This Cookie Policy explains how Scrittore ("Company," "we," "us," and "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at scrittore.net. It explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and 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.
1. 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 to make their websites work — or work more efficiently — and to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner 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., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits our website and when it visits certain other websites.
2. 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 website to operate — we refer to these as essential or strictly necessary cookies. Other cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our website. Third parties serve cookies through our website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes, as described below.
3. 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 Preference Center, available in the notification banner and on our website. The Cookie Preference Center 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.
If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website, though your access to some functionality and areas may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.
4. Types of Cookies We Use
The specific first- and third-party cookies served through our website and the purposes they perform are described below. Note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on which areas of the website you visit.
Essential Website Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
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Purpose: Used to track and analyze user behavior to distinguish humans from bots or automated software.
Provider: www.google.com
Service: reCAPTCHA
Expires: Persistent
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Purpose: Placed by Cloudflare on end-user devices that access sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode.
Provider: scrittore.net
Service: CloudFlare
Expires: 30 minutes
5. How Can I Control Cookies on My Browser?
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. Below are links to cookie management instructions for the most popular browsers:
- —Chrome
- —Internet Explorer
- —Firefox
- —Safari
- —Edge
- —Opera
In addition, most advertising networks offer a way to opt out of targeted advertising. For more information, please visit:
- —Digital Advertising Alliance
- —Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada
- —European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance
6. Other Tracking Technologies (Web Beacons)
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may also use other similar technologies, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when someone has visited our website or opened an email containing them.
This allows us to monitor traffic patterns between pages, deliver or communicate with cookies, understand whether you have arrived from an online advertisement on a third-party website, improve site performance, and measure the success of email marketing campaigns.
In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, so declining cookies will impair their functioning.
7. Flash Cookies / Local Shared Objects
Websites may also use Flash Cookies (also known as Local Shared Objects or "LSOs") to collect and store information about your use of our services, for fraud prevention, and for other site operations.
If you do not want Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash Cookie storage using the tools in the Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also control Flash Cookies via the Global Storage Settings Panel, which provides instructions on how to delete existing Flash Cookies, prevent Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer, and block Flash Cookies from third-party operators.
Note that restricting Flash Cookies may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications used in connection with our services.
8. Targeted Advertising
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 to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services you may be interested in. They may also use technology to measure the effectiveness of advertisements.
This process uses cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to various sites. The information collected does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details, or other directly identifying information unless you choose to provide it.
9. How Often Will This Policy Be Updated?
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the cookies we use, or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.