Here are a few lines of policy regarding the privacy of the
visitors of this blog.
* Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on
this site.
* Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to the
users based on their visit to this site and other sites on the
Internet.
* Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the
Google ad and content network privacy policy.
What is a cookie?
A “cookie” is a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric
characters. There are two types of cookies: a persistent cookie and
a session cookie. A persistent cookie gets entered by your Web
browser into the cookie folder on your computer’s hard drive. A
persistent cookie remains in that cookie folder, which is
maintained and governed by your Web browser, after you close your
browser program. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after
you close your browser. DoubleClick’s ad-serving and paid search
listing (“DART Search”) products utilize the same cookie: the DART
cookie. The DART cookie is a persistent cookie and consists of the
name of the domain that set the cookie (“ad.doubleclick.net”), the
lifetime of the cookie, and a “value.” DoubleClick’s DART
technology generates a unique series of characters for the “value”
portion of the cookie.
What is the DoubleClick DART
cookie?
The DoubleClick DART cookie is used by Google in the ads served on
publisher websites displaying AdSense for content ads. When users
visit an AdSense publisher's website and either view or click on an
ad, a cookie may be dropped on that end user's browser. The data
gathered from these cookies will be used to help AdSense publishers
better serve and manage the ads on their site(s) and across the
web.
What is the DoubleClick cookie
doing on my computer?
If you have a DoubleClick cookie in your Cookies folder, it is most
likely a DART cookie. The DoubleClick DART cookie helps marketers
learn how well their Internet advertising campaigns or paid search
listings perform. Many marketers and Internet websites use
DoubleClick’s DART technology to deliver and serve their
advertisements or manage their paid search listings. DoubleClick’s
DART products set or recognize a unique, persistent cookie when an
ad is displayed or a paid listing is selected. The information that
the DART cookie helps to give marketers includes the number of
unique users their advertisements were displayed to, how many users
clicked on their Internet ads or paid listings, and which ads or
paid listings they clicked on.
Why does your cookie keep coming
back after I delete it?
When you visit any website or search engine on which DoubleClick’s
DART technology is used, our servers will check to see if you
already have a DART cookie. If the servers do not receive a DART
cookie, the servers will try to set a cookie in response to your
browser’s “request” to view that Web page. If you do not want a
DART cookie with a unique value, you can obtain a DoubleClick DART
“opt out” cookie. Alternatively, you can adjust your Internet
browser’s settings for handling cookies. This is explained in the
next question.
How can I adjust my cookie settings
to accept or decline cookies?
To eliminate cookies you may have currently accepted, and to deny
or limit cookies in the future, please follow one of these
procedures:
IMPORTANT: IF YOU DELETE YOUR OPT-OUT COOKIE, YOU WILL NEED TO
OPT-OUT AGAIN. IF YOUR BROWSER BLOCKS ALL OR THIRD-PARTY COOKIES,
YOU WILL BLOCK THE SETTING OF OPT-OUT COOKIES.
* If you are using Internet Explorer 6.0, go to the Tools menu,
then to Internet Options, then to the Privacy tab. This version of
Internet Explorer is the first to use P3P to distinguish between
types of cookies. P3P uses standardized privacy statements made by
the cookie issuer to manage your acceptance of cookies. Under the
“Privacy” tab, click on the “Advanced” button. Select “Override
automatic cookie handling” and choose whether you want to accept,
block or be prompted for “First-party” and “Third-party Cookies.”
If you want to block all cookies coming from DoubleClick’s
doubleclick.net domain, go to the “Web Sites” section under the
“Privacy” tab and click the “Edit” button. In the “Address of Web
site” field, enter “doubleclick.net,” select “Block,” click OK
(menu will disappear); click OK again and you will be back to the
browser.
* If you are using Netscape 6.0+, go to “Edit” in the menu bar,
click on “Preferences,” click on “Advanced,” and select the
“Cookies” field. Now check either the box that says, “Warn me
before accepting a cookie” or “Disable cookies.” Click on “OK.” Now
go to your “Start” button, click on “Find,” click on “Files and
Folders,” type “cookies.txt” into the search box that appears, and
click “Find Now.” When the search results appear, drag all files
listed, into the “Recycle Bin.” Now shut down and restart your
Netscape. Depending on your earlier choice you will either be
prompted by new cookie sets or no cookies will be set or
received.
* If you are using Mozilla or Safari, please go to their websites
to find out how to disable cookies in those programs.
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