Cookie Policy of Dark Horizons®
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This document informs Users about the technologies that help Dark Horizons® 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 Dark Horizons®.
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 Whenever consent is given, it can be freely withdrawn at any time following the instructions provided in this document.
Dark Horizons® 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.
Activities strictly necessary for the operation of Dark Horizons® and delivery of the Service
Dark Horizons® 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 Dark Horizons®, 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 how the Owner manages the Data processing.
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 – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- _GRECAPTCHA: duration of the session
- rc::a: indefinite
- rc::b: duration of the session
- rc::c: duration of the session
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Collection of privacy-related preferences
This type of service allows Dark Horizons® to collect and store Users’ preferences related to the collection, use, and processing of their personal information, as requested by the applicable privacy legislation.
iubenda Cookie Solution (iubenda srl)
The iubenda Cookie Solution allows the Owner to collect and store Users’ preferences related to the processing of personal information, and in particular to the use of Cookies and other Trackers on Dark Horizons®.
Personal Data processed: Trackers.
Place of processing: Italy – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- _iub_cs-*: 1 year
- _iub_cs-*-granular: 1 year
- euconsent-v2: 2 years
- usprivacy: 1 year
Other Trackers
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Hosting and backend infrastructure
This type of service has the purpose of hosting Data and files that enable Dark Horizons® to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of Dark Horizons®.
Some services among those listed below, if any, may work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.
Fluccs Australia (Flying Haggis Pty. Ltd.)
Fluccs Australia is an Australian cloud provider and dedicated server hosting service that allows the Owner to build, run and host Dark Horizons.
Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: Australia – Privacy Policy.
Category of personal data collected according to CCPA: internet information.
Other activities involving the use of Trackers
Experience
Dark Horizons® uses Trackers to improve the quality of the user experience and enable interactions with external content, networks and platforms.
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Content commenting
Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the contents of Dark Horizons®.
Depending on the settings chosen by the Owner, Users may also leave anonymous comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Data provided by the User, it may be used to send notifications of comments on the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their own comments.
If a content commenting service provided by third parties is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where the comment service is installed, even when Users do not use the content commenting service.
Disqus (Disqus)
Disqus is a content commenting service provided by Big Heads Labs Inc.
Personal Data processed: Data communicated while using the service, Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
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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 Dark Horizons® and interact with them. Such services are often referred to as widgets, which are small elements placed on a website or app. They provide specific information or perform a particular function and often allow for user interaction.
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 LLC)
YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows Dark Horizons® to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- PREF: 8 months
- VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE: 8 months
- YSC: duration of the session
Vimeo video (Vimeo, LLC)
Vimeo is a video content visualization service provided by Vimeo, LLC that allows Dark Horizons® to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- player: 1 year
- vuid: 2 years
Instagram widget (Meta Platforms, Inc.)
Instagram is an image visualization service provided by Instagram, Inc. that allows Dark Horizons® to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
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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 Dark Horizons®.
The interaction and information obtained through Dark Horizons® 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 Dark Horizons® isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.
Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (X Corp.)
The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- personalization_id: 2 years
Measurement
Dark Horizons® uses Trackers to measure traffic and analyze User behavior to improve 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.
ComScore Analytics (ComScore, Inc.)
ComScore is an analytics service provided by ComScore, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC)
Google Analytics 4 is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of Dark Horizons®, 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.
In Google Analytics 4, IP addresses are used at collection time and then discarded before Data is logged in any data center or server. Users can learn more by consulting Google’s official documentation.
Personal Data processed: Trackers.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
- _ga: 2 years
- _ga_*: 2 years
Google Analytics (Google LLC)
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of Dark Horizons®, 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: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
- AMP_TOKEN: 1 hour
- _ga: 2 years
- _gac*: 3 months
- _gat: 1 minute
- _gid: 1 day
Google Analytics Advertising Reporting Features (Google LLC)
Google Analytics on Dark Horizons® 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: Trackers, 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 – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
- IDE: 2 years
- _gcl_*: 3 months
- test_cookie: 15 minutes
Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports (Google LLC)
Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports is a Google Advertising Reporting feature that makes available demographic and interests Data inside Google Analytics for Dark Horizons® (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: Trackers and unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example).
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
- IDE: 2 years
- _gcl_*: 3 months
- test_cookie: 15 minutes
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Analytics services managed directly by Dark Horizons®
The services contained in this section allow the Owner to collect and manage analytics through the use of first-party Trackers.
Analytics collected directly (Dark Horizons®)
Dark Horizons® uses an internal analytics system that does not involve third parties.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Storage duration:
Marketing
Dark Horizons® 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 Dark Horizons®.
