Marcus Lee: In order to enhance user experience, websites make use of various types of cookies. These cookies can be broadly categorized as:
- Necessary Cookies: These are essential for the website to function properly. They are usually set in response to actions such as login, filling forms, or setting preferences. Blocking these cookies may result in some parts of the website not working.
- Functional Cookies: These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by the website or by third-party providers.
- Advertising Cookies: Set by advertising partners, these cookies are used to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites.
- Analytical Cookies: These cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with the site by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
- Other Online Identifiers: This category includes various online identifiers and information stored on your device for purposes such as recognizing it across different services.
- Location and Device Characteristics: With user consent, precise location and device-specific information may be used to support various purposes.
- Security and Fraud Prevention: Data may be used to monitor for and prevent fraudulent activity, as well as to ensure the security and proper functioning of systems and processes.
- Technical Compatibility: Information like IP address and device capabilities is used to ensure the technical compatibility of content and ads.
- Data Matching and Combination: User activity on the service may be combined with information from other sources for various purposes.
- Device Linking: Devices may be linked based on user activity and usage patterns across multiple services.
- Device Fingerprinting: Devices may be distinguished based on automatically transmitted information when accessing the Internet.
