Effective Date: 8 September 2022
Sharetheload and its affiliates, third parties, and other partners use cookies and other identification technologies on our websites, mobile applications, electronic communications, advertisements, and other online services (collectively, the "Services") for a number of purposes, including: authenticating users, remembering user preferences and settings, determining the popularity of content, delivering and measuring the effectiveness of advertising campaigns, analyzing site traffic and trends, and generally understanding the online behaviors and interests of people who interact with our Services. You can read more here about the types of cookies and other technologies we use, why we use them, and how you can exercise your choices.
1. Cookies Overview
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your browser or device by websites, apps, online media, and advertisements. There are different types of cookies. Cookies served by Sharetheload or any other entity that operates the domain you visit are called "first party cookies." Cookies served by companies outside the visiting domain are called "third party cookies." Thus, Google may set a cookie on your browser whilst you are visiting www.sharetheload.com. This would be known as a third party cookie. Cookies may vary over time. Some cookies are session cookies, which last only while your browser is open and are deleted when the browser or page is closed. Other cookies are persistent cookies, which may remain after your browser is closed and may recognize your device when you reopen your browser.
2. Other Identification Technologies
2.2 Other technologies used by Sharetheload are the following:
"Pixel tags" also called beacons or pixels are relatively small blocks of codes installed on an application, a website, advertisement which can retrieve certain information about your device and browser, including but not limited to type of device and its operating system, browser and its version, website visits and time of those visits, IP address and location, and other information, including cookies that uniquely identifies the device. Pixel tags provide the means by which third parties can set and read browser cookies from a domain that they do not themselves operate and collect information about visitors to that domain, typically with the permission of the domain owner.
"Local storage" generally refers to other places on a browser or device where information can be stored by websites, ads, or third parties such as local storage and/or cache.
Software Development Kits, also called SDKs, can function like pixels and cookies, but they operate in mobile applications where browser-based pixels and cookies may not work. Application Programming Interfaces, also called APIs, may function similarly in the context of websites and connected services.
3. Your Choices
You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. With that said, they are an important part of how our Services work, so you should be aware that if you choose to refuse or remove cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of the Services.
By default, most web browsers are set to accept cookies. Should you prefer otherwise, you can set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. To do so, please follow the instructions provided by your browser which are usually located within the "Help" or "Preferences" menu. Some third parties also provide the ability to refuse their cookies directly by clicking "opt-out."
For further information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu.
4. Types and Purposes of Cookies
The following table sets out the different categories of cookies that our Services use and why we use them. The examples below are illustrative and not exhaustive. The third-party providers used by Sharetheload may change over time.
| Type of Cookie | Purpose | Who Serves (for example) |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication Cookies | Authentication cookies and other technologies tell us when you are and have logged in. This allows us to show you the appropriate experience and features such as your account information, payment history, ratings and to edit your account settings. | Sharetheload |
| Security and site integrity cookies | Sharetheload uses these cookies to support or enable security features to help keep Sharetheload safe and secure such that they enable us to remember when you are logged into a secure area of the Services and help protect your account from being accessed by anyone other than you. | Sharetheload |
| Localization | Localization cookies help Sharetheload provide a localized experience. For example, we may store information in a cookie that is placed on your browser or device so you will see the site in your preferred language. | Sharetheload |
| Site features and Services | These provide functionality that help Sharetheload deliver products and Services. Examples include cookies that help you log in by pre-filling fields. We may also use cookies and other technologies to help us provide you and others with social plugins and other customized content and experiences, such as making suggestions to you and others. | Sharetheload and selected service providers |
| Analytics and research | Analytics and Research cookies are used to understand, improve, and research products and Services, including when you access the Sharetheload website, related websites and apps from a computer or mobile device respectively. For example, we may use cookies to understand how you are using site features, and segmenting audiences for feature testing. We and our partners may use these technologies and the information we receive to improve and understand how you use websites, apps, products, services and ads. | Google MixPanel Optimizely |
| Advertising | Things like cookies and pixel tags are used to deliver relevant ads, track ad campaign performance and efficiency. For example, Sharetheload and selected advertising partners may use information from these cookies to show relevant ads or measure campaign performance. Similarly, our partners may use cookies, attribution service or other technologies to determine whether we have served an ad and how it performed. This will provide us with information about how you interacted with them. For more information about interest-based advertising, or to opt out of having your web-browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes, you may visit the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out page if you are in the United States, or Your Online Choices if you are in Europe. | Sharetheload and selected advertising partners |
5. Contact us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact legal@sharetheload.com.