Cookie Policy
COOKIE POLICY OF PUBLISHDRIVE INC.
Effective Date: August 03, 2021
1. INTRODUCTION
The present cookie policy (hereinafter: “Cookie Policy”) describes how PublishDrive Inc. uses cookies and similar technologies to provide, customize, assess, enhance, promote, and protect our services. The Cookie Policy forms an integral part of the Privacy Policy of PublishDrive Inc. Please note that capitalized terms not described in this Cookie Policy have the similar meaning as defined in the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy of PublishDrive Inc. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us at here.
2. WHAT IS A COOKIE?
Cookie is a file, which is sent to the device of the user when the user visits the Website. PublishDrive Inc. can access the cookie again when the user visits the Website on a further occasion, in order to facilitate navigation on the internet or transactions, or to access information about user behavior. It is sent to your browser and stored on your device’s hard drive. When you visit our Website, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies.
3. WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES DO WE USE?
a) Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the Website’s operation; therefore the operation and availability of the Website and the Services cannot be provided without them. They help verify your account and remember the choices you make at the Website.
In line with Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive (Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive 2002/58/EC on Privacy and Electronic Communications), consent is not required for technical storage or access of the following cookies:
- cookies used for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication
- cookies that are strictly necessary in order for the provider of an information society service explicitly required by the user to provide the Services.
b) Research, Performance, and Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us providing a better user experience by analyzing how users interact with the Website. For instance, they help us identify which pages are used most frequently, which newsletters are most engaging, and what type of features on the Website are the most popular. This assists us in refining the Website and our Services according to our users’ interests.
c) Advertising Cookies
These cookies help us to inform you and provide you with customized advertisement based on your past use of the Website and / or the Services. These cookies are monitoring your usage data and by using cookies, information, which information does not consider as personal data, is transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity.
4. LIST OF COOKIES WE USE
4.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
Service provider’s name
Cookie name
Description
Expiry
PublishDrive
publishdrive_session
This cookie is used to keep the context of a user (e.g. to keep you logged in to the PublishDrive Platform).
2 hours
PublishDrive
pd_dist_sess
This cookie is used to keep the context of a user (e.g. to keep you logged in to the PublishDrive Distribution Platform).
2 hours
PublishDrive
XSRF-TOKEN
This cookie is used to prevent cross-site request forgery.
2 hours
Sleeknote
SNS
This cookie is set on the first page a visitor sees, to make sure that one-time operations only run once.
session
Sleeknote
_sn_n
This is the necessary cookie set by Sleeknote, as it contains technical information so that the campaigns can show properly and tracking works properly. Note that session tracking is not general visitor analytics as that information is found in the _sn_a analytics cookie.
1 year
4.2 Research, Performance, and Analytics Cookies
Service provider’s name
Cookie name
Description
Expiry
PublishDrive
remember_web_*
This cookie is used to remember user’s login.
5 years
PublishDrive
c2c_autoclose
This cookie is used to store user’s personal settings about behavior of PublishDrive Platform
1 month
PublishDrive
c2c_locale
This cookie is used to store user’s language selection.
1 month
_fbp
This cookie is used to collect information on how users from Facebook interact with our website..
3 months
_gid
Used to distinguish users.
1 day
_ga
Used to distinguish users.
2 years
_gat_gtag_UA_*
Identification code of website for tracking visits by Google Analytics.
1 minute
_gat_UA_*
Tracking cookie for analytics.js. Used to throttle request rate.
1 minute
_utma
Used to distinguish users and sessions.
2 years
_utmb
Used to determine new sessions/visits.
30 minutes
_utmt
Used to throttle the request rate for the service – limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites and improving performance.
10 minutes
_utmz
Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site.
6 months
Mixpanel
mp_*_mixpanel
This cookie is set for analyzing traffic, and in particular how users reached the site.
1 year
Sleeknote
_sn_a
This is the cookie used for visitor analytics tracking. It sets a visitor ID so that the visitor can be identified across sessions.
1 year
Sleeknote
_sn_m
This cookie contains information used for marketing related targeting options. Targeting options like the referrer, UTM, or geo-location.
1 year
Hotjar
_hjid
Used to distinguish users.
1 year
Hotjar
_hjTLDTest
“When the Hotjar script executes we try to determine the most generic cookie path we should use, instead of the page hostname. This is done so that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). To determine this, we try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. After this check, the cookie is removed.”
session
4.3 Advertising Cookies
Service provider’s name
Cookie name
Description
Expiry
fr
Conversion tracking
3 months
_gcl_au
Conversion tracking
3 months
5. WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT?
5.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
We use the information we collect to:
- verify the user’s account during the session;
- remember the choices made on the Website;
- avoid fraudulent access to the user account;
- prevent cross-site request forgery;
- process card payments.
5.2 Research, Performance, and Analytics Cookies
We use the information we collect to:
- remember your information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the Website;
- monitor aggregate usage metrics such as total number of visitors and pages viewed;
- help PublishDrive Inc. to improve its Services.
5.3 Advertising Cookies
We use the information we collect to:
- provide custom, personalized advertisements, content, and information;
- monitor the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns;
- inform users about current promotions.
6. OPTING IN
By entering our Website, users can actively check their desired preferences on the pop-up window about the cookies we use in the future. This consent must be renewed every 12 months.
The cookies are grouped into three intelligible categories, that the user may check or uncheck. Strictly Necessary Cookies cannot be unchecked, because they are whitelisted and are necessary for our Website to function properly.
7. OPTING OUT
You can set their browser to not accept cookies, but this may limit your ability to use our Services. For example, you may not be able to log into your account. Please visit the following links to find out how you to change your cookie and advertisement settings:
- http://www.aboutcookies.org/
- https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
- http://optout.aboutads.info/
- http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices
8. THIRD PARTY / EMBEDDED CONTENT
The Website uses different third-party applications and services to enhance users’ experience. This includes social media platforms such as Facebook and YouTube. As a result, cookies may be determined by such third parties and used by them to track your online activity. Please note that PublishDrive Inc. has no direct control over information collected by these cookies. To get more information on the cookies used by such third party through the embedded content, we recommend you to review the privacy policy and terms of use of this third party.
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. When we make changes, we’ll update the “Effective Date” at the top of the Cookie Policy and post it at our website. Please, check the updates of PublishDrive Inc.’s Cookies Policy periodically.