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By using this site you are agreeing to our terms and conditions (including using cookies to collect anonymous usage statistics). If you do not agree you may either stop cookies in your browser settings or stop browsing the site.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website and services in order to tailor them to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website and service, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of the website. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose | More information |
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These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where vistors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | Google privacy overview » |
| Site cookie acceptance | This cookie is used to record if a user has accepted the use of cookies on our website. | ||
| Flickr / Yahoo |
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Flickr is the photo sharing site we use. These cookies are used to remember your preferences and display advertising when you visit the main Flickr site. | |
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This cookie detects if you are logged into Twitter and allows you to use the 'Follow' button and remembers if you are follwing us or not. | ||
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This cookie detects if you are logged into Facebook and allows you to use the 'Like' button and remembers if you have liked us. |
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
How does SecretWorld use cookies?
Information supplied by cookies can help us to analyse the profile of our visitors and help us to provide you with a better user experience.
Does SecretWorld track the opening of HTML emails?
We use page tracking in our HTML-based emails to let us know which emails have been opened by the recipients. By opting in to our newsletters you are consenting to being tracked.
Cookies set by Third Party sites
To support our website, we sometimes embed photos and video content from websites such as YouTube. As a result, when you visit a page with content embedded from, for example, YouTube, you may be presented with cookies from these websites. SecretWorld does not control the dissemination of these cookies. You should check the relevant third party website for more information about these.
SecretWorld Sharing Tools
We would like to draw your attention to the fact that the SecretWorld website now carries embedded ‘share’ buttons to enable users of the site to easily share articles with their friends through a number of popular social networks. These sites may set a cookie when you are also logged in to their service. The SecretWorld does not control the dissemination of these cookies and you should check the relevant third party website for more information about these.
Other Third Party IP Address processing activities
SecretWorld web products or phone apps sometimes offer features that allow users to share links with social networks and the SecretWorld shortens that URL using the bit.ly service Bit.ly provides SecretWorld with anonymised, aggregated statistics relating to use of the shortened SecretWorld URL, for example by telling us how many times it has been clicked on. SecretWorld does not have access to the IP address of your computer collected by bit.ly when you use its service or any other identifiable information about you. Nor does Bit.ly have any access to data collected on a SecretWorld website. For more information on bit.ly's privacy policy, please see http://bit.ly/pages/privacy.
