Cookie Statement and Opt out choices

Cookie Statement and Opt-Out Choices Statement • Slashdot Media

LAST UPDATED: February 26, 2025

Like many websites, our Online and Mobile Resources (as defined in our Privacy Policy) use “cookies” and other small files (as further described below) to help us customize your experience, analyze our web traffic, target advertise to you, allow others to target advertise to you, and improve our offerings. These cookies distinguish you from other users of our services. This Policy intends to provide our visitors with clear and comprehensive information about the cookies we use and the purposes for using those cookies. For more information on how we use your personal information, see our Privacy Policy. This Policy is incorporated into and part of our Privacy Policy. Capitalized terms that are not defined within this Policy shall have the definition provided within the Privacy Policy or as defined by applicable law. When you visit or interact with our Online and Mobile Resources, we or our authorized providers may use cookies, web beacons and other similar technologies for storing information to help provide you with a good experience when you browse our Online and Mobile Resources and also allow us to improve our Online and Mobile Resources.

1. What are cookies, web beacons and similar technologies?

Cookies are small data files that are stored by the web browser (for example, Chrome, Internet Explorer, or Safari) on your computer, mobile device, tablet, or other internet-enabled device (referred to collectively as a “Device”). Cookies allow a web server to transfer data to a device for recordkeeping and other purposes. They allow websites to store things like user preferences. You can think of cookies as providing a 'memory' for the website, so that it can recognize you when you come back and respond appropriately. These cookies allow us to record certain pieces of information whenever you visit or interact with our Online and Mobile Resources.

2. What types of cookies, web beacons and similar technologies do we use?

Our use of such technologies fall into the following general categories:

  • Strictly necessary - These are cookies, web beacons or other similar technologies that are required for the operation of our Online and Mobile Resources. They include, for example, technologies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Online and Mobile Resources, use a shopping cart, or make use of e-billing services.
  • Analytical/performance - They allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors to our Online and Mobile Resources and to see how visitors move around our digital properties. This helps us to improve the way our Online and Mobile Resources work, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
  • Functionality - These are used to recognize you when you return to our Online and Mobile Resources, which enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
  • Advertising or targeting-related - These technologies record your visit to the Online and Mobile Resources, the pages you have visited, including third party digital properties, and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our Online and Mobile Resources and the advertising displayed on them more relevant to your interests. We may repurpose or retarget the information we gather about you. We may also Sell or Share (as those terms are defined under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and other similar privacy laws) this information with our advertisers, lead buyers, and with third parties for advertising and retargeting purposes.

You can find more information about the individual cookies, web beacons and similar technologies and the purposes for which we use them below. This list is not exhaustive, but it is intended to illustrate the primary reasons for certain types of cookies set by Slashdot Media or third parties on our Online and Mobile Resources

