The cookies we use on World War One Photos website are for Google Analytics, Google Third Party Advertising an Statcounter

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics tool that helps the owner of a website to understand how visitors use and move around their website.

Google Analytics uses first-party cookies to track visitors interacting with the website. The cookies used for this function have names like ‘_utma’ and ‘_utmz’. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. The cookies store information, such as: the time when a user visits a web page, if a user has visited the site before, and which site a user was on when they were referred to this website. When you visit World War One website the Google Analytics cookies collect anonymous information about your computer. This includes an IP address, operating system and browser type. No personal information that can identify you as an individual is collected in this process. The data collected by Google Analytics cookies is used only to generate statistics that will help us to understand how our users browse the website. In so doing we can learn how to improve the browsing experience for the benefit of our users.

More Information:

If you wish to have more information about the cookies used by Google Analytics click here to go to the Google page on Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites.

Opt Out:

If you wish to opt out of data collection by Google Analytics click here to go to the Opt Out Google Analytics web page.

Google Third Party Advertising

World War One Photos website uses third-party advertising with Google to serve adverts when you visit our website. Google Advertising uses various cookies as part of its online advertising features for the benefit of users and advertisers. These cookies do not collect personal information about you, such as your name, address, email address or telephone number. Google may use the information collected by its cookies about your visit to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you.

More Information:

If you would like more information about this practice and would like to know your options in relation to control of the advertising cookies used by Google click here to go to the Google Policies and Principles page.

STATCOUNTER aNALYTIC COOKIES

Statcounter is a web analytics service. WW1Photos.com use Statcounter to track activity on this website. These stats help us to understand how people are interacting with our website and to improve the design and functionality of the sites so that we can offer a better online experience to our visitors. If you visit a website which uses the Statcounter service, a 3rd pary Statcounter analytics cookie (called "is_unique") will usually be placed in your browser. This cookie is used only to determine whether you are a first-time or returning visitor and to estimate unique visits to the site. No personal information is stored in the cookie. In summary, a Statcounter analytics cookie may be placed in your browser in two different ways:

1) You visit the Statcounter website or

2) You visit a website which uses the Statcounter service (i.e. you do not have to visit the Statcounter site in order to find a Statcounter analytics cookie in your browser)

You may set your browser to refuse/accept the 3rd party Statcounter analytics cookie by clicking the link below.

Refuse Statcounter Analytic Cookies

How to Control Cookies

For detailed information on how to control cookies on your particular browser or if you wish to find out more information about cookies you can visit a website which has free information for consumers. It explains what cookies are, what the issues are regarding their use on websites and why website owners are having to tell consumers what cookies they are using. You can go to the following website: AllAboutcookies.org

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