Welcome to our cookie policy on our link shortening platform:
Here we will explain a little why it is necessary to use cookies on our link shortening platform.
Why We Use Cookies on Our Link Shortening Platform
Cookies are essential for the efficient and secure functioning of our link shortening platform. They perform several crucial functions that benefit both users and the platform itself. Below, we highlight the main reasons why we use cookies:
Improving User Experience:
- Personalization: Cookies allow our platform to personalize your experience by remembering your preferences and settings, such as language and layout. This ensures a smoother and more tailored navigation to your needs.
- Auto Login: With cookies, you can stay logged in to your account without having to enter your credentials every time you access the platform.
Performance Analysis:
- Usage Monitoring: We use cookies to collect anonymous data about platform usage. This information helps us understand how users interact with our services, identifying areas that need improvement.
- Feature Optimization: Based on the collected data, we can optimize functionalities and fix potential issues, ensuring a more efficient and pleasant platform.
Security:
- Data Protection: Cookies help protect your personal information, ensuring that only you have access to your account. They are also used to detect and prevent suspicious or malicious activity.
Targeted Advertising:
- Ad Relevance: We use cookies to display more relevant ads to you based on your activities and interests. This not only improves your experience but also helps us fund the platform.
Geolocation Targeting:
- Precise Targeting: Cookies allow our platform to recognize your geographic location, enabling the display of specific content and offers tailored to your region. This is especially useful for segmented marketing campaigns.
At https://xcurt.com, we strive to honor the privacy and security of any data we collect from visitors using our website, whilst acting as a Personal Data Controller under relevant data protection rules and regulations.
Our website uses cookies, in combination with pixels, local storage objects and similar devices (collectively, "cookies" unless otherwise noted) to distinguish you from other users of the website. This helps us provide a good experience, improve our service, and personalize ads and content for you while you use the site.
This cookie policy describes the types of cookies we use on the website and our purposes for using them.
This cookie policy describes the types of cookies we use on the site and our purposes for using them.
If you have any questions about this Cookie Notice, please contact us at [CONTACT US THROUGH SITE SUPPORT].
For a more complete description and list of the cookies we currently use on the site, please review our Cookie List found in section 5 of this document.
For more information about our privacy practices, please review our "Privacy Policy": [Privacy Policy].
Please read this Cookie Notice carefully for details on why we use cookies and the information collected from you.
Cookie Definitions
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your device, which is like the computer's memory.
First and third-party cookies: Whether a cookie is 'first' or 'third' party refers to the domain placing the cookie.
- First-party cookies are those set by a site that is being visited by the user at the time (e.g., cookies placed by our website domain).
- Third-party cookies are cookies set by a domain other than the site being visited by the user. If a user visits a website and another entity sets a cookie through that site, this would be a third-party cookie.
Persistent cookies: These cookies remain on the user's device for the period specified in the cookie. They are activated each time the user visits the site that created that particular cookie.
Session cookies: These cookies allow site operators to link the actions of a user during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and ends when they close the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.
What cookies do we use and why? Generally, the site uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of the site. This helps us provide you with a good experience when you browse the site and also allows us to improve it. The cookies we may use on the site may be categorized as follows:
- Strictly necessary
- Performance
- Functionality
- Targeting / Marketing
*Some cookies may fulfill more than one of these purposes.
Strictly Necessary Cookies allow you to move around the site and use essential features, such as secure areas. Without these cookies, we cannot provide the services requested.
We use these strictly necessary cookies to:
- Identify you as being logged in and authenticated on the site;
- For security purposes;
- Ensure that when you connect to the desired service on the site after we make any changes to how it operates, it remains functional;
If you prevent these cookies, we cannot guarantee how the site or the security on the site will behave during your visit.
Performance Cookies collect information about how you use the site, for example, which pages you visit and if you experience any errors. These cookies do not collect any information that could identify you and are used only to help us improve the operation of the site, understand the interests of our users, and measure the effectiveness of our advertising.
We use performance cookies to:
- Perform web analytics: Provide statistics on how the site is used;
- Perform affiliate tracking: Provide feedback to affiliated entities that one of our visitors also visited their site;
- Obtain data on the number of users of the site who viewed a product or service;
- Help us improve the site by measuring any errors that occur;
- Test different designs for the site.
Some of our performance 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 purposes such as:
- Remembering settings you have applied, such as layout, text size, preferences, and colors;
- Remembering if we have already asked you if you want to complete a survey;
- Remembering if you have engaged with a specific component or list on the site so that it does not repeat;
- Showing you when you are logged in to the site;
- Providing and showing embedded video content.
Some of these functionality cookies are managed by third parties.
Targeting / Marketing Cookies are used to track your visit to the site, as well as other websites, apps, and online services, including the pages you have visited and the links you have followed, which allows us to display targeted ads to you on the site.
We may use targeting cookies to:
- Display targeted ads within the site;
- Improve how we deliver personalized ads and content and measure the success of ad campaigns on the site.
When we require your consent All cookies require your consent.
We request your consent before placing them on your device. You can give your consent by clicking the appropriate button on the banner displayed to you.
If you do not wish to give consent or wish to withdraw your consent to any cookies at any time, you will need to delete and block or disable cookies through your browser settings; see below for more information on how to do this. Please note that disabling these cookies will affect the functionality of the site and may prevent you from accessing certain features on the site.
How to Delete and Block Our Cookies Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of the site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit the site.
Changing your cookie settings The browser settings for changing your cookie settings are usually found in the 'options' or 'preferences' menu of your internet browser. To understand these settings, the following links may be helpful. Otherwise, you should use the 'Help' option in your internet browser for more details.
- Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
- Cookie settings in Microsoft Edge
- Cookie settings in Firefox
- Cookie settings in Chrome
Cookie List
We currently use these third-party services to store and query your data:
Google Analytics: We use Google Universal Analytics to monitor the performance of our site and check visitor activities to tailor our content to their expectations.
Facebook Pixel: We use Facebook Pixel tracking to measure the effectiveness of social media campaign related to the Facebook platform.
Type of Cookies: Performance and Advertising
LinkedIn Ads: We use it to personalize the ad and content you receive on our site, limit the number of ads you see on our site, and measure the effectiveness of our campaign.
Type of Cookies: Performance and Advertising
- Google AdWords (conversion): We use Google AdWords cookies to personalize the ad and content you receive on our site, limit the number of ads you see on our site, and measure the effectiveness of our campaign.
Google AdWords (remarketing): We use Google AdWords remarketing cookies to collect data about your activities when you visit our sites, the sites of entities that advertise (advertisers), or the sites and online services where we advertise.
Type of Cookies: Performance and Advertising
Hotjar: We use Hotjar to ensure that our site's design and user experience are working as expected and providing the best possible experience for our users. It is also used to conduct page searches and get feedback from visitors who want to share their thoughts with us.
Type of Cookies: Performance
Bing Ads: We use it to personalize the ad and content you receive on our site, limit the number of ads you see on our site, and measure the effectiveness of our campaign.
Type of Cookies: Performance and Advertising
Eloqua: Eloqua is a digital marketing analysis and automation software that we use to track our email marketing efforts.
Type of Cookies: Performance and Advertising
HubSpot: HubSpot is a digital marketing analysis and automation platform that we use to track our email marketing efforts and conversions.
Type of Cookies: Performance and Advertising
Last updated: 21/11/2024