Cookie Policy of Thrivous
This document informs Users about the technologies that help Thrivous to achieve the purposes described below. Such technologies allow the Owner to access and store information (for example by using a Cookie) or use resources (for example by running a script) on a User’s device as they interact with Thrivous.
For simplicity, all such technologies are defined as "Trackers" within this document – unless there is a reason to differentiate.
For example, while Cookies can be used on both web and mobile browsers, it would be inaccurate to talk about Cookies in the context of mobile apps as they are a browser-based Tracker. For this reason, within this document, the term Cookies is only used where it is specifically meant to indicate that particular type of Tracker.
Some of the purposes for which Trackers are used may also require the User's consent, depending on the applicable law. Whenever consent is given, it can be freely withdrawn at any time following the instructions provided in this document.
Thrivous uses Trackers managed directly by the Owner (so-called “first-party” Trackers) and Trackers that enable services provided by a third-party (so-called “third-party” Trackers). Unless otherwise specified within this document, third-party providers may access the Trackers managed by them.
The validity and expiration periods of Cookies and other similar Trackers may vary depending on the lifetime set by the Owner or the relevant provider. Some of them expire upon termination of the User’s browsing session.
In addition to what’s specified in the descriptions within each of the categories below, Users may find more precise and updated information regarding lifetime specification as well as any other relevant information – such as the presence of other Trackers - in the linked privacy policies of the respective third-party providers or by contacting the Owner.
To find more information dedicated to Californian consumers and their privacy rights, Users may read the privacy policy.
Activities strictly necessary for the operation of Thrivous and delivery of the Service
Thrivous uses so-called “technical” Cookies and other similar Trackers to carry out activities that are strictly necessary for the operation or delivery of the Service.
Third-party Trackers
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SPAM protection
This type of service analyzes the traffic of Thrivous, potentially containing Users' Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as SPAM.
Google reCAPTCHA
Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from.
The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google privacy policy and terms of use.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy;
Ireland
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Privacy Policy.
Privacy Shield participant.
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Infrastructure monitoring
This type of service allows Thrivous to monitor the use and behavior of its components so its performance, operation, maintenance and troubleshooting can be improved.
Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and mode of implementation of these services, whose function is to filter the activities of Thrivous.
Bugsnag (Bugsnag Inc.)
Bugsnag is a monitoring service provided by Bugsnag Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy.
Privacy Shield participant.
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Traffic optimization and distribution
This type of service allows Thrivous to distribute their content using servers located across different countries and to optimize their performance.
Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and the way these services are implemented. Their function is to filter communications between Thrivous and the User's browser.
Considering the widespread distribution of this system, it is difficult to determine the locations to which the contents that may contain Personal Information of the User are transferred.
Cloudflare (Cloudflare Inc.)
Cloudflare is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by Cloudflare Inc.
The way Cloudflare is integrated means that it filters all the traffic through Thrivous, i.e., communication between Thrivous and the User's browser, while also allowing analytical data from Thrivous to be collected.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy.
Other activities involving the use of Trackers
Basic interactions & functionalities
Thrivous uses Trackers to enable basic interactions and functionalities, allowing Users to access selected features of the Service and facilitating the User's communication with the Owner.
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Interaction with live chat platforms
This type of service allows Users to interact with third-party live chat platforms directly from the pages of Thrivous, for contacting and being contacted by Thrivous support service.
If one of these services is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service. Moreover, live chat conversations may be logged.
Zopim Widget (Zopim Technologies Pte Ltd)
The Zopim Widget is a service for interacting with the Zopim live chat platform provided by Zopim Technologies Pte Ltd.
Personal Data processed: Cookies, Data communicated while using the service and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
Singapore
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Privacy Policy.
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Interaction with support and feedback platforms
This type of service allows Users to interact with third party support and feedback platforms directly from the pages of Thrivous.
If one of these services is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service.
Zendesk Widget (Zendesk)
The Zendesk Widget is a service for interacting with the Zendesk support and feedback platform provided by Zendesk Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
US
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Privacy Policy.
