Policy
What cookies do we use and why? Read our First Party Cookies policy below.
Last updated: August 2, 2021
This cookie policy (“Cookie Policy”) describes the types of cookies, pixels, local storage objects, and similar devices (collectively, “cookies” unless otherwise noted) we use on the Media.Monks website and our purposes for using them.
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at privacy@monks.com.
For more info about the types of cookies we use on the Media.Monks website, please see below.
For more information about our privacy practices, please review our privacy policy: media.monks.com/privacy-policy.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small file that websites send to your computer or other Internet-connected device to uniquely identify your browser or to store information or settings in your browser. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our website will issue cookies as soon as you visit the website.
What cookies do we use and why?
We use cookies to help us provide you with a good experience, improve our website, and to personalize the marketing ads we serve to you after you visit the Media.Monks website.
The cookies we may use on the Media.Monks website may be categorized as follows:
- Performance
- Functionality
- Targeting
Note, some cookies may fulfill more than one of these purposes.
‘Performance’ cookies collect information about how to use the Media.Monks website e.g. which pages you visit and if you experience any errors. These cookies do not collect any information that could identify you and are only used to help us improve how the Media.Monks website operates, understand the interests of our visitors, and measure the effectiveness of our advertising.
We use performance cookies to:
- Carry out web analytics: Provide statistics on how the Media.Monks website is used
- Obtain data on the number of visitors of Media.Monks website
- Help us improve the Media.Monks website by measuring any errors that occur
- Test different designs for the Media.Monks website
Some of these cookies are managed for us by third parties.
‘Functionality’ cookies are used to provide services or to remember settings to improve your visit.
We use functionality cookies for such purposes as:
- Remember settings you’ve applied such as layout, text size, preferences and colors
- Remember if you’ve already filled in a form or survey on our website
- Remember if you have previously dismissed a notification or other prompt
Some of these cookies are managed for us by third parties.
‘Targeting’ cookies are used to track your visit to the Media.Monks website, as well as other websites, apps and online services, including the pages you have visited and the links you have followed, which allows Media.Monks to display targeted ads to you.
We may use targeting cookies to improve how we deliver personalized ads and content and to measure the success of ad campaigns
Cookie Domain media.monks.com
Cookie Name
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_gid
Purpose Used to distinguish users for Google Analytics
Type of Cookie First-party
Cookie Domain media.monks.com
Cookie Name _gclxxxx
Purpose Used for Google conversion tracking
Type of Cookie First-party
Cookie Domain media.monks.com
Cookie Name hubspotutk
Purpose Used by Hubspot for user authentication
Type of Cookie First-party
Cookie Domain media.monks.com
Cookie Name __hssc, __hssrc, __hstc
Purpose Used by Hubspot for website analytics
Type of Cookie First-party
Cookie Domain doubleclick.net
Cookie Name test_cookie
Purpose Used by DoubleClick for advertising
Type of Cookie Third-Party
Cookie Domain linkedin.com
Cookie Name lidc, bcookie, bscookie, li_gc, AnalyticsSyncHistory
Purpose Used by the LinkedIn social network
Type of Cookie Third-Party
Cookie Domain linkedin.com
Cookie Name UserMatchHistory
Purpose Used by LinkedIn for advertising
Type of Cookie Third-Party
Cookie Domain ads.linkedin.com
Cookie Name lang
Purpose Used by LinkedIn for advertising
Type of Cookie Third-Party
Cookie Domain youtube.com
Cookie Name VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Purpose Used by Google to track viewing of videos
Type of Cookie Third-Party
Cookie Domain youtube.com
Cookie Name CONSENT, YSC
Purpose Used by Google for advertising
Type of Cookie Third-Party
Manage Your Preferences
You may opt-out of certain cookies or change your cookie preferences for this website as described below.
Our Website
You can review or change your preferences for most third-party cookies and tags on this website by adjusting your Cookie Settings for the respective websites.
Cookie Settings: Preference Center
Please note that your preferences are applied on a browser and device basis. So, you will need to set your cookie preferences for each browser and device you use to access this website and the associated Services. Further, if you subsequently delete cookies, your preferences may be lost and need to be reset. You may also delete, block, or disable one or more cookies via your browser settings; see below for more information on how to do this.
Deleting and blocking our cookies
You may delete, review and block cookies by adjusting your browser settings. However, if you block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our Services. Please see the links below for more information on how to manage cookie settings for certain browsers.
Manage Cookies in Your Browser
Firefox - “Private Browsing” and managing cookie settings: Learn more
Chrome - “Incognito” mode and managing cookie settings: Learn more
Internet Explorer - “InPrivate” mode and managing cookie settings: Learn more
Safari - “Private Browsing” and managing cookie settings: Learn more
For further information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, please visit: www.allaboutcookies.org. For UK users, information on the International Chamber of Commerce United Kingdom CC (UK) UK cookie guide can be found on the ICC website: International Chamber of Commerce UK - Digital Economy.
Managing third party cookies
Most advertising technologies offer a way of managing how your data is used, and choices for opting out of certain types of advertising and marketing. Below are links to set your preferences for the advertising technologies we may use:
Your Choices About Advertising and Analytics
Google Analytics
Learn More (More info below)
Google Ads DoubleClick
Privacy info (More info below)
Facebook Ads
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LinkedIn Ads
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Twitter Ads
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Hubspot
More information on third party ad networks
- EU: Internet Advertising Bureau
A guide to behavioral advertising and online privacy that has been produced by the internet advertising industry can be found at: www.youronlinechoices.eu/ - US: Digital Advertising Alliance
A guide to behavioral advertising and online privacy, and DAA Members Opt-out Tool: aboutads.info/choices - Canada: Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada
A guide to behavioral advertising and online privacy, and DAA Members Opt-out Tool: youradchoices.ca/choices
More information on third party analytics
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytic service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google uses cookies to help us analyze how visitors use the Media.Monks website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Media.Monks website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In case of activation of the IP anonymization, Google will truncate/anonymize the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union as well as for other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the USA. On behalf of the Media.Monks website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Media.Monks website, compiling reports on your activity for us and third parties who help operate and provide services related to the Media.Monks website. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of these cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser as described in this Cookie Policy. Further, you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.
More information concerning the terms and conditions of use and data privacy can be found at google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or at google.de/intl/en_uk/policies.
For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please see Google’s help pages and privacy policy:
- Google’s Privacy Policy
- Google Analytics Help pages
Google has developed the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on; if you want to opt out of Google Analytics, you can download and install the add-on for your web browser here