Tracking Technologies

TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES NOTICE

Last Updated: November 2022
 

We're Forked Up, LLC and/or its subsidiary and affiliated  entities (“We're Forked Up,” “we” or “us”), along with our advertising  partners and service providers, use cookies and similar technologies on  our websites and mobile applications (collectively, the “Services”).   This Tracking Technologies Notice is part of our commitment to tell you  how information about you is collected, used, and shared when you  interact with the Services.  This Tracking Technologies Notice provides  additional detail about:

1. TYPES OF COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES USED ON THE SERVICES
2. HOW WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
3. HOW OUR ADVERTISING PARTNERS USE TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
4. YOUR CHOICES (MANAGING COOKIES AND HOW TO OPT-OUT)
5. NOTICE CONCERNING DO NOT TRACK SIGNALS
6. HOW TO CONTACT US

This Notice is part of the We're Forked Up Privacy Policy, available here.

1. AN EXPLANATION OF THE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES WE USE ON THE SERVICES

Like many companies, we use tracking technologies on our Services.   Below are some examples of the types of tracking technologies that may  be used, depending on how you access and interact with the Services.

  Web browser cookies A cookie is a data file placed on a computer when it is  used to visit the Services.  Cookies generally contain information that  is associated with your web browser, information such as website  preferences, login information, or a user ID.  This information enables  online services to recognize you as you interact with or revisit the  service.

“First party cookies” are cookies that are set by the domain that you  are visiting. When you visit websites in the Discovery network of  sites, we serve cookies set in the domains of the sites you are visiting  and in Discovery domains.

“Third party cookies” are cookies served by our advertising partners,  advertising networks, and analytics providers when you interact with  the sites.

“Session cookies” are stored for the duration of your visit.

“Persistent cookies” continue to be stored after you leave the Services, and may be kept for weeks, or even years.

Some of the cookies we use may be “flash” cookies.  A flash cookie is  a data file placed on a computer via the Adobe Flash plug-in that may  be built-in to or downloaded by you to your computer.  These cookies may  not be deleted when your cookies are deleted or disabled through  standard browser settings.  Please see the “Choices” section below for  information about deleting or disabling flash cookies.

Tracking technologies

The Services may contain web beacons/GIFs, pixels, page  tags, embedded scripts and other tracking technologies.  These  technologies consist of small transparent image files or other web  programming code that record how you interact with the Services.   They  are often used in conjunction with web browser cookies or other  identifiers associated with your device.   Device Identifiers We may collect your IP address or another unique  identifier for the particular device you use to access the Internet or  the Service.   Mobile Advertising Identifiers   We and our third-party service providers may receive an  advertising identifier that is assigned to your device if you access  the Services through a mobile app.   Cross Device Tracking If you use different devices (such as your home  computer, laptop, mobile device, connected television and/or other smart  device) to access our Services, we may be able to associate you with  each of your devices through deterministic (such as logging in to an  account or service on multiple devices) or probabilistic (such as making  reasonable inferences based on the collection of non-personal  information about the devices you use) fingerprinting technologies.   Precise Location Information If you access one of our mobile apps, you may be given  the option to share information about your precise location with us. If  you agree, we may collect location information that is provided through  the GPS functionality on your mobile device. We use this information to  present information and advertising that is of relevance to you based on  where you are.    

1. HOW WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

We and third parties may use cookies and tracking technologies when  you interact with the Services for a variety of reasons, as described in  detail, below.

  Generally We use cookies and other tracking technologies to record  your preferences; track the use of our Services and your exposure to  our online advertisements; monitor traffic; improve the Services; make  the Services easier to use, including remembering your preferences and  settings; and make the Services more relevant to you.   Analytics We use tracking technologies to count visitors to the  Services, monitor how users navigate the Services, count how many  e-mails that were sent were actually opened or count how many articles  or links were actually viewed, and for other analytic purposes.   Advertising We, or advertising companies working on our behalf, may  use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information about  your interactions with Services; provide interest-based advertisements  on the Services, other Discovery services, and unaffiliated services;  and measure the effectiveness of advertisements.    