  • Pixels - We use pixels, or transparent GIF files, to help manage online advertising. These pixels are provided by our ad management partners, including DoubleClick, or other advertising networks and advertisers. These files enable our ad management partner to recognize a unique cookie on your Internet browser, which in turn enables us to learn which advertisements bring users to our Sites. The information that we collect and share is anonymous and not personally identifiable. It does not contain your name, address, telephone number, or email address. For more information about DoubleClick, including information about how to opt out of these technologies, go to https://www.google.com/privacy/ads/ or you may also opt out by clicking here.
  • Framing -The Sites may utilize framing and masking techniques to make it appear that the user is still on a Online and Mobile Resources when the user is actually on a third party website. We also have co-branding relationships with certain partners, such as at deals.slashdot.org. In these relationships, you will find our service platform on our partner's page. In this situation, both parties are collecting your data and both privacy policies govern the data collected. We will not share your data with our partner or other third parties without your consent in these and other relationships, nor do our partners share your data with us without your consent. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our Online and Mobile Resources and to read the privacy policies of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information from you.
  • Web beacons - We use web beacons from time to time. A web beacon is a string of code that provides a method for delivering a graphic image on a web page or in an email message for the purpose of transferring data, or determining how many times a specific web page has been viewed. Web beacons enable us to recognize a browser's cookie when a browser visits a Site, and to learn which banner ads bring users to each Site. For example, when a user visits a web page, the code for the page may include instructions to go to another server to gather a single pixel graphic image. Web beacons are not placed on a user's computer. Such web beacons may be placed on our Sites by our third party advertising companies to help manage and optimize any online advertising, and by third party data companies to share our users' behavior profile with third parties. To opt out of targeted advertising delivered by Network Advertising Initiative members, click here: https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1
  • Browser and Flash Cookies - We may use browser and Flash cookies, local Storage, or other similar technologies from time to time on the Sites. A “browser” or “HTTP” cookie is a unique text file that may be used for data analysis, and enables a web site to tailor information presented to a user based on a user's browsing program. We may use browser cookies to personalize a user's pages at Online and Mobile Resources or Sites, to remember a user when the user registers for products or services, for fraud prevention, or to track visits to Online and Mobile Resources or across our digital properties. We also may use Flash cookies, to store your preferences or display content based upon what you view on our Online and Mobile Resources to personalize your visit. Third parties with whom we partner to provide certain features on our Sites or to display advertising based upon your web browsing activity may also use Flash cookies to collect and store information. Flash cookies are different from “browser” cookies because of the amount of, type of, and how data is stored. Cookie management tools provided by your browser will not remove Flash cookies. To learn how to manage privacy and storage settings for Flash cookies, including how to delete Flash cookies, click here for additional information: https://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/ See Sections 3 and 4 below for more on how to disable cookies, web beacons and other tracking technologies
  • Ads - The ads appearing on the Online and Mobile Resources may be delivered to visitors by third parties, such as Google. The third party advertising technology that we use on the Online and Mobile Resources uses information derived from a user's visits to the Sites to target advertising within the Sites. In addition, our advertisers may use other third party advertising technology to target advertise on the Online and Mobile Resources. In the course of serving advertisements to the Sites, our partners may place or recognize a unique cookie on a user's browser. Information about users' visits to the Online and Mobile Resource, such as the number of times users have viewed an ad (but not users' names or addresses), are used to serve ads to visitors. The use of cookies enables our partners to serve ads to users based on such user's visit to our Online and Mobile Resources and other sites on the Internet. As with other cookies, and consistent with our policy on cookies stated above, the user may block or delete such cookies from the user's drive or memory. For more information about Google, Google's use of cookies, and how to “opt out” of Google's email/information lists, please click see here and here. As noted in the Web Beacon discussion above, users also can opt-out of receiving these types of targeted network advertisements from many advertising networks as detailed below. Please note this does not opt you out of being served advertising. You will continue to receive generic ads.

    • 3. How to manage cookies, web beacons and other tracking technologies on our Sites

    There are a number of ways you can manage what Analytical/performance, Functionality and Advertising/targeting-related cookies are set on your Device. Strictly necessary cookies, however, cannot be disabled. You may also be required to re-enter your password more frequently during your browsing session. The first time you visit any of our Online and Mobile Resources you will see an overlay which explains your options. Depending upon the jurisdiction where you reside, you may be deemed to have accepted cookies by continuing to browse the relevant Site or you may be required to accept certain cookies.

    4. Can I withdraw my consent?

    Once you have given us your consent to the use of cookies, we store a cookie on your computer or device to remember this for next time. Your consent will expire periodically. If you wish to withdraw your consent at any time, you will need to delete your cookies using your internet browser settings, or you may have the option to use our cookie preference tool and visit the Consent Management Provider, as described below.

    5. How can I exercise my cookie preferences?

    You can exercise your cookie preferences by visiting the Consent Management Provider. For further information about deleting or blocking cookies, please visit: https://cookiepedia.co.uk/ or https://www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-delete-cookies/ or as otherwise provided in this Cookie Statement.

