What is a cookie?
A web cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user’s computer by the user’s web browser while the user is browsing.
What are cookies used for?
We may use cookies on our website and web audio player for the following:
- Authentication — Certain sections of our digital platform may require login, so a cookie is saved to authenticate the browser session with the login.
- Marketing & Analytics — We may use third-party tools such as Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel to monitor how our website is being used, make improvements, and retarget ads.
- Episode Progress — Our web audio player may use cookies that persist across page visits, so that a visitor’s location in an episode isn’t lost.
What if I don’t want to use cookies?
Read more about online privacy from these resources:
- How to block cookies from How to Geek.
- How to increase your online privacy from The Verge.
- See Google’s global opt-out tool to prevent Google Analytics tracking on all websites.
- See Facebook’s ad-targeting help page to opt-out of its tracking.