Privacy Shield participant.
Experience enhancement
Thrivous uses Trackers to provide a personalized user experience by improving the quality of preference management options, and by enabling interaction with external networks and platforms.
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Displaying content from external platforms
This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of Thrivous and interact with them.
This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
YouTube video widget (Google Inc.)
YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, that allows Thrivous to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
US
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Privacy Policy.
Privacy Shield participant.
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Interaction with external social networks and platforms
This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of Thrivous.
The interaction and information obtained through Thrivous are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on Thrivous isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.
PayPal button and widgets (PayPal Inc.)
The PayPal button and widgets are services allowing interaction with the PayPal platform provided by PayPal Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
See the PayPal privacy policy
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Privacy Policy.
Measurement
Thrivous uses Trackers to measure traffic and analyze User behavior with the goal of improving the Service.
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Analytics
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.
Google Analytics Advertising Reporting Features
Google Analytics on Thrivous has Advertising Reporting Features activated, which collects additional information from the DoubleClick cookie (web activity) and from device advertising IDs (app activity). It allows the Owner to analyze specific behavior and interests Data (traffic Data and Users' ads interaction Data) and, if enabled, demographic Data (information about the age and gender).
Users can opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting Google's Ads Settings.
Personal Data processed: Cookies, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example) and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out;
Ireland
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Privacy Shield participant.
Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel)
Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel) is an analytics service provided by Facebook, Inc. or by Facebook Ireland Ltd, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, that connects data from the Facebook advertising network with actions performed on Thrivous. The Facebook pixel tracks conversions that can be attributed to ads on Facebook, Instagram and Audience Network.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy;
Ireland
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Privacy Policy.
Privacy Shield participant.
Google Ads conversion tracking
Google Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, that connects data from the Google Ads advertising network with actions performed on Thrivous.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy;
Ireland
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Privacy Policy.
Privacy Shield participant.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of Thrivous, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out;
Ireland
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Privacy Shield participant.
Twitter Ads conversion tracking (Twitter, Inc.)
Twitter Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Twitter, Inc. that connects data from the Twitter advertising network with actions performed on Thrivous.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
US
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Privacy Policy.
Privacy Shield participant.
User ID extension for Google Analytics
Google Analytics on Thrivous makes use of a feature called User ID. This setup allows for a more accurate tracking of Users by associating that User with the same ID over various sessions and devices. It is set up in a way that doesn’t allow Google to personally identify an individual or permanently identify a particular device.
The User ID extension might make it possible to connect Data from Google Analytics with other Data about the User collected by Thrivous.
The opt-out link below will only opt you out for the device you are on, but not from tracking performed independently by the Owner. Contact the Owner via the email address provided in this privacy policy to object to the aforementioned tracking as well.
Personal Data processed: Cookies.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out;
Ireland
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Privacy Shield participant.
Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports
Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports is a Google Advertising Reporting feature that makes available demographic and interests Data inside Google Analytics for Thrivous (demographics means age and gender Data).
Users can opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting Google's Ads Settings.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example).
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out;
Ireland
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Privacy Shield participant.
Pinterest Conversion Tag (Pinterest, Inc.)
Pinterest Conversion Tag is an analytics service provided by Pinterest, Inc. that connects data from the Pinterest advertising network with actions performed on Thrivous.
Users may opt out of behavioral advertising features through their device settings, their Pinterest personalization settings or by visiting the AdChoices opt-out page.
Personal Data processed: Cookies, device information and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Privacy Shield participant.
Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking (Microsoft Corporation)
Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking is an analytics service provided by Microsoft Corporation that connects data from the Microsoft Advertising network with actions performed on Thrivous.
Personal Data processed: Cookies, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example), Universally unique identifier (UUID) and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Privacy Shield participant.
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Analytics services managed directly by Thrivous
The services contained in this section allow the Owner to collect and manage analytics through the use of first-party Trackers.
