Cookie Policy
This site uses own and/or third party cookies to improve its services, to personalize ads and to analyze traffic. By using this site, you agree to its use of cookies as presented below:
In order to improve User’s browsing experience, Scorpiology.blogspot.com cookies as well as third-party cookies (such as cookies from Google Adsense, Google Analytics or any similar) are used within the Website.
A cookie is a file/piece of information that is placed on the Users’ device when they visit a Website and that has the role to store information about their use of the Website.
We automatically receive and record information from your device or web browser when you interact with the Services. This information may include, your IP address, an ID that we may create and associate with our content, cookie information, and other details.
Scorpiology.blogspot.com cookies help to improve the service provided, User experience, make browsing easier and more efficient, interact with third-party advertisements and Websites, enable additional features on the Website as well as help Scorpiology.blogspot.com to analyze how Users browse within the site.
Generally, the Website automatically collects usage information, such as the number and frequency of visitors to the Website. We may use this data in aggregate form, that is, as a statistical measure. This type of aggregate data enables us and third parties authorized by us to figure out how often individuals use parts of the Website so that we can analyze and improve them.
At the moment, Scorpiology.blogspot.com cookies have the functions presented below. Please note this may change overtime and so you are advised to check this section for updates from time to time:
- Traffic Analysis Cookie: is used to record and analyze the behavior and browsing experience of the Users while using the Website. The information gathered through this cookie type is used to analyze the activity of the Website and to develop and improve the Website. Scorpiology.blogspot.com uses a cookies from a third party, Google Analytics.
- Advertising Cookie: has the role to improve the placement of certain advertisements within the Website and makes it possible to manage in the most effective way the advertising spaces within the site, so that users are served with more relevant advertisements. Scorpiology.blogspot.com uses a cookie from a third party, Google AdSense/Double Click. For the EEA users, please note that we have opted for non-personalised ads into Google Adsense service.
- PHPSESSID cookie: stores information about a user’s session within the website and is a general cookie that is used to isolate one user’s activity from other simultaneous users within the Website.
- : it is used to store the user’s acknowledgment that the Website is using own and/or third party cookies. Please note that for the Cookie policy notification, once you click “I Accept” we will place the cookie in your browser so that we know that you have been informed. This data is not transmitted or stored in our system.
Below, we list the cookies used in the Website:
| Cookie Name | Expiration Time | Description |
| _ga | 2 years: | Used to distinguish users. |
| _gid | 24 hours: | Used to distinguish users. |
| _gat | 1 minute: | Used to throttle request rate. This cookie does not store any user information; it’s just used to limit the number of requests that have to be made to doubleclick.net. |
| PHPSESSID | At the end of the navigation session: | Used to isolate a user’s activity from other simultaneous users activity |
| Cookie policy notification | 1 year: | Used to store the users acknowledgment on the cookie policy of the Website. |
Users have the option to check the list of cookies used by any website visited in most browsers in the ‘Help’ section in the tool bar/Tool>Options/Privacy section.
In regard of the third party cookies this Website uses at the moment, you can learn more by checking the following resources:
Google uses the DoubleClick cookie on AdSense sites, partner sites and certain Google services to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times a given ad is shown to one user. You can read more here;
Google uses the Analytics cookies to define user sessions and to provide a number of reporting features and statistics. These cookies are used to help at the collection of data required for traffic analysis. You can learn more here;
A general guideline about how Google uses cookies can be found here;
Network advertising opt-out
Our ad partners may collect data and use cookies for ad personalisation and measurement. Advertising cookies collect the following information: unique identification assigned to your device; IP address; device and browser type; operating system; referring URLs; content viewed or other actions taken on the Site; time and date of those actions; and country information. Where ad preferences are requested as ‘non-personalised’ cookies may still be used for frequency capping, aggregated ad reporting and to combat fraud and abuse. To opt-out of this type of advertising, you can visit www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.
What can you do?
Your web browser should provide you with the controls to manage and delete cookies from your device, so please see your web browser options. You can manage cookies by activating the setting on your internet browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. Some cookies will be saved for specific time periods, where others may last indefinitely while this information can be seen into the data you can find into your browser.
Please refer to the instructions or the online help files available via your relevant browser if you wish to manage cookies in this way. Alternatively, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/ for further information.
To manage cookies relating to targeted advertising activities, you can visit www.youronlinechoices.com.
To opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you can visit Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
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