Cookies Policy
This Cookies Policy sets out the basis on which we, Spice New Media Ltd, use cookies and similar technologies on or in relation to our website, www.buzzbox.cc (our website). This Cookies Policy is effective from 31/01/2018.
About cookies
Cookies are small data files sent by a website’s server to a web browser, processor memory or hard drive and stored there. They can be used for a range of different purposes, such as customising a website for a particular user, helping a user navigate a website, improving that user’s website experience, and storing that user’s preferences and login information.
Essential and non-essential cookies
- Essential cookies: These are cookies that are either:
• Used solely to carry out or facilitate the transmission of communications over a network; or
• Strictly necessary to provide an online service which you have requested.
Cookies can be classified as either ‘session’ or ‘persistent’, depending on how long they last after they are placed on your browser.
Session and persistent cookies
- Session cookies: Session cookies last for as long as you keep your browser open. They expire when you close your browser.
- Persistent cookies: Persistent cookies expire at a fixed point in time or if you manually delete them from your browser, whichever occurs first.
Cookies can be classified as ‘first party’ or ‘third party’.
First and third party cookies
- First party cookies: These are cookies placed on your device by our website domain.
- Third party cookies: These are cookies placed on your device by third party website domains.
If you require further information about cookies in general, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
List of cookies used
We use the following cookies on or in relation to our website:
| Name of Cookie | Essential or Non-essential? | Type of cookie | First or Third party? | Session or Persistent? | Expiry Time | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Non-essential | Analytical | Third Party | Persistent | 2 years | To distinguish website visitors |
| cookieControl | Non-essential | Compliance | First | Persistent | 30 days | To confirm acceptance of cookies |
How to opt out of essential cookies
Most browsers allow you to block all cookies, including essential cookies. Please note, however, that if you block all cookies, parts of our website and its functionality may not work or display properly. You can delete existing cookies from your browser by clearing your browsing data and ensuring that the option to delete cookies is selected.
Non-essential cookies
We use the following types of non-essential cookies on our website:
- Functional cookies
- Analytical (or performance) cookies
- Targeting (or advertising) cookies
Functional cookies
These are cookies that are designed for purposes such as enhancing a website’s functionality. We use third party persistent cookies to recognise you when you use our live chat service. These cookies expire after 90 days.
Legal basis for processing: We process information about you contained in or obtained from functional cookies in our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation).
Legitimate interests: Improving your website experience and providing or enhancing the website functionality you have requested.
Analytical (or performance) cookies
Analytical (or performance) cookies track and gather data about what a user does on a website. We use Google Analytics cookies on our website. The Google Analytics cookies used on our website are: _ga. These cookies are session and persistent cookies. The information we collect using analytical cookies is collected on an anonymised basis.
To find out more about how Google handles information collected from Google Analytics, see Google's privacy policy, which is available here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.
How to accept or reject cookies
There are a number of ways in which you can accept or reject some or all cookies. Some of the main methods of doing so are described below:
Cookie control tool
You can accept or reject non-essential cookies by using our cookie management tool. Simply reject your desire to accept cookies set by our website via the onscreen popup on our website.
Browser settings
You can accept or reject some or all cookies (for example, blocking all third party cookies) by adjusting your browser settings. Links to changing settings for commonly used web browsers are provided:
- Google Chrome: Chrome Settings
- Mozilla Firefox: Firefox Settings
- Microsoft Internet Explorer: IE Settings
- Apple Safari: Safari Settings
To clear cookies that have previously been placed on your browser, you should select the option to clear your browsing history and ensure that the option to delete or clear cookies is included when you do so.
Copyright, credit and logo
This Cookies Policy is based on a template provided by GDPR Privacy Policy. For further information, please visit GDPR Privacy Policy.
The copyright in this Cookies Policy is either owned by, or licensed to, us and is protected by copyright laws around the world and copyright protection software. All intellectual property rights in this document are reserved.