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Updated: September 23, 2022
Linden Research, Inc. and its affiliates (collectively “Linden Lab”, “we”, “us”, “our”) respect the privacy of its online
visitors and users of its websites, apps, products and services, including
communication services, (collectively, the “Services”).
When you visit or access our Services, we will use (and
authorize third parties to use) cookies and other similar tracking
technologies. This policy (“Cookies
Policy”) explains more about how we do so and what choices are available to
you. This Cookies Policy forms part of
our Privacy Policy
which describes, amongst other things, the types of information we may obtain
from you when you use our Services, how we use the information, with whom we
share it, and what rights and choices you have concerning that information.
Cookies and other tracking technologies allow us to
automatically collect information about you and your online behaviour in order
to enhance your use of our Services, improve our Services performance, and
customise your experience on our Services. We also use this information to
collect statistics about the usage of our Services, perform analytics, deliver
content which is tailored to your interests, and administer services to our
users, customers and partners. We also allow third parties to collect
information about you through cookies and other tracking technologies.
What are
cookies and tracking technologies, and which ones do we use?
We use the following types of cookies and tracking
technologies:
- Cookies: Cookies are small data files stored on your
browser or device. They may be served by the entity that operates the website
you are visiting (these are called “first-party cookies”) or by other companies
(which are called “third-party cookies”).
- Pixels: Pixels are small images on a web page or in an
email. Pixels collect information about your browser or device and can set
cookies.
- Local Storage: Local storage allows data about your browser
or device to be stored locally on your browser or device and includes HTML5
local storage and browser cache.
You can find more information about cookies and tracking
technologies at www.allaboutcookies.org.
How do we
use these cookies and tracking technologies?
More specifically, the purposes for which we and our
partners use cookies and similar technologies generally fall into the following
categories:
- Strictly necessary: These cookies and tracking technologies are essential to
enable you to login, navigate around and use the features of our Services, or
to provide a service requested by you (such as your username). We do not need
to obtain your consent in order to use these cookies and tracking technologies.
These cookies and tracking technologies can be used for security and integrity
reasons - for example to detect violation of our policies and for support or
security features.
- Functionality: These cookies and tracking technologies allow our Services
to remember choices you make (such as your language) and provide enhanced and
personalized features. For example, these cookies and tracking technologies are
used for authentication (to remember when you are logged-in) and support other
features of our Services.
- Performance: These cookies and tracking technologies collect information
about your online activity (for example the duration of your visit on our
Services), including behavioural data and content engagement metrics. These
cookies and tracking technologies are used for analytics, research and to
perform statistics (based on aggregated information).
- Marketing or Advertising: These cookies and tracking technologies are used to deliver
tailored offers and advertisements to you, based on your derived interests, as
well as to perform email marketing campaigns. They can also be used to limit
the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the
effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by our
advertisers (for example advertising networks) and provide them insights about
the people who see and interact with their ads, visit their websites or use
their app.
- Social media: Our website includes social media features, such as the
Facebook "Like" or "Share" buttons, or third party log-in
services. These features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly
on our Services. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy
statement of the company providing these features.
What
information do we collect through cookies and tracking technologies?
- Information about how
you access the Services: When you use the
Services, we automatically collect or receive some information about how you
access the Services, including the device type, operating system, and browser
you use, and how fast or stable your internet connection is. The information we
receive depends on the device you are using and which Services you access.
- Information
about your activity on the Services: Information about your interactions
with content viewed, and information about your interactions with email
messages we send you, such as which links you click on, and whether the
messages were opened or forwarded.
- Unique identifiers: IP addresses associated with the devices you
use to access the Services, Advertising IDs, Cookie IDs, and other unique identifiers.
The information we access through cookies and tracking
technologies is processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
How to
manage your cookie and tracking technology settings
There are various ways in which you can manage and control
your cookie and tracking technology settings. Please remember that, by deleting
or blocking cookies or tracking technologies, some of the features of the
Services may not work properly or as effectively.
- For individuals located in the
European Economic Area (EEA) and in the UK and in Switzerland: You may change your consent choices within our consent
management platform, which is also referred to as a “CMP”. Our consent management platform is managed by
a third party and will appear as a pop-up/banner for certain users when they
first access out Services. Note that this consent management platform is set to appear
only for EEA/UK/Switzerland-based IP addresses as detected via a third-party
service.
- Turning off cookies via your web
browser: Most
web browsers will provide you with some general information about cookies and
tracking technologies, enable you to see what cookies and tracking technologies
are stored on your device, allow you to delete them all or on an individual
basis, and enable you to block or allow cookies and tracking technologies for
all websites or individually selected websites. You can also normally turn off
third party cookies and tracking technologies separately. Please note that the
settings offered by a browser or device often only apply to that particular
browser or device. Information about
cookies and tracking technologies is usually found in the "Help"
section of the web browser. Below are some links to some commonly used web
browsers:
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Chrome
o
Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge
o
Mozilla Firefox
o
Safari
- Turning off third party cookies and tracking
technologies: You can turn off certain third party targeting/advertising
cookies and tracking technologies by visiting the following link: Network Advertising Initiative.
- Opt-out of analytics: Blocking cookies and tracking technologies in your web
browser may not prevent cross-site tracking of your online activity using other
online tracking technologies. In addition to managing your cookie and tracking
technologies settings for your browser, you can opt-out of tracking directly
with the businesses that operate the tracking technologies. To opt-out of certain analytic tracking by
our partners, you may visit the links below:
o
Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Please note this list is not exhaustive.
Contact us
If you have a comment or question about this Cookies Policy,
please send an e-mail to privacy@lindenlab.com or write to us at:
Linden Lab
Attention: Privacy
8605
Santa Monica Blvd, PMB 59201
West
Hollywood, California 90069