    6. Disabling cookies, web beacons and other tracking technologies.

    • Cookies and opt-out choices statement. On some of our Online and Mobile Resources you can set your preferences on how we, and third parties, use cookies on your Device. Please see our [Cookies and opt-out choices statement] at the bottom of every screen of our Online and Mobile Resources.
    • Browser Settings. You can disable and/or delete all types of cookies, web beacons or similar technologies if permitted by your browser, installed application or Device. These technologies are generally easy to disable and/or delete but how you do so varies from browser to browser. The “help” function within your browser should tell you how to do it. Please note if you decline cookies, web beacons or other similar technologies, you may not be able to take advantage of certain Online and Mobile Resources features, services, applications, or tools. The following links also provide information on how to modify the cookies settings on some popular browsers:

    Matomo analytics solution on our sites. You can opt out of Matomo tracking by using our Cookie Preference Manager. If the browser opt-out widget says you are not being tracked it means that we are honoring your browser's Do Not Track setting. You may choose not to have a unique web analytics cookie identification number assigned to your computer to avoid the aggregation and analysis of data collected on this website. To make that choice, please go to our Cookie Preference Manager to receive an opt-out cookie.

    7. Disabling most targeting or behavior advertising cookies.

    If you would like to disable advertising cookies, which remember your browsing habits and display relevant advertising when you use our SourceForge Services, you can visit https://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices. If you choose to turn off these cookies you will still see advertising on the Internet but it may not be tailored to your interests. It does not mean that you won't be served any advertisements while you are online. Although many companies involved in using advertising cookies and serving online behavioral advertising appear at the above links, not all do. Therefore, even if you choose to turn off cookies used by all of the companies listed, you may still receive some advertising cookies and some tailored advertisements from other companies.

    Log Files

    As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically. This information may include Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, the files viewed on our site (e.g., HTML pages, graphics, etc.), operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data to analyze trends in the aggregate and administer the site.

    Additional opt-out choices for analytics and marketing networks

    Several of the advertising networks and service providers that we use to analyze activities on our sites also offer opt-out mechanisms as an alternative to managing the placement of cookies by these services through your browser settings as discussed above:

    Identity Codes

    We may use an online identification code, generated by one of our first party identity partners, for the purpose of delivering an ad to your Device. This code does not contain any of your identifiable personal data, but you may be able to be identified. We use this code to enable our delivery and management of targeted advertising throughout your online experience (e.g., web, email, connected devices, and in-app, etc.), as well as for data linking and the measurement of ad performance. You have the right to express a choice regarding the use of your data for these purposes.

    ID5

    Our Online and Mobile Resources enable third-party companies to serve ads, collect pseudonymous personal data and/or use tracking technologies with your consent where required under privacy and data protection laws. These tracking technologies are designed to help recognize your Device and collect information about your web surfing activity, including your activities on our Online and Mobile Resources. Please keep in mind that browser settings which block cookies may have no effect on such techniques. When you visit or enter your email address (either to log in, to sign up for a newsletter, or otherwise) on our Online and Mobile Resources, we may share Personal Data or other information that we collect from you, such as your email (in hashed, pseudonymous form), IP address, and/or information about your browser or operating system with these companies, acting as controllers, and these companies use this information to create a pseudonymous ID for the purpose of recognizing you on your devices. This ID does not contain any of your identifiable Personal Data, but you may be able to be identified from the ID. We may place this ID in our first-party cookie or use a partner that places a third-party cookie and allows it to be used for online and cross-channel advertising. This ID may be shared by us or on our behalf with our advertising partners and other third-party advertising companies globally for the purpose of enabling interest-based content and/or targeted advertising throughout your online experience (e.g. web, email, connected devices, in-app, etc). One such third-party company is ID5. Detailed information on ID5's data processing activities in connection with this ID and ID5's opt-out is available here and in ID5's platform privacy policy here: https://id5.io/platform-privacy-policy. You have the right to withdraw your consent or opt-out to the processing of your personal data via the ID at any time.

    UID2.0

    To opt out of the use of your Personal Data used for the identity code known as UID2.0, please visit: https://transparentadvertising.org/.

    Yahoo ConnectID

    To opt-out of Yahoo ConnectID, please visit: https://connectid.yahoo.com/.

    Additional opt-out choices for social media

    Integration of social media links to our sites may enable tracking by these providers, who provide their own opt-out and data control mechanisms:

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    If you would like to opt-out/unsubscribe from receiving newsletters or marketing communications or deactivate your accounts, please use the links below and provide a copy of the communication or account name you wish to unsubscribe. Please understand that it may take up to a week for your request to be processed. Please contact us at [email protected] or use the Interactive Portal.

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