COOKIE POLICY
The Real Crime Diary (“we”, “us” or “the website”) uses cookies and similar technologies to provide, improve, and promote our services. This Cookie Policy outlines how we use cookies and other tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our website. By using our website, you agree to the terms of this policy.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are used to store information about your interactions with the website, such as your preferences and browsing history, and enable certain features. Cookies are often used by websites to personalize the user experience, improve website functionality and efficiency, and provide targeted advertising.
Cookies may either be placed by the website owner, also called “first-party cookies”, or placed by third parties, called “third-party cookies”. We use both. Third-party cookies are set and managed by third-party service providers to collect information associated with your device and online activities. These cookies may be used to provide you with relevant advertisements and other targeted content as well as measure third-party advertisement effectiveness.
Types of Cookies Used by The Real Crime Diary
We use cookies to enhance user experience, understand visitor habits and user interactions with our website, monitor and analyze data, and improve how we promote our website. These cookies fall into one of the following categories:
Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of our website. They allow us to remember your preferences and ensure that you can navigate the site effectively.
Functional Cookies: These cookies enhance your user experience by recording your settings as well as remembering and maintaining your preferences each time you visit the website. These cookies are essential in allowing us to improve your experience when interacting with our website.
Analytical Cookies: These cookies help us understand how users interact with our website, allowing us to improve its functionality and content. They assist us in understanding user traffic around the site and determine which pages are visited most frequently. These cookies also assist us to improve and customize our services.
Targeting Cookies: These cookies are used by our advertising partners to deliver targeted advertising based on your interests and browsing history. These cookies assist in providing you with content relevant to you and showing you relevant ads on other sites.
How We Use Cookies and How Long They Last
We use cookies to:
Remember your preferences and improve your user experience: We use these cookies to remember your preferences and settings such as your language preferences, timezone settings, and screen display choices. We also use cookies to improve your experience on our website. The type of data collected for these purposes includes, but is not limited to, your website usage data, number of visits, and browser and/or device information.
Login Information: If you have an account and log in to the website, a temporary cookie is set to determine whether or not your browser accepts cookies. This cookie retains no personal data and is discarded once the browser is closed.
Persistent Cookies: When you log in, several cookies are also set to save your login information, such as your name and email address, as well as your screen display choices. This allows you to interact with the website without having to log in on each subsequent visit. Login cookies last for two days while screen option cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me” when logging in, your login information is retained for two weeks. If, however, you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment on our website, you may also opt-in to saving your login information through cookies. This allows you to leave subsequent comments without having to log in to your user account with each visit you make to the site. These cookies are solely for your convenience and will last for one year.
Editor Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you have edited or published. It expires after 1 day.
Deliver targeted advertisements: These cookies are used by third-party vendors, including Google, to better understand the individuals who are interested in the website and serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to the website or other websites. The type of information collected for this purpose includes, but is not limited to, cross-website tracking data, browser information, and advertisement conversion data.
How to Manage Cookies
You can manage your cookie preferences at any time by adjusting your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
Accept or Reject Cookies: Choose whether to accept or reject cookies from our website.
Clear Cookies: Delete cookies that have already been stored on your device.
Block Third-Party Cookies: Prevent third-party cookies from being stored on your device.
If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use the website, though your access to and the functionality of our website may be restricted. You may also visit any website we are advertising and choose to opt-out of the use of cookies by visiting aboutads.info.
Changes to This Policy
We reserve the right to update this Cookie Policy at any time and will post the most current version on our website. If we make significant changes to this policy, we will notify you through a notice on our website.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our Cookie Policy, please contact us at legal@therealcrimediary.com.
Effective Date
This Cookie Policy is effective as of June 26, 2024.