Reach Group - Cookie Notice

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+## COOKIE POLICY
+## Cookie Notice
+Like most websites, this one uses cookies.
+We are the publishing group Reach plc. We, via our various subsidiary companies and brands, publish many national websites, regional websites and mobile applications, that millions of people enjoy every month. You can see the list of websites and brands we publish [here](https://www.mirror.co.uk/our-brands/).
+Cookies are small text files stored on your computer by your browser. They're used for many things, such as remembering whether you've visited the site before, so that you remain logged in - or to help us work out how many new website visitors we get each month. They contain information about the use of your computer but don't include personal information about you (they don't store your name, for instance).
+In this Notice we will refer to the mobile applications published by Reach plc and our subsidiary companies as Apps and use the term Sites to refer to our websites.
+**This policy explains how cookies are used on Trinity Mirror websites in general - and, below, how you can control the cookies that may be used on this site (not all of them are used on every site).**
+Our users and readers are central to our business and always have been dating back, to the early 20th Century. Clearly, the world has changed a lot over the past 100 years but our vision of informing and entertaining people has not and we recognise users place a huge amount of trust in us, in our content and the way we do business. A large part of the change has been technology driven, much of which has been hugely challenging for publishing businesses.
+#### About this Cookie policy
+We are committed to managing that change in a way that still allows you free access to the content that matters to you, across our digital platforms. However, we also want you to feel in control of the information you generate when you use our Sites and Apps. The information generated from your browsing, helps us to understand how people use our websites, how we can improve them and also make sure advertisers get a good return on their investment. Their advertising funds our activities and the content you read for free.
+This Cookie Policy applies to all of our websites and our mobile applications ("the Website").
+Like most websites and mobile applications, we use automatic data collection technology when you visit one of our Sites or use one of our Apps. This notice explains how we use so called "cookies" and other related technologies and how you can manage the behaviour of these cookies.
+In this Cookie Policy, when we refer to any of our Websites, we mean any website or mobile application operated by or on behalf of Trinity Mirror plc or its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively "Trinity Mirror"), regardless of how you access the network. This Cookie Policy forms part of and is incorporated into our Website Terms and Conditions [http://www.mirror.co.uk/terms-conditions](http://www.mirror.co.uk/terms-conditions).
+There is a detailed description of how we use the data we collect in our [Privacy Notice](https://www.mirror.co.uk/privacy-policy/).
+By accessing the Website, you agree that this Cookie Policy will apply whenever you access the Website on any device.
+**What are cookies?**
+Any changes to this policy will be posted here. We reserve the right to vary this Cookie Policy from time to time and such changes shall become effective as soon as they are posted. Your continued use of the Website constitutes your agreement to all such changes.
+Cookies are small data files sent from a website to your web browser. They are stored in your web browser's cache and allow a website or a third party to recognise your browser or mobile device. Mobile devices and browsers can be shared by a number of people, so cookies are not always wholly related to individuals.
+#### Our use of cookies
+**Analytics Cookies** hold information as you view different pages of the website and help us to build up a profile of how our readers use the website. They help us to make the website work as efficiently as possible and provide better content and services in the future. We may also use analytics cookies to measure the effectiveness of advertising on the Sites and the Apps and elsewhere on the internet.
+We may collect information automatically when you visit the Website, using cookies.
+_**Example**: By seeing that more browsers and devices from London prefer football content on a Friday evening than Sunday morning, we may change when and how much content we produce for London football teams on a weekday as opposed to a weekend._
+The cookies allow us to identify your computer and find out details about your last visit.
+**Personalisation and Service Cookies** remember your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They remember your registration and login details and your settings and preferences. They are used to ensure you don't have to login every time you use your browser to comment on articles and to ensure interactive services work effectively. They are also used to recommend content we think you'll be interested in, based on what you've looked at before.
+You can choose, below, not to allow cookies. If you do, we can't guarantee that your experience with the Website will be as good as if you do allow cookies.