Dark Horizons® participates in the IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework and complies with its Specifications and Policies. Dark Horizons® 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. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on Dark Horizons®, 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 Trackers 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 Dark Horizons®. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section "How to opt-out of interest-based advertising" in this document.
Google AdSense
Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on how the Owner manages the Data processing. This service uses the “DoubleClick” Cookie, which tracks use of Dark Horizons® and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered.
Users may decide to disable all the DoubleClick Cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings.
In order to understand Google's use of data, consult Google's partner policy.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
- AID: 2 years
- ANID: 2 years
- Conversion: 3 months
- DSID: 14 days
- FCNEC: 1 year
- FLC: 10 seconds
- FPAU: 3 months
- FPGCLAW: 3 months
- FPGCLDC: 3 months
- FPGCLGB: 3 months
- IDE: 2 years
- NID: 6 months
- RUL: 1 year
- TAID: 14 days
- __gads: 2 years
- __gsas: 2 years
- _gac_: 3 months
- _gac_gb_: 3 months
- _gcl_au: 3 months
- _gcl_aw: 3 months
- _gcl_dc: 3 months
- _gcl_gb: 3 months
- _gcl_gf: 3 months
- _gcl_ha: 3 months
- id: 2 years
- test_cookie: 15 minutes
Taboola Monetize Content (Taboola Inc.)
Taboola is an advertising service provided by Taboola Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
- *:session-data: indefinite
- COu: 1 month
- __tbwt: indefinite
- _data: 1 day
- _tb_sess_r: 30 minutes
- _tb_t_ppg: 30 minutes
- abLdr: 3 hours
- abMbl: 3 hours
- br: 30 minutes
- cnx_roi: 1 month
- eng_mt.crossSessionsData.SessionsHistory: indefinite
- eng_mt.numOfTimesMetricsSent: indefinite
- eng_mt.scrollDepth: indefinite
- eng_mt.sessionDepth: indefinite
- eng_mt.sessionStartTime: indefinite
- eng_mt.timeOnSite: indefinite
- eng_mt.ver: indefinite
- redirect_data: 1 month
- rng: 1 day
- roi_cookie: 1 month
- sessionid: 1 day
- t_gid: 1 year
- taboola global:last-external-referrer: indefinite
- taboola global:local-storage-keys: indefinite
- taboola global:lspb: indefinite
- taboola global:tblci: indefinite
- taboola global:user-id: indefinite
- taboola_fp_td_user_id: 1 year
- taboola_select: 1 year
- taboola_session_id: duration of the session
- tb_click_param: 50 seconds
- tbl-exm-apperance: indefinite
- tbl-exm-history: indefinite
- tbl-session-referrer: indefinite
- tbl_rtus_id: indefinite
- trc_cache: indefinite
- trc_cache_by_placement: indefinite
- trc_cookie_storage: 1 year
Google Ad Manager
Google Ad Manager is an advertising service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on how the Owner manages the Data processing, 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 Dark Horizons® 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: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- AID: 2 years
- ANID: 2 years
- Conversion: 3 months
- DSID: 14 days
- FCNEC: 1 year
- FLC: 10 seconds
- FPAU: 3 months
- FPGCLAW: 3 months
- FPGCLDC: 3 months
- FPGCLGB: 3 months
- IDE: 2 years
- NID: 6 months
- RUL: 1 year
- TAID: 14 days
- __gads: 2 years
- __gsas: 2 years
- _gac_: 3 months
- _gac_gb_: 3 months
- _gcl_au: 3 months
- _gcl_aw: 3 months
- _gcl_dc: 3 months
- _gcl_gb: 3 months
- _gcl_gf: 3 months
- _gcl_ha: 3 months
- id: 2 years
- test_cookie: 15 minutes
Comscore (comScore, Inc.)
Comscore is an advertising service provided by comScore, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Storage duration:
Primis (McCann Discipline LTD)
Primis is an advertising service provided by McCann Discipline LTD.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: Israel – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Storage duration:
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 privacy 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 preferences.
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 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 and look for the relevant setting).
How to opt out of interest-based advertising
Notwithstanding the above, Users may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU and UK), 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.
Consequences of denying the use of Trackers
Users are free to decide whether or not to allow the use of Trackers. However, please note that Trackers help Dark Horizons® to provide a better experience and advanced functionalities to Users (in line with the purposes outlined in this document). Therefore, if the User chooses to block the use of Trackers, the Owner may be unable to provide related features.
Owner and Data Controller
Garth Franklin
Dark Futures Pty. Ltd.
141 Oaks Avenue, Dee Why
Sydney NSW 2099
AUSTRALIA
Owner contact email: privacy@darkhorizons.com
Since the use of third-party Trackers through Dark Horizons® 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 Dark Horizons®.