Cookies

Like most websites do, The Investment Observer uses cookies to enhance our users experience.

Cookies are small text files stored on your computer by your browser.

They’re used for a wide range of things including:

  • remembering whether you’ve visited the site before, so that you remain logged in
  • to help us work out how many new website visitors we get each month.

They contain information about the use of your computer but don’t include your personal details.

This policy explains how cookies maybe used on the The Investment Observer websites and how you can control the cookies that may be used on this site (not all of them are used on every site).

About this Cookie policy

This Cookie Policy applies to all of our websites and our mobile applications (“the Website”).

In this Cookie Policy, when we refer to any of our Websites, we mean any website or mobile application operated by or on behalf of The Investment Observer or associated organisations regardless of how you access the network.

 

This Cookie Policy forms part of and is incorporated into our Website Terms and Conditions: www.theinvestmentobserver.co.uk/terms

 

 

By accessing the Website, you agree that this Cookie Policy will apply whenever you access the Website on any device including and not limited to: desktop, mobile or tablet.

Any changes to this policy will be available here. We reserve the right to vary this Cookie Policy from time to time and such changes shall become effective as soon as they are posted. Your use of the Website constitutes your agreement to all such changes.

The Investment Observer use of cookies

We may collect information automatically when you visit The Investment Observer, using cookies.

The cookies allow us to identify your computer and find out details about your last visit.

You can choose, below, not to allow cookies. If you do, we can’t guarantee that your experience with The Investment Observer will be as enjoyable as if you do allow cookies.

The information collected by cookies does not personally identify you; it includes general information about your computer settings, your connection to the Internet e.g. operating system and platform, IP address, your browsing patterns and timings of browsing on the Website and your location. We will assume that your continued use of this website advocates our use of cookies.

Most internet browsers accept cookies automatically, but you can change the settings of your browser to erase cookies or prevent automatic acceptance if you prefer.

These links explain how you can control cookies via your browser – remember that if you turn off cookies in your browser then these settings apply to all websites not just this one:

Safari:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Safari/5.0/en/9277.html

Android:

http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=169022

Internet Explorer:

http:/ /www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/web/changing-privacy-and-other-browser-settings.aspx).

Chrome:

http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=95647

Firefox:

http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ Enabling%20and%20disabling%20cookies

Blackberries:

http://docs.blackberry.com/en/smartphone_users/deliverables/ 32004/Turn_off_cookies_in_the_browser_60_1072866_11.jsp

Opera:

http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/

 

We highly recommend visitinghttp://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/#completed for more information about how website will use your information to provide you with an enhanced experience when using our sites and others.

 

Types of cookie that may be used during your visit to the Website:

The following types of cookie are used on this site. We don’t list every single cookie used by name – but for each type of cookie we tell you how you can control its use.

 

  1. Analytics cookies

These monitor how visitors move around the Website and how they reached it. This is used so that we can see total (not individual) figures on which types of content users enjoy most, for instance.

You can opt out of these by following the links below:

Google:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Omniture:

http://www.omniture.com/en/privacy/2o7#optout

Optimizely:

https://www.optimizely.com/opt_out/

 

  1. Our own ad serving and management cookies

We sell space on some of our websites to advertisers, they fund the ongoing management of this site to ensure you continue to receive high quality information..

To facilitate this, we use several services to help us and advertisers understand what adverts you will find relevant. These cookies store information about the computer – they don’t hold personal information about you (such as name, telephone), but they might hold a record of what other websites you’ve previously – so we display to you a CFD broker advert if you’ve previously visited a website regarding Contracts for Difference.

These are the services we use and how you can control those cookies. Please note that turning off advertising cookies won’t mean that you are not served any advertising merely that it will not be aimed at your specific interests.

Google Adsense (ad partner):

https://support.google.com/adsense/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&utm_medium=link&gsessionid=DyXLmLB1J1MxXckh6tX6AQ&utm_campaign=ww-ww-et-asfe_&utm_source=aso&answer=48182

Doubleclick:

http://www.google.com/doubleclick/privacy/

Outbrain:

http://www.outbrain.com/privacy

Dianomi:

http://www.dianomioffers.co.uk/legal/privacy.epl

 

 

  1. Third-party service cookies

Social sharing, video and other services we offer are run by other companies. These companies may drop cookies on your computer when you use them on our site or if you are already logged in to them.

Here is a list of places where you can find out more about specific services that we may use and their use of cookies:

Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info-on-other

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/privacy

YouTube:

http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/faq/#toc-cookies

 

  1. Other ad management cookies

Advertisements on the Website are provided by other organisations. Our advertising partners will serve advertisements that they believe are most likely to be of interest to you, based on information about your visit to the Website and other websites. In order to do this, our advertising partner may need to place a cookie on your computer. These cookies hold information about the computer – they don’t hold personal information about you (ie it’s not linked to you as an individual).

For more information about this type of online behavioural advertising, about cookies, and about how to turn this feature off, please visit http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/ to find out how you can shape your internet experience.

Please note that turning off advertising cookies won’t mean that you are not served any advertising merely that it will not be tailored to your interests.

  1. Site management cookies

These are used to maintain your identity or session on the Website. For instance, where our websites run on more than one server, we use a cookie to ensure that you are sent information by one specific server (otherwise you may log in or out unexpectedly). We may use similar cookies when you vote in opinion polls to ensure that you can only vote once, and to ensure that you can use our commenting functionality when not logged in (to ensure you don’t see comments you’ve reported as abusive, for instance, or don’t vote comments up/down more than once).

These cookies cannot be turned off individually but you could change your browser setting to refuse all cookies (see above) if you do not wish to accept them.