Analytics collected directly (Thrivous)
Thrivous uses an internal analytics system that does not involve third parties.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
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Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)
The services contained in this section allow the Owner to track and analyze the User response concerning web traffic or behavior regarding changes to the structure, text or any other component of Thrivous.
Google Optimize
Google Optimize is an A/B testing service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, ("Google").
Google may use Personal Data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy;
Ireland
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Privacy Policy.
Privacy Shield participant.
Targeting & Advertising
Thrivous uses Trackers to deliver personalized marketing content based on User behavior and to operate, serve and track ads.
Some of the advertising services used by the Owner adhere to the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework, an initiative that facilitates responsible privacy practices across the digital advertising industry - providing Users with enhanced transparency and control over how their data are used for advertising tracking purposes. Users can customize their advertising preferences at any time by accessing the advertising preferences panel from within the cookie notice or via the relevant link on Thrivous.
Thrivous participates in the IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework and complies with its Specifications and Policies. Thrivous uses iubenda (identification number 123) as a Consent Management Platform.
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Advertising
This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on Thrivous, possibly based on User interests.
This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
Some of the services listed below may use Cookies to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside Thrivous. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
Microsoft Advertising (Microsoft Corporation)
Microsoft Advertising is an advertising service provided by Microsoft Corporation.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
US
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Privacy Shield participant.
Google Ad Manager (Google Inc.)
Google Ad Manager is an advertising service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, that allows the Owner to run advertising campaigns in conjunction with external advertising networks that the Owner, unless otherwise specified in this document, has no direct relationship with.
In order to opt out from being tracked by various advertising networks, Users may make use of Youronlinechoices. In order to understand Google's use of data, consult Google's partner policy.
This service uses the “DoubleClick” Cookie, which tracks use of Thrivous and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered.
Users may decide to disable all the DoubleClick Cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
US
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Privacy Policy.
Privacy Shield participant.
Google Ads Similar audiences (Google LLC)
Similar audiences is an advertising and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC that uses Data from Google Ads Remarketing in order to display ads to Users with similar behavior to Users who are already on the remarketing list due to their past use of Thrivous.
On the basis of this Data, personalized ads will be shown to Users suggested by Google Ads Similar audiences.
Users who don't want to be included in Similar audiences can opt out and disable the use of advertising cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Privacy Shield participant.
Facebook Lookalike Audience
Facebook Lookalike Audience is an advertising and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. or by Facebook Ireland Ltd, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, that uses Data collected through Facebook Custom Audience in order to display ads to Users with similar behavior to Users who are already in a Custom Audience list on the base of their past use of Thrivous or engagement with relevant content across the Facebook apps and services.
On the base of these Data, personalized ads will be shown to Users suggested by Facebook Lookalike Audience.
Users can opt out of Facebook's use of cookies for ads personalization by visiting this opt-out page.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out;
Ireland
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Privacy Shield participant.
Facebook Audience Network
Facebook Audience Network is an advertising service provided by Facebook, Inc. or by Facebook Ireland Ltd, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, In order to understand Facebook's use of Data, consult Facebook's data policy.
Thrivous may use identifiers for mobile devices (including Android Advertising ID or Advertising Identifier for iOS, respectively) and technologies similar to cookies to run the Facebook Audience Network service. One of the ways Audience Network shows ads is by using the User's ad preferences. The User can control this in the Facebook ad settings.
Users may opt-out of certain Audience Network targeting through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or by following the instructions in other Audience Network related sections of this privacy policy, if available.
Personal Data processed: Cookies, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example) and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out;
Ireland
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Privacy Shield participant.
AppNexus (AppNexus Inc.)
AppNexus is an advertising service provided by AppNexus Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy – Opt out.
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Commercial affiliation
This type of service allows Thrivous to display advertisements for third-party products or services. Ads can be displayed either as advertising links or as banners using various kinds of graphics.
Clicks on the icon or banner posted on the Application are tracked by the third-party services listed below, and are shared with Thrivous.
For details of which data are collected, please refer to the privacy policy of each service.
ShareAsale (ShareAsale.com Inc.)
