Inkpad Notepad

COOKIE POLICY

As explained in our Privacy Policy [https://www.inkpadnotepad.com/privacy], at https://www.inkpadnotepad.com, we are committed to only collecting, using and disclosing your personal data in ways that you expect and have consented to or as we are required and permitted by law. Cookies collect personal data about you and in this policy we explain what information we collect and what purposes it is used for.

We understand that not everybody needs or wants to know how we use their information in the same level of detail, so we have created two levels of information for you.  If you just want to know the basics, read the 'essential information' section for each topic.  If you want to know more,  read the ‘detailed information’ section for each topic .

What are Cookies?

Essential Information

Similar to other commercial websites, our websites utilise a standard technology to collect information about how our website is used by individual computers connected to the internet. This information is gathered through "Cookies".

Cookies are small files of letters and numbers that we put on your computer's hard drive. These small files allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website, monitor website traffic and to personalise the content of the site for you. This ultimately helps us provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site going forward.

Please note however that Cookies cannot retrieve any personal data from your hard drive or pass on computer viruses.

You can decide to disable your cookies but please be aware that certain cookies are absolutely necessary to let you do everything you want to on our websites. Disabling some other cookies will however have little impact on your experience but there may be some limitations – for example, you won’t be able to share content. It may also affect your experience on other websites. For more information on the different types of cookies we use please see detailed information below.

Detailed Information

What types of Cookies are there?

Strictly Necessary Cookies  

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies services you have asked for, like creating or editing notes , cannot be provided.

Performance Cookies  

These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.

One of the analytics tools that our website uses is Google Analytics, to learn more about Google Analytics, you can visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/

 

We may also collect IP address, AS Number, device ID and data about usage activity to help prevent and detect fraudulent or anomalous activity on our website or apps. This includes the activity which telemetry records shows us involve use of a site or app by automated bots who are not human users.

Targeting/Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests They are also 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 advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation.

For further information about different types of Cookies please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org

What are Persistent and Session Cookies?

Cookies can expire at the end of a browser session (from when you open the browser window to when you close it) or they can be stored for longer.

Persistent Cookies  are stored on your device in between browser sessions which allows your  preferences or actions to be remembered next time you visit our site.

Session Cookies  are temporary and allow our site to link your actions during a browser session. They may be used for a variety of purposes such as remembering what you have put in your ticket basket as you browse around our site. These Session Cookies expire after a browser session.

What are First and Third Party Cookies?

Whether a Cookie is ‘first’ or ‘third’ party refers to the website or domain placing the Cookie.

First Party Cookies , in basic terms, are Cookies set by the website you have visited - the website displayed in the URL window.

Third Party Cookies  are Cookies that are set by a domain other than the one you are visiting. If you visit a website and a separate company sets a Cookie through that website then this would be a Third party Cookie.

Here are some of the cookies that are used on this site:

COOKIE NAME

PURPOSE

SACSID and ACSID

A unique session identifier for a signed-in Inkpad user.

__stripe_mid

Used by Stripe, our payment provider. This allows us to accept payments if you decide to upgrade.

_ga

__utma

__utmb

__utmc

__utmt

__utmz

These cookies are set by Google Analytics, and allow us to improve our service by learning how people use the Inkpad Notepad website.

How you can control or delete the Cookies used on our websites?

Essential Information

Browsers are usually automatically set to accept Cookies. By navigating around our website we will automatically assume that you are happy with Cookies being set by us to improve your online experience.

If you would prefer not to allow Cookies, you can adjust the settings on your internet browser to alert you each time a Cookie is presented to your computer, or you can delete any Cookies that have been stored on your hard drive.

Please note that if you prevent us from placing Cookies on your computer during your visit (including Strictly Necessary Cookies), or you subsequently delete a Cookie that has been placed, this may affect the functionality of our website and it will not be possible for you to use our website effectively. This will apply to all websites, as well as our own, once cookies are disabled via your browser settings.

Detailed Information

Instructions on how to adjust your internet settings for Cookies for the four most used web browsers are here.

Guide to Disabling Cookies using Web Browsers

Browser Type

Instructions on how to disable Cookies

Safari

Go to the Safari menu.

Click on the "Preferences".

Click the "Security"

Under "Accept Cookies", set it to accept, reject, or selectively accept Cookies.

Firefox 3.0+

Click on “Tools” in the menu bar.

Click on “Options”.

Click on “Privacy” Tab in the top section.

From the drop down box, select “Use custom setting for history”.

Un-tick the box that says “Accept Cookies from sites”.

Click “OK” and close the screen.  

Internet Explorer 7.0+

Click on “Tools” in the menu bar.

Click on “Internet Options”.

Click on “Privacy” Tab in the top section.

Click on the “Advanced” button.

Select “Accept”, “Block”, or “Prompt” for either “First party Cookies” and “Third Party Cookies”.

Click “OK” and close the screen.

Google Chrome 8.0+

Click to the “Tools Menu”.

Click on “Options”.

Click on “Under the Bonnet”.

Click on “Cookie Setting” button and tick “Block all third-party cookies without exception”.

Close the screen.

For other web browsers, please use the “Help function” on your browser for details on how to do this.

For information on how to restrict or block Cookies on your mobile phone, you will need to refer to your handset manual.

Alternatively, please visit www.aboutcookies.org  which will give you useful information on how to restrict cookies and delete cookies.

Updates

If we decide to change our Cookie Policy, we will post those changes on this site so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it.