Cookie Policy

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. What are cookies and similar technologies?
  3. How we use cookies
  4. How to manage your cookie preferences
  5. Updates to this Policy
  6. How to contact us

1. Introduction

This cookie policy explains how 24zero.net uses cookies and similar technologies.

2. What are cookies and similar technologies?

“Cookies” are small text files that websites place on your device as you are browsing. They are processed and stored by your web browser and are used to perform various different functions, such as remembering user preference and measuring how you use a website. You can find more information about cookies at: www.allaboutcookies.org

“Local storage” is a similar technology to cookies and an alternative which we may also use.

Where we refer to “cookies” in this policy, we mean “cookies” or “local storage”.

In general, cookies are used to do lots of jobs. This could be for functional purposes to operate website functions, tracking purposes to collect analytical data or for third-party advertisement services.

What are the different types of cookies?

Session cookies – Cookies which expire once you close your web browser.

Persistent cookies – Cookies which stay on your device for a set period of time or until you delete them.

First-party cookies – Cookies which are set on your device by the website you are visiting.

Third-party cookies – Cookies used within our services which are set on your device by other (third-party) organizations, such as analytical or advertisement services.

What are the different purposes for cookies?

Cookies are not all used for the same reasons and have different purposes. This can include:

Strictly necessary cookies – Also known as “essential cookies”, these cookies are essential for running our website. Without these cookies, parts of our website would not function.

Preference cookies – Also known as “functionality cookies”, these cookies are used to remember user preferences on our website to provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies may be set by us (first-party) or by a third-party whose services we added to our web page.

Statistics cookies – Also known as “performance cookies”, these cookies collect information about how visitors use our website. The information these cookies collect is anonymized, so it cannot be used to identify an individual user. It is used to improve how our website performs.

Marketing cookies – These may be placed by us or a third-party advertising network we use on our website and can be used for a number of different purposes, including frequency capping, aggregated ad reporting and to combat fraud and abuse. In conjunction, these cookies can also be used to personalize advertisements, unless the ads being served are non-personalized. Information these cookies collect may be shared with third-party organizations or advertisers.

3. How we use cookies

We use cookies in the following ways:

Essential

These cookies are necessary for this website to function and would not work properly without them.

This website uses essential cookies for:

  • Cookie preference – to remember a user’s preference about cookies on our website.

Performance / Analytics

Using Google Analytics (third-party service), we monitor the performance of our website. To achieve this, we collect usage statistics to know how our website is accessed, is used and is generally performing. For example, this allows us to determine the number of pageviews and the number of unique users our website has. We use this information to better understand our audience and their usage of our website, to better engage with our audience as well as develop and improve our products and services.

We do not receive personally identifiable information through Google Analytics about users and we do not combine data we collect with user data from other sources. Regarding IP addresses, according to Google, Google Analytics 4 does not log or store IP addresses – you can read this on Google’s support page.

Google AdSense (Third-Party advertising service)

Using Google AdSense (third-party service), we show ads on our website. Depending on your location and (if applicable) consent in Google AdSense settings for this website, you will either receive personalized or non-personalized advertisements.

If you receive non-personalized adverts, ads are targeted using contextual information rather than the past behavior of a user, in other words, the ads shown are less relevant to you.

Other cookies Google ads use include cookies for frequency capping, aggregated ad reporting and to combat fraud and abuse.

Any cookies pertaining to the AdSense service are handled by a third-party system provided and managed by Google. If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the UK, you can manage and revoke your consent to Google AdSense cookies on our website, either by or by scrolling to the bottom of our website on any page and selecting the “Cookie Settings” link, then “Settings” and look for “Google AdSense” in the list. Once found, read the description.

Also we (24zero.net) DO NOT SELL personal information relating to ads served on this website, nor do we sell any personal information of any kind.

Third-party contact form service

To make our contact forms work, we use a third-party contact form service called Formspree. You may find that you are redirected to a Formspree webpage to confirm you are not a robot, to help prevent our contact form being abused to send us spam. As you will no longer be on our website because of this redirect, you may be exposed to Formspree’s cookies, which may allow Formspree and their third-parties to collect or share data about you. We have no control over Formspree cookies and this Policy does not apply to Formspree and their services.

Embedded third-party content

When you visit a page on our website with content embedded from a third-party service provider (such as YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter), they may set their own cookies on your device. We do not control the use of any third-party cookies and cannot access them due to the way that cookies work, as cookies can only be accessed by the party who originally set them. Please check the third-party websites for more information about these cookies.

4. How to manage your cookie preferences

You can withdraw or modify your consent to our use of cookies at any time.

On-site Cookie Settings

You can review and manage your consent to cookies at any time by selecting “Cookie Settings”, found across every page of this website, at the bottom in the footer.

Browser Cookies

Most modern mainstream browsers give you control over cookies placed on your device. If you no longer wish to receive cookies you can use your web browser settings to accept, refuse and delete cookies. To do this, follow the instructions provided by your browser (usually located within the “Help”, “Tools” or “Edit” settings). The following links may be helpful:

Please note that if you set your browser to refuse cookies, you may not be able to use all the features of our website. To find out more information, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

5. Updates to this Policy

We may occasionally make changes to this policy and when we do, the website’s cookie notice will be updated to reflect the changes and notify users.

6. How to contact us

If you need to contact us regarding this policy, please use our website’s contact form.