ShareAsale is a banner commercial affiliation service provided by ShareAsale.com Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy.
Amazon Affiliation (Amazon)
Amazon Affiliation is a commercial affiliation service provided by Amazon.com Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy.
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Remarketing and behavioral targeting
This type of service allows Thrivous and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of Thrivous by the User.
This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Cookies and other Identifiers to collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity.
Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.
In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services below, Users may opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
Users may also opt-out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.
Google Ads Remarketing
Google Ads Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, that connects the activity of Thrivous with the Google Ads advertising network and the DoubleClick Cookie.
Users can opt out of Google's use of cookies for ads personalization by visiting Google's Ads Settings.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out;
Ireland
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Privacy Shield participant.
Facebook Custom Audience
Facebook Custom Audience is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. or by Facebook Ireland Ltd, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, that connects the activity of Thrivous with the Facebook advertising network.
Users can opt out of Facebook's use of cookies for ads personalization by visiting this opt-out page.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and email address.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out;
Ireland
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Privacy Shield participant.
Facebook Remarketing
Facebook Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. or by Facebook Ireland Ltd, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, that connects the activity of Thrivous with the Facebook advertising network.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out;
Ireland
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Privacy Shield participant.
Remarketing with Google Analytics
Remarketing with Google Analytics is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, that connects the tracking activity performed by Google Analytics and its Cookies with the Google Ads advertising network and the Doubleclick Cookie.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out;
Ireland
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Privacy Shield participant.
Twitter Remarketing (Twitter, Inc.)
Twitter Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Twitter, Inc. that connects the activity of Thrivous with the Twitter advertising network.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
US
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Privacy Shield participant.
Twitter Tailored Audiences (Twitter, Inc.)
Twitter Tailored Audiences is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Twitter, Inc. that connects the activity of Thrivous with the Twitter advertising network.
Users can opt out from interest-based ads by going to: Personalization and Data.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and email address.
Place of processing:
US
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Privacy Shield participant.
Google Ad Manager Audience Extension
Google Ad Manager Audience Extension is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, that tracks the visitors of Thrivous and allows selected advertising partners to display targeted ads across the web to them.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
United States
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out;
Ireland
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Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Privacy Shield participant.
How to manage preferences and provide or withdraw consent
There are various ways to manage Tracker related preferences and to provide and withdraw consent, where relevant:
Users can manage preferences related to Trackers from directly within their own device settings, for example, by preventing the use or storage of Trackers.
Additionally, whenever the use of Trackers is based on consent, Users can provide or withdraw such consent by setting their preferences within the cookie notice or by updating such preferences accordingly via the relevant consent-preferences widget, if available.
It is also possible, via relevant browser or device features, to delete previously stored Trackers, including those used to remember the User’s initial consent.
Other Trackers in the browser’s local memory may be cleared by deleting the browsing history.
With regard to any third-party Trackers, Users can manage their preferences and withdraw their consent via the related opt-out link (where provided), by using the means indicated in the third party's privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.
Locating Tracker Settings
Users can, for example, find information about how to manage Cookies in the most commonly used browsers at the following addresses:
Users may also manage certain categories of Trackers used on mobile apps by opting out through relevant device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile devices, or tracking settings in general (Users may open the device settings, view and look for the relevant setting).
Advertising industry specific opt-outs
Notwithstanding the above, Users may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar services. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.
The Digital Advertising Alliance offers an application called AppChoices that helps Users to control interest-based advertising on mobile apps.
Owner and Data Controller
Thrivous
PO Box 4078 #73216
Salt Lake City UT 84110 USA
Owner contact email: support@thrivous.com
Since the use of third-party Trackers through Thrivous cannot be fully controlled by the Owner, any specific references to third-party Trackers are to be considered indicative. In order to obtain complete information, Users are kindly requested to consult the privacy policies of the respective third-party services listed in this document.
Given the objective complexity surrounding tracking technologies, Users are encouraged to contact the Owner should they wish to receive any further information on the use of such technologies by Thrivous.