Privacy and Cookie Settings
Our "Privacy Policy" aims to show our firm commitment to protecting your privacy and to help you understand how we collect information about your visit on our website.
Our "Cookie Policy" (scroll down) explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use, the information we collect with cookies, how that information is used, and how you can control your cookie preferences when you visit our website.
Privacy Policy
Traffic Monitoring
Traffic to this site is monitored to research visitor patterns and optimization. No personal information about you is recorded other than your IP address. Your IP address provides valuable information to us, such as your location and service provider.
Third parties may be placing and reading cookies on your browser or using web beacons to collect information due to ads served on this website.
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to track your interests based on your visits to this website. These cookies enable Google and its partners to serve ads across the web based on your interests.
You may opt out of receiving personalized advertising by changing your preferences on Google's Ads Settings page.
Advertising Served by Google
Third-party advertising companies serve ads when you visit articles posted on websites using Google AdSense.
These companies may use information about your visits to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
This information does not include anything personal, such as your name, address, email address, telephone number, or any other identifying data.
If you would like more information related to these methods and learn about your option not to have this information used by these companies, click here for Google's policies.
Amazon Affiliate Links
Some pages include links to Amazon products that are discussed or reviewed. As an established Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. There is no additional cost for purchases you might make via these links.
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
Per CCPA regulations, websites need to allow California visitors the right to opt-out of using their personal information to display personalized ads.
We chose to make this automatic by default to protect your privacy as required by the CCPA. Therefore, only non-personalized ads will be shown to California visitors. Non-personalized ads are based on the content of the website page you are viewing rather than your personal information.
Cookie Policy
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are used to make websites work efficiently and provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided through the website such as advertising, interactive content, and analytics. The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when you visit the website and also when you visit certain other websites.
How You Can Control Your Cookie Preferences
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can set your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager, where you can select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.
If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though some functionality may be restricted. You may also set your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.
Click here to update your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager.
How We Use Cookies
We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes.
The Types of Cookies We Use
We use four types of cookies:
Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential to help you navigate through our website.
They are used to remember your preferences when you return to our site.
If you block these cookies via your browser settings, we won’t be able to save your preferences about cookies.
Functionality Cookies
These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our website.
Without these cookies, certain functionality (such as YouTube videos) may become unavailable.
Analytics Cookies
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic to collect statistical data that helps us understand how our website is used by our visitors.
However, no personal information is collected and these reports do not identify any individual visitor.
Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to make advertising more relevant to you by selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
Details on the Cookies We Use
The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our website and the purposes they perform are described in the tables below:
Functionality Cookies:
These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our website. Without these cookies, certain functionality (such as YouTube videos) may become unavailable.
| Name: | MR |
| Purpose: | This cookie is used by Microsoft to reset or refresh the MUID cookie. |
| Provider: | .c.clarity.ms |
| Service: | Microsoft View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 7 days |
| Name: | MR |
| Purpose: | This cookie is used by Microsoft to reset or refresh the MUID cookie. |
| Provider: | .c.bing.com |
| Service: | Microsoft View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 7 days |
| Name: | yt.innertube::requests |
| Purpose: | Stores a list of YouTube requests made by the user |
| Provider: | www.youtube.com |
| Service: | YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | html_local_storage |
| Expires in: | persistent |
| Name: | yt-remote-connected-devices |
| Purpose: | Stores a list of connected devices for YouTube |
| Provider: | www.youtube.com |
| Service: | YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | html_local_storage |
| Expires in: | persistent |
| Name: | yt.innertube::nextId |
| Purpose: | Stores a list of YouTube requests made by the user |
| Provider: | www.youtube.com |
| Service: | YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | html_local_storage |
| Expires in: | persistent |
| Name: | pixel |
| Purpose: | Helps site owners track how users interact with product reviews. A persistent cookie that expires in 13 months |
| Provider: | cm.g.doubleclick.net |
| Service: | Yotpo Reviews View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | pixel_tracker |
| Expires in: | session |
| Name: | ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY |
| Purpose: | Stores the last result entry key used by YouTube |
| Provider: | www.youtube.com |
| Service: | YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | html_local_storage |
| Expires in: | persistent |
| Name: | yt-remote-device-id |
| Purpose: | Stores a unique ID for the user's device for YouTube |
| Provider: | www.youtube.com |
| Service: | YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | html_local_storage |
| Expires in: | persistent |
| Name: | SM |
| Purpose: | Session cookie used to collect anonymous information on how visitors use a site to help improve their experience and for better target ads. |
| Provider: | .c.clarity.ms |
| Service: | ChanelAdvisor View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | session |
Analytics Cookies:
These cookies collect statistical data to help us understand how our website is being used by our visitors.
