Use of cookies by Electronics Weekly
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Electronics Weekly requires cookies in order to operate fully and works with third party advertisers who place cookies on your computer to serve and target advertisements more effectively.
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Further information about the cookies used by Electronics Weekly is provided below.
Cookies used by Electronics Weekly
The following Cookie categories are based on the classification presented in The International Chambers of Commerce (ICC) Cookie Guide
Category 1: Strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide services that you have requested.
Category 1 Cookies used by Electronics Weekly
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Login status
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To Identify you as being logged in to our website.
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Load Balancing
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Cookies may be used to distribute load across our web servers - to ensure our websites perform well and give you the best possible experience.
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User Subscription Data
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Subscription cookies allow us to ensure that you can access resources which you have registered or paid for.
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Category 2: Performance cookies. These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often. The information collected by these cookies is aggregated, so these cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. The information collected is anonymous and is only used to improve the way our website works.
Category 2 Cookies used by Electronics Weekly:
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Web Analytics
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Google Web Analytics, Site Catalyst cookies are used to improve the design and user experience of our website by providing statistics on site usage and pages visited.
Click on this link to opt out of Google Web Analytics.
Click on this link to opt out of Site Catalyst HBX Analytics.
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Embedded Videos
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Most videos on Electronics Weekly are hosted on YouTube.
These sites use cookies to collect video statistics and improve site experience.
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Related Advertising
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VirtualSearchWorks powers our “Industry Resources” tool. It uses the following cookies:
C1READ & ADMINC1 – These two are just used for traffic routing and load balancing. They contain no identifiable information.
ERA_C1 & ERA_C2 – These are visit and visitor cookies. These cookies contain a unique string that we use to anonymously identify your browser or mobile device while keeping your identify hidden.
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Category 3: Functionality cookies. These cookies allow us to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more relevant features.
Category 3 Cookies used by Electronics Weekly:
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User Preferences
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Preference cookies remember settings you’ve applied to this site such as Layout, Default views, Search filters, Number of Search results per page, Video bandwidth etc..
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Optimizing User Experience
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Remembering recently viewed pages. Remembering your last search term.
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Login Information
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Login cookies may be used to communicate your login details across pages of this website. This data is encrypted and not shared with third parties.
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Category 4: Targeting or Advertising cookies. These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advert as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers.
Category 4 Cookies used by Electronics Weekly:
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Targeted Advertising
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Advertising cookies are used by third parties to gather and send information to other websites so that they can present you with adverts you may be interested in.
These cookies can be linked to clicks on ‘Like’ or ‘Share’ buttons which may be used on this site.
The following third party advertising networks are used by Electronics Weekly:
· Doubleclick (Google)
· Adtech
· Disqus.com
· Sharethis
You may choose to decline these cookies by visiting the following sites.
· Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
· Google advertising opt-out page
· Adtech opt-out page
· Sharethis opt-out page
In addition, third party advertisers run adverts on Electronics Weekly and use their own advertising networks.
If you would like to block cookies being set by third party networks you may do so through the preference settings on your browser.
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Campaign Tracking
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Campaign Tracking cookies are used to monitor how effective adverts, promotions and e-newsletters are. Electronics Weekly traffics its own campaigns through :
· Doubleclick (Google)
· Adtech
· Site Catalyst
You may choose to decline these cookies by visiting the following sites.
· Google advertising opt-out page
· Adtech opt-out page
· Site Catalyst opt-out page
In addition, third party advertisers run campaigns on Electronics Weekly.
If you would like to block cookies being set by third party networks you may do so through the preference settings on your browser.
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To contact us about the use of Cookies on this site please email eucookies@rbi.co.uk