+_**Example**: We run a poll on a particularly contentious local issue so we will use cookies to prevent a device or browser voting hundreds of times to influence the poll results._
+The information collected by cookies does not personally identify you; it includes general information about your computer settings, your connection to the Internet e.g. operating system and platform, IP address, your browsing patterns and timings of browsing on the Website and your location.
+**Advertising Cookies** are placed by us and our advertising partners to deliver more relevant advertising. Our Sites, Apps and services are predominately free to consume, and in exchange we sell our advertising space to allow us to create high quality content and bring you the services you value. Cookies are a vital part of that value exchange.
+Most internet browsers accept cookies automatically, but you can change the settings of your browser to erase cookies or prevent automatic acceptance if you prefer.
+These cookies may gather information about your browsing activity on our sites and for third parties, across different Sites and across different visits. They allow us and advertisers to show more relevant ads and allow advertisers to manage how many times a device sees an advert. They might also allow the advertiser to tailor advertising to you when you visit our Sites. Advertising Cookies are usually stored until you delete them or they expire based on the time period set in each cookie, which is normally around 30 days.
+These links explain how you can control cookies via your browser - remember that if you turn off cookies in your browser then these settings apply to all websites not just this one:
+The third party advertisers are required to follow the applicable laws. However, Reach plc does not have control over the third party organisations that place cookies, who each have their own cookie and privacy policies. We aim to be transparent on who we work with. You can find a list of our partners and option to control advertising cookies in our cookie management tool here.
+- **Internet Explorer** [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835) (this page links to further information for different versions of IE - the mobile version is at [http:/ /www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/web/changing-privacy-and-other-browser-settings.aspx](http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/web/changing-privacy-and-other-browser-settings.aspx)).
+_**Example**: If a browser or device is recognised to enjoy lots of content about celebrities, we and/or our partners may show that browser or device adverts that relate to relevant lifestyle, tech and consumer goods._
+- **Chrome:** [http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=95647](http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py)
+If you opt out of Advertising cookies, you are not opting out of seeing advertising! You will still see plenty of adverts. They just may not be as relevant to you and your interests. See 'Managing your cookie preferences' below for more information about "opting out".
+- **Safari:** [http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Safari/5.0/en/9277.html](http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html) (or [http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677](http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677)for mobile versions)
+**Other technologies**
+- **Firefox:** [http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ Enabling%20and%20disabling%20cookies](http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Enabling%20and%20disabling%20cookies)
+In addition to cookies, there are similar technologies that may be used by the Sites and the Apps. These include:
+- **Blackberries:** [http://docs.blackberry.com/en/smartphone\_users/deliverables/ 32004/Turn\_off\_cookies\_in\_the\_browser\_60\_1072866\_11.jsp](http://docs.blackberry.com/en/smartphone_users/deliverables/32004/Turn_off_cookies_in_the_browser_60_1072866_11.jsp)
+_Web beacons:_ These are tiny graphics with a unique identifier that are used to understand browsing activity. Web beacons are invisible when you open a web page.
+- **Android:** [http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=169022](http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py)
+_Social widgets:_ These are buttons or icons provided by third-party social media providers that allow you to interact with those social media services when you view a web page or a mobile app screen. These social widgets may collect browsing data, which may be received by the third party that provided the widget, and are controlled by the third parties.
+- **Opera:** [http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/](http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/)
+_UTM codes:_ These are strings that can appear in a web address when a user moves from one web page or website to another. The string can represent information about browsing, such as which advertisement or publisher sent the user to the receiving website.
+#### Types of cookie that may be used during your visit to the Website:
+**Managing your cookie preferences**
+The following types of cookie are used on this site. We don't list every single cookie used by name - but for each type of cookie we tell you how you can control its use.
+Most web browsers will allow you to turn off cookies. You should look at your web browsers Settings or Help menu to find out how this is done. However, please be aware that switching off cookies may affect the way the Site operates and adversely affect the quality of your experience on the website.
