This page explains our approach to cookies on TechSpecifications.net website and how they affects you. Protecting our customers is at the heart of everything we do at TechSpecifications.net and protecting your information is no exception.
This means that any cookies used on our site will not contain personally identifiable information about you. However, we do use cookies on our website to help make your visits more effective so we’d like to explain more about how and why we use them.
Cookies make websites work better
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer by websites or sometimes by emails. They provide useful information to companies, which helps in all sorts of ways. For you, it means you can use the site more efficiently and save time by not having to re-enter your details each time you visit. They also make sure you receive the most relevant information from TechSpecifications.net. For us, cookies help us to analyse how our visitors interact with our website so we can make improvements.
We use three types of cookies on our websites
Session cookies that are deleted after each visit.
Persistent cookies that remain in place across multiple visits to our website.
Third party cookies that are used by our approved business partners.
Some of these cookies are essential and some are non-essential.
Some cookies are essential
Certain cookies are necessary in order for you to use our website. These are used ‘in-session’ each time you visit and then expire when you leave the site. They’re not stored on your computer and they don’t contain any personal data. However, you can delete them via your browser if you wish to, but this will restrict the functions that you’re able to carry out on our site. For more information about how to disable cookies in your browser please visit the About cookies website
Here’s a list of essential cookies and how we use them:
Session cookies:
These enable you to carry out some essential functions on our site, such as maintaining log in details for the session. They also help by minimising the need to transfer information across the internet. They are not stored on your computer and they expire when you terminate your browser session.
Tracking cookies:
These enable us to recognise repeat visitors to the site. By matching an anonymous, randomly generated identifier, we’re able to record specific browsing information such as how you arrive at the site, the pages you view, options you select, and the path you take through the site. By monitoring this information we’re able to make improvements to our site and by combining it with other information we hold about you we can serve personalised content to you on your return.
TechSpecifications.net use software to analyse page use, page interactions and the routes our customers take through our sites. These are known as ‘web metrics’. We don’t record any personal information you provide during an on-site log-in or any other process.
Some cookies are non-essential
These cookies are usually supplied by our business partners and help us to filter out irrelevant messages or pop-ups and to make sure that we only send you information that’s interesting and relevant to you. We also use some non-essential cookies for analytical purposes. Here’s a list of non-essential cookies and how they’re used:
DoubleClick cookies
Provided by our online advertising supplier, these cookies are used to serve our internet advertisements on other sites. Some of our web pages may contain electronic images that help us see how users interact on these pages. They may also provide DoubleClick with information about the interaction.
Marketing cookies
These cookies help us tailor the advertisements you see on third party sites by understanding what interests you on our website, such as the pages you view. We don’t combine this information with other personal information you provide us with.
Facebook, Twitter and other social networks
These services provide social buttons and similar features which we use on our website – such as the “Like” and “Tweet” buttons.
To do so we embed code that they provide and we do not control ourselves. To function their buttons generally know if you’re logged in; for example Facebook use this to say “x of your friends like this”. We do not have any access to that information, nor can we control how those networks use it.
Social networks therefore could know that you’re viewing this website, if you use their services (that isn’t to say they do, but their policies may change). As our website is remarkably inoffensive we imagine this is not a concern for most users.
Histats and Google Analytics
We also use Histats and/or Google Analytics. These are web analytics services provided by Histats and Google enabling us to recognise repeat visitors to the site. By matching an anonymous, randomly generated identifier, we’re able to record specific browsing information such as how you arrive at the site, the pages you view, options you select, and the path you take through the site. By monitoring this information we’re able to make improvements to our sites. Google also reserve the rights to the data collected.
You can accept or block cookies
By using our websites you agree that we can place both essential and non-essential cookies on your device. You can block any cookies from any website through your browser settings. For more information about how to disable cookies in your browser please visit the About cookies website
If you share the use of a computer, accepting or rejecting the use of cookies will affect all users of that computer.
