are inactive, the session is ended.
Provider: www.screenties.com
Service: Matomo Analytics Platform View Service Privacy Policy  
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 30 minutes
Name: _pk_id#
Purpose: Enables anonymous collection of statistics on the user visit to the website. Information collected include pages read, average time spent and the number of visits. The default validity of this cookie is 1 year.
Provider: www.screenties.com
Service: Matomo Analytics Platform View Service Privacy Policy  
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 1 year 27 days
 
How often will you update this Cookie Policy?
 
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
 
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
 
Where can I get further information?
 
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please use our contact form or email us at [email protected] .