+**1\. Personalisation cookies**
+You can restrict the use of Advertising Cookies on our Sites using our cookie management tool here. Alternatively, you can decline to receive interest based advertising at [http://youronlinechoices.eu](http://youronlinechoices.eu/). You can find a description of some of the First Party, Advertising and Third Party Cookies used by Reach plc Sites in our Cookie Technologies List
+These cookies are used to recognise repeat visitors to the Website and in conjunction with other information we hold to attempt to record specific browsing information (that is, about the way you arrive at the Website, pages you view, options you select, information you enter and the path you take through the Website). These are used to recommend content we think you'll be interested in based on what you're looked at before.
+You can also click on the AdChoices logo that you will see in the corner of advertisements that carry behavioural targeting cookies (see Advertising Cookies above) and click on the link to control the settings Google uses to show you adverts [https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated](https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated).
+You can disable our personalisation cookie when you are logged out of Facebook. To disable it permanently, also remove the Mirror app from the settings page of your Facebook account.
+When using a mobile device, you can opt-out of receiving interest based advertising by selecting 'Limit Ad Tracking' in the Settings of your Apple iPhone or iPad, or the "Opt out of Ads Personalisation" in the Google Settings on your Android device. You may also be able to reset the unique identifier that Google uses for online behaviour based advertising (referred to as an "Advertising ID") in the Settings on your Apple or Android device.
+[Click here to disable the personalisation cookie.](http://cms1a.mirror.co.uk:8080/mirror/cookie-policy/)
+**Ad Blocker Detection**
+**2\. Analytics cookies**
+We or our advertisers may use code in the website to detect if you are using an ad blocker. If we detect that you are using an ad blocker, we may display a warning message describing how this may affect your experience using the Sites and ask that you disable it
+These monitor how visitors move around the Website and how they reached it. This is used so that we can see total (not individual) figures on which types of content users enjoy most, for instance.
+**Social Media Technologies**
+You can opt out of these if you want:
+When you use social media platforms with the Sites and the Apps, each platform has its own technologies and policies to be aware of. For information on limiting the use of widgets and sharing functions with social networks, see below:
+- **Omniture:** [http://www.omniture.com/en/privacy/2o7#optout](http://www.omniture.com/en/privacy/2o7)
+For Twitter widgets, you can find more information [here](https://dev.twitter.com/web/overview/privacy).
+- **Google:** [https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout](https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout)
+For Facebook widgets, you can find more information [here](https://www.facebook.com/help/443483272359009/).
+- **Optimizely:** [https://www.optimizely.com/opt\_out/](https://www.optimizely.com/opt_out/)
+For Pinterest widgets, you can find more information [here](https://help.pinterest.com/en/articles/personalization-and-data).
+**3\. Third-party service cookies**
+**Contact us**
+Social sharing, video and other services we offer are run by other companies. These companies may drop cookies on your computer when you use them on our site or if you are already logged in to them.
+If you have questions or comments about the use of Cookie technologies at Reach plc, please see the "Contact" section of the Reach plc [Privacy Notice](https://www.mirror.co.uk/privacy-policy/) or email us at [dataprotection@reachplc.com](mailto:dataprotection@reachplc.com).
+Here is a list of places where you can find out more about specific services that we may use and their use of cookies:
+- **Facebook's** data use policy: [http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info-on-other](http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info-on-other)
+- **AddThis** (the service that runs some of our social sharing buttons): [http://www.addthis.com/privacy#.T6j--usS0bw](http://www.addthis.com/privacy)
+- **Twitter's** privacy policy: [https://twitter.com/privacy](https://twitter.com/privacy)
+- **Storify's** (a service that is sometimes used to embed a series of tweets) terms of service: [http://storify.com/tos](http://storify.com/tos)
+- **Brightcove** video player's cookie policy: [http://support.brightcove.com/en/docs/video-cloud-player-cookies](http://support.brightcove.com/en/docs/video-cloud-player-cookies)
+- **YouTube** video player cookie policy: [http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/faq/#toc-cookies](http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/faq/)(Google's standard terms).
+- **Readers offers:** Myoffers (reader offers): [http://www.myoffers.co.uk/privacy\_statement.aspx](http://www.myoffers.co.uk/privacy_statement.aspx)
+- **Tynt** (adds a URL when you copy and paste) opt-out page: [http://www.tynt.com/opt\_out.php#axzz2dHYJ5EzK](http://www.tynt.com/tynt-users-opt-out)
+**4\. Our own ad serving and management cookies**
+We sell space on some of our websites to advertisers - they pay for the content you enjoy for free.
+As part of this, we use several services to help us and advertisers understand what adverts you might be interested in. These cookies hold information about the computer - they don't hold personal information about you (ie it's not linked to you as an individual). But they might hold a record of what other websites you've looked at - so we could show you a car advert if you've previously visited a motoring website.
+These are the services we use and how you can control those cookies. Please note that turning off advertising cookies won't mean that you are not served any advertising merely that it will not be tailored to your interests.
+- **VisualDNA (ad relevancy):** Privacy policy at [http://www.vibrantmedia.com/privacy.asp](http://www.visualdna.com/privacy-policy) and you can opt out via[http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/](http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/)
+- **Acudeo / Tremor (video advertising):** Privacy policy at [http://uk.tremorvideo.com/about-us2/privacy-policy/](http://uk.tremorvideo.com/about-us2/privacy-policy/) and you can opt out at [http://www.tremorvideo.com/about-us/privacy/](http://www.tremorvideo.com/about-us/privacy/)
+- **Doubleclick (advertising):** Privacy policy at [http://www.google.com/doubleclick/privacy/](http://www.google.com/doubleclick/privacy/) and opt out via[http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/](http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/)
+- **Inskin media (ad relevancy):** Privacy policy and opt out via [http://inskinmedia.com/privacypolicy.html](http://inskinmedia.com/privacypolicy.html)
+- **Google Adsense (ad partner):** Privacy policy at [https://support.google.com/adsense/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&utm\_medium=link&gsessionid=DyXLmLB1J1MxXckh6tX6AQ&utm\_campaign=ww-ww-et-asfe\_&utm\_source=aso&answer=48182](https://support.google.com/adsense/bin/answer.py) and opt-out via [https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/](https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/).
+- **Rubicon (ad partner):** Privacy policy at [http://www.rubiconproject.com/privacy-policy/](http://www.rubiconproject.com/privacy-policy/) and opt out at[http://www.rubiconproject.com/privacy/consumer-online-profile-and-opt-out](http://www.rubiconproject.com/privacy/consumer-online-profile-and-opt-out)
+- **Yoc (mobile ads):** Privacy policy at [https://www.yoc-performance.com/company\_privacy.html](https://www.yoc-performance.com/company_privacy.html)
+- **Outbrain** (recommended content elsewhere on the web at the bottom of articles): Privacy policy at[http://www.outbrain.com/privacy](http://www.outbrain.com/privacy)
+**5\. Other ad management cookies**
+Advertisements on the Website are provided by other organisations. Our advertising partners will serve advertisements that they believe are most likely to be of interest to you, based on information about your visit to the Website and other websites. In order to do this, our advertising partner may need to place a cookie on your computer. These cookies hold information about the computer - they don't hold personal information about you (ie it's not linked to you as an individual).
+For more information about this type of online behavioural advertising, about cookies, and about how to turn this feature off, please visit [http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/](http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/)
+Please note that turning off advertising cookies won't mean that you are not served any advertising merely that it will not be tailored to your interests.
+**6\. Site management cookies**
+These are used to maintain your identity or session on the Website. For instance, where our websites run on more than one server, we use a cookie to ensure that you are sent information by one specific server (otherwise you may log in or out unexpectedly). We may use similar cookies when you vote in opinion polls to ensure that you can only vote once, and to ensure that you can use our commenting functionality when not logged in (to ensure you don't see comments you've reported as abusive, for instance, or don't vote comments up/down more than once).
+These cookies cannot be turned off individually but you could change your browser setting to refuse all cookies (see above) if you do not wish to accept them.
+This Cookies and related technologies notice was published on 18th Apr, 2019.