1. HOW OUR ADVERTISING PARTNERS USE TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

We permit third parties such as advertising technology companies to  serve advertisements for third party products and services.  These  companies use cookies and similar technologies to collect information  about your interactions with the Services and other websites, mobile  applications, and other connected services and use that information to  display ads that are more likely to be relevant to you and to understand  how users respond to those ads.

1. YOUR CHOICES (MANAGING COOKIES AND HOW TO OPT-OUT)

In many instances, you have choices about the information you provide  and how we use your information.  These choices, and any related  consequences, are described in detail below.

  Cookies Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but, if  you prefer, you can usually modify your browser setting to disable or  reject cookies. If you delete your cookies or if you set your browser to  decline cookies, some features of the Services may not work or may not  work as designed.  You can also manage the use of Flash technologies,  including flash cookies and local storage objects with the Flash  management tools available at Adobe’s website.   Targeted Ads on the Services Many of the third-party advertisers that place tracking  tools on our Services and other services are members of programs that  offer you the ability to opt out of the use of information about your  web browsing behavior for purposes of showing ads that are targeted to  your interests.  You can learn more about the choices offered by these  companies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative(“NIA”) and the Digital Advertising Alliance(“DAA”).  We are committed to complying with the DAA’s self-regulatory compliance  principles for online and mobile behavioral advertising. You can learn  more about the choices for mobile behavioral tracking under “Mobile  Device Tracking” below.

Please note that opting-out of interest-based advertising by  companies that participate in these programs does not mean that you will  not receive advertising while using our Services or on other websites  or online services, nor will it prevent the receipt of interest-based  advertising from third parties that do not participate in these  programs.  In addition, opting out may still allow the collection of  usage data for certain purposes (e.g., research, analytics and for  internal online services operation purposes).

If your browsers are configured to reject cookies when you visit this  opt-out page, or you subsequently erase your cookies, use a different  computer or change web browsers, your opt out choices may not, or may no  longer, be effective.

Adobe Cross-Device Tracking We participate in the Adobe Marketing Cloud Device Co-op  to better understand how you use our Services across the various  devices you use, and to deliver tailored promotions.  You can visit https://cross-device-privacy.adobe.com to learn more about how Adobe does this and to manage your choices relating to this linking of devices.   Nielsen’s Digital Measurement Products We also use The Nielsen Company’s digital measurement  products on our Services, which will allow you to contribute to market  research, such a Nielsen TV Ratings.  Please visit Nielsen’s Digital  Measurement Privacy Policy page at www.nielsen.com/digitalprivacy for  more information about the measurement software and to learn about your  choices with regard to Nielsen’s measurement products. To opt-out of  Nielsen measurement on mobile devices visit Nielsen’s mobile opt-out  page at https://sites.nielsen.com/legal/privacy-statement/nielsen_app_output/#   Mobile Device Tracking You can opt out of the use of information about your  mobile app usage by certain advertising companies through your device  settings (“Limit Ad Tracking” on Apple devices and “Opt Out of  Personalized Ads” on Android devices). To opt-out of behavioral tracking  on mobile devices the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) also offers  the DAA AppChoices Tool, available at https://www.aboutads.info/appchoices. Information on “limit ad tracking” settings on mobile devices is available on NAI’s Mobile Choices page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/mobile-choice.   Connected TV Tracking You can opt out of the use of information about your  Connected TV and TV streaming device usage by certain advertising  companies through your device settings. You can learn more about the  choices offered by your TV streaming devices by visiting https://www.networkadvertising.org/internet-connected-tv-choices/.     

1. NOTICE CONCERNING DO NOT TRACK SIGNALS

Your browser or device may include “Do Not Track” functionality.  How  browsers communicate the Do Not Track signal is not yet uniform, so a  standard technological response has not yet been developed by the policy  and technological communities.  For this reason, we do not respond to  Do Not Track signals currently.  Our information collection and  disclosure practices, and the choices that we provide, will continue to  operate as described in this Tracking Technologies Notice and in our Privacy Notice , whether or not a Do Not Track signal is received.

1. HOW TO CONTACT US

For any questions regarding this Tracking Technologies Notice or We're Forked Up’s privacy practices, please contact us at contact@wereforkedup.com