Last Revised: August 17, 2021
We use technologies on the site www.verticalslicegames.com (the Site) to collect information that helps us improve your online experience. In this Cookie Policy, we refer to these technologies, which include cookies, pixels, web beacons and gifs, collectively as cookies. This policy explains the different types of cookies used on the Site and how you can control them.
We may change this Cookie Policy at any time. Please take a look at the last effective date at the top of this page to see when this Cookie Policy was last revised. Any changes in this Cookie Policy will become effective when we make the revised Cookie Policy available on or through the Site.
Any personal information that we collect through the use of cookies is obtained through transparent notice to you and through your consent. Where applicable, we provide you with the opportunity to opt out. We hope that this Cookie Policy helps you understand, and feel more confident about, our use of cookies. Please also see our Privacy Policy to understand the other ways in which we use information we collect about you. If you have any further questions, please contact us at [email protected].
1. What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work in a better, more efficient way. They can do this because websites can read and write these files, enabling them to recognize you and remember important information that will make your use of a website more convenient (e.g., by remembering your user preferences).
2. What cookies do we use?
Below we list the different types of cookies we may use on the Site.
Performance Cookies
Performance cookies, which are sometimes called analytics cookies, collect information about your use of this Site and enable us to improve the way it works. For example, performance cookies show us which are the most frequently visited pages on the Site, allow us to see the overall patterns of usage on the Site, help us record any difficulties you have with the Site and show us whether our advertising is effective or not.
Performance cookies on this Site are:
- _ar_v4 (Google DoubleClick; Cookie Type: 2; Expiration: 5 years) – Helps with tracking conversion rates for ads.
- _utma (Google Analytics; Cookie Type: 2; Expiration: 2 years) – Helps to identify sessions of visitors.
- _utmb (Google Analytics; Cookie Type: 2; Expiration: 30 minutes) – Helps to identify new users to the Site.
- _utmc (Google Analytics; Cookie Type: 2; Expiration: Session) – Helps to identify new users to the Site.
- _utmt (Google Analytics; Cookie Type: 2; Expiration: 10 minutes) – Helps to throttle traffic rate for Google servers.
- _utmz (Google Analytics; Cookie Type: 2; Expiration: 2 years) – Helps to identify the traffic source of visitors.
- _ga (Google Analytics; Cookie Type: 2; Expiration: 2 years) – Helps to identify sessions of visitors.
- _gaat (Google Analytics; Cookie Type: 2: Expiration: 10 minutes) – Helps to throttle traffic rate for Google servers.
These cookies are set by Google Analytics to enable website owners to track visitor behavior and measure site performance. To opt out of Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager, please visit the Google Analytics Site.
Functionality Cookies
In some circumstances, we may use functionality cookies. Functionality cookies allow us to remember the choices you make on our Site and to provide enhanced and more personalized features, such as customizing a certain webpage, remembering if we have asked you to participate in a promotion and for other services you request, like watching a video or rating a game. All of these features help us to improve your visit to the Site.
Targeting or Advertising Cookies
We and our service providers may use targeting or advertising cookies to deliver ads that we believe are more relevant to you and your interests. For example, we may use targeting or advertising cookies to deliver ads that we believe are more relevant to you and your interests. For example, we may use targeting or advertising cookies to limit the number of times you see the same ad on our Site and to help measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.
These cookies remember what you have looked at on the Site and we may share this information with other organizations, such as advertisers, in a manner consistent with our Privacy Policy. For more information about third-party advertising networks and similar entities that use these technologies, see www.aboutads.info/consumers, and to opt-out of such ad networks’ and services’ advertising practices, go to www.aboutads.info/choices.
Opting our of third party targeting or advertising cookies does not necessarily mean that you will not see our advertising on third party websites, only that this advertising will not be targeted to you through the use of third party cookies.
- IDE. One of the main advertising cookies on non-Google sites is names “IDE” and is stored in browsers under the domain doubleclick.net. To opt out of IDE, please visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
3. How do third parties use cookies on this site?
In some circumstances, we may work with third parties to provide services on our Site. Third-party advertisers and other organizations may use their own cookies to collect information about your activities on our Site and/or the advertisements you have clicked on. This information may be used by them to serve advertisements that they believe are most likely to be of interest to you based on content you have viewed. Third-party advertisers may also use this information to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements. We do not control these cookies and to disable or reject third-party cookies, please refer to the relevant third party’s website. You can also learn more about controlling cookies in Section 4 below.
APSID, SID, GPS, HSID, SSID, LOGIN_INFO, PREF, YSC, SAPISID, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE: Set by YouTube platform to collect data when hosting and sharing videos. To opt out of YouTube, please visit: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en.
csrftoken, mid, mcd: Used by Instagram social sharing platform through content sharing buttons added to the website. To opt out of Instagram, please visit: https://help.instagram.com/1896641480634370?ref=ig.
fr, _fbp, datr, AA003, ATN: Used by Facebook to deliver more personalized advertisements as well for tracking users when set on third-party websites with a Facebook social plugin. To opt out of the Facebook cookies fr, _fbp, datr, AA003, ATN, please visit: http://optout.aboutads.info.
4. How do I control cookies?
You may refuse to accept cookies from this Site at any time by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse cookies. Further information about the procedure to follow in order to disable cookies can be found on your Internet browser providers’s website via your help screen.
- Cookie settings on Internet Explorer / Microsoft Edge
- Cookie settings on Firefox
- Cookie settings on Chrome
- Cookie Settings on Safari
If you wish to withdraw your consent at any time, you will need to delete your cookies using your internet browser settings. Please be aware that if cookies are disabled, not all features of the Site may operate as intended.