{"id":76,"date":"2018-05-31T17:40:03","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T17:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyalleys.com\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2018-05-31T17:57:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T17:57:24","slug":"cookies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.skyalleys.com\/index.php\/cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Cookies Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/skyalleys.com\">Privacy Policy<\/a>\u00a0explains my principles when it comes to the collection, processing, and storage of your information.<\/p>\n<p><b>What are cookies?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Cookies are small pieces of data, stored in text files, that are stored on your computer, mobile phone or other device when websites are loaded in a browser. They are widely used to \u2018remember\u2019 you and your preferences, either for a single visit (through a \u2019session cookie\u2019) or for multiple repeat visits (using a \u2018persistent cookie\u2019). Cookies may be set by the site that you are visiting (known as \u2018first party cookies\u2019), or by other websites who serve up content on that site (\u2018third party cookies\u2019).<\/p>\n<p>Both websites and HTML emails may also contain other tracking technologies such as \u201cweb beacons\u201d or \u201cpixels.\u201d These are typically small transparent images that provide us with statistics, for similar purposes as cookies. They are often used in conjunction with cookies, though they are not stored on your computer in the same way. As a result, if you disable cookies, web beacons may still load, but their functionality will be restricted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How this site uses cookies?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cookies are used for a number of different purposes. Some cookies are necessary for technical reasons; some enable a personalized experience for both visitors and registered users; and some allow the display of advertising from selected third party networks. Some of these cookies may be set when a page is loaded, or when a visitor takes a particular action (clicking the \u201clike\u201d or \u201cfollow\u201d button on a post, for example). Many of the used cookies\u00a0 only set if you are a registered WordPress.com user (so you don\u2019t have to log in every time, for example), while others are set whenever you visit one of our websites, irrespective of whether you have an account.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>That&#8217;s some kind of a standard theoretical definition. Let&#8217;s try it in practice!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>How you could find what cookies a site uses?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If this made you curios about cookies, here is a a nice link that explains how to check what the cookies used by a specific site:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iubenda.com\/en\/help\/262-come-identificare-quali-cookie-sono-installati-dal-tuo-sitoapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.iubenda.com\/en\/help\/262-come-identificare-quali-cookie-sono-installati-dal-tuo-sitoapp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the purpose of this exercise I&#8217;ll simply\u00a0 adapt the steps for the Chrome browser:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/chrome\/answer\/95464?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&amp;hl=en\">private window<\/a>\u00a0and type the URL of the site you want to analyze;<\/li>\n<li>To open the console, click on the toolbar:<br \/>\n<i>More tools\u00a0 &gt; Developer Tools<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Once the console is open, you can view the cookies installed by the site by clicking on the \u201cApplication\u201d tab at the top right of the console and then Cookies section.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are even more curios you can do the same steps when you&#8217;re already logged in.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>BIG SURPRISE\u00a0&#8211; I didn&#8217;t lie when I said that &#8220;Many of the cookies we use are only set if you are a registered WordPress.com user&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-76 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skyalleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Coockies-1.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyalleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Coockies-1-250x250.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skyalleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Coockies-1-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/www.skyalleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Coockies-1-65x65.png 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skyalleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Coockies-2.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyalleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Coockies-2-250x250.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skyalleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Coockies-2-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/www.skyalleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Coockies-2-65x65.png 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The used cookies can be devided by their purspose as it follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Functional Cookies &#8211; strictly necessary<\/li>\n<li>Security Cookies<\/li>\n<li>Analytics and Performance Cookies<\/li>\n<li>Advertising Cookies<\/li>\n<li>Third party Cookies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These guys make a dam good job describing their used cookies\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automattic.com\/cookies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/automattic.com\/cookies\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can read more on the topic by starting with the Wikipedia page:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HTTP_cookie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HTTP_cookie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WordPress does have an attempt to describe the cookies they use, but it&#8217;s rather a poor one. In their defense, they do say in the beginning that &#8220;This page is a partial work in progress.&#8221; and they can&#8217;t cover there all the Plugins in the world.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/WordPress_Cookies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/WordPress_Cookies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OK, I could actually make a resume from all the information that I got from the web on cookies and fully document it here, in a page you will most likely never read until the end of it. That&#8217;s not my goal.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I did make you aware of the subject and the theoretical concepts behind it,<\/li>\n<li>I did provided you a practical method to actually check the cookies we use and<\/li>\n<li>I provided you additional links to follow if you become passionate about the subject.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Job Done!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The truth is, I don&#8217;t need your personal data and don&#8217;t plan to use it or sell it in any way.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t want to provide it, I respect that and offer you the option of not agreeing with the site&#8217;s terms. If you have provided it in the past and request for it to be deleted, be sure I&#8217;m going to do that. &#8220;And nothing else matters&#8221; as the song says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Privacy Policy\u00a0explains my principles when it comes to the collection, processing, and storage of your information. 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