What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer or the storage device on your tablet or mobile. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer hard drive or your tablet or mobile storage device.Types of cookie used
The glob on someday, "the Blog" does not use its own cookies. However, the Blog does make use of third party cookies in order to make the Blog work and to ensure you have the best user experience, these cookies fall into the following categories:| Cookie Type | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Essential | Required for the Blog to function, without them the Blog would be unable to function. |
| Performance / Analytics | Used to anonymously track performance and analytics data (including location, number of visits, browser and Operating System) |
| Functionality | Includes cookies required to provide functionality such as remembering your previous comment. |
| Advertisements / Tracking | Includes cookies to track your preferences, which are used to determine relevant advertisements. |
These cookies fall into two further sub-categories:
| Cookie Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Session Cookie | These cookies only last as long as the session. As soon as the session is finished, these cookies expire and are deleted. |
| Persistent Cookie | These cookies will be persisted (i.e. saved as a text file) for a time-limited period (e.g. days, months, years) after which the cookie expires. |
How we use cookies
Of the third party cookies, the following are, or may be, used:| Third Party Service(s) | Types of Cookie used |
|---|---|
| Blogger | Essential Cookies, Functionality and Performance / Analytics cookies are used as part of the Blogger service. |
| Google Analytics | Analytics and Performance cookies. |
| Google Custom Search, Google Translate | Google cookies are used as part of Google Custom Search and Google Translate |
| Youtube, Vimeo etc. | Youtube, Viameo cookies may be used, only applies to articles with video content. |
| Amazon | Some Amazon advertisements can used on this blog, thus includes Advertisement / Tracking |
| Facebook sharing may involve the use of cookies | |
| Twitter sharing may involve the use of cookies | |
| Google+ sharing may involve the use of cookies | |
| The Blog has opted out of AddThis cookies (anonymous tracking of shares made) |
In addition, because Flash is currently used for videos on the Blog, Flash cookies may be used (these can be deleted using the settings on Adobe Flash Player). In the future, advertising tracking cookies will be used, as advertising will be placed on the Blog.
Please see the Cookie Policies for Blogger, Google, Amazon, Youtube, Vimeo, Facebook, Twitter and AddThis for more information.
In using the Blog, you agree to the Cookie Policy of the Blog.
How to disable cookies
For the best user experience, it is recommended to use cookies as not doing so could adversely affect your user experience as well as jeopardise the correct execution.You can consider using exceptions to block all other cookies except cookies related to the Blog, and other sites which you trust.
If you want to know how to block cookies this please look at the Help menu on your web browser(s). Find out more about the use of cookies and on how to block cookies on http://www.cookiecentral.com or http://www.aboutcookies.org/page-1.. To find out how to block cookies and manage exceptions on your mobile phone, tablet or other mobile device, please consult your user manual.