However, they do not contain personal information and do not identify any individual visitor.
| Name: | _clck |
| Purpose: | Persists the Clarity User ID and preferences, unique to that site is attributed to the same user ID |
| Provider: | .glennstok.com |
| Service: | Microsoft Clarity View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | http_cookie |
| Expires in: | 11 months 30 days |
| Name: | p2 |
| Purpose: | Set by Scorecardresearch on sites to help websites count users who have visited and seen a page or various parts of a page. |
| Provider: | .owneriq.net |
| Service: | Scorecardresearch View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | __________ |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 10 days |
| Name: | NID |
| Purpose: | Set by Google to set a unique user ID to remember user preferences. Persistent cookie that stays for 182 days |
| Provider: | .google.com |
| Service: | Google View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 6 months |
| Name: | _ga |
| Purpose: | Records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user |
| Provider: | .glennstok.com |
| Service: | Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | http_cookie |
| Expires in: | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
| Name: | MUID |
| Purpose: | Sets a unique user id for tracking how the user uses the site. Persistent cookie that is saved for 3 years |
| Provider: | .bing.com |
| Service: | Bing Analytics View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | http_cookie |
| Expires in: | 1 year 24 days |
| Name: | CLID |
| Purpose: | Identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity |
| Provider: | www.clarity.ms |
| Service: | Microsoft Clarity View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 11 months 30 days |
| Name: | __gpi |
| Purpose: | Tracks the user's interaction with Google products |
| Provider: | .glennstok.com |
| Service: | Google View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | http_cookie |
| Expires in: | 1 year 24 days |
| Name: | MUID |
| Purpose: | Sets a unique user id for tracking how the user uses the site. Persistent cookie that is saved for 3 years |
| Provider: | .clarity.ms |
| Service: | Bing Analytics View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | http_cookie |
| Expires in: | 1 year 24 days |
| Name: | _clsk |
| Purpose: | Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording |
| Provider: | .glennstok.com |
| Service: | Microsoft Clarity View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | http_cookie |
| Expires in: | 23 hours 59 minutes |
| Name: | _ga_# |
| Purpose: | Used to distinguish individual users by means of designation of a randomly generated number as client identifier, which allows calculation of visits and sessions |
| Provider: | .glennstok.com |
| Service: | Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | http_cookie |
| Expires in: | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
| Name: | c.gif |
| Purpose: | __________ |
| Provider: | c.clarity.ms |
| Service: | __________ |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | pixel_tracker |
| Expires in: | session |
Advertising Cookies:
These cookies are used to make advertising more relevant to you by selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
| Name: | test_cookie |
| Purpose: | A session cookie used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. |
| Provider: | .doubleclick.net |
| Service: | DoubleClick View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 15 minutes |
| Name: | DSID |
| Purpose: | Used by Google Doubleclick to target publicity according to the contents that are relevant to a user. DSID is a persistent cookie that expires after 10 days from settings or update. |
| Provider: | .doubleclick.net |
| Service: | DoubleClick View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 1 hour |
| Name: | IDE |
| Purpose: | Used to measure the conversion rate of ads presented to the user. Expires in 1.5 years. |
| Provider: | .doubleclick.net |
| Service: | DoubleClick View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 1 year 11 months 29 days |
| Name: | __gads |
| Purpose: | Set by Google Ad Manager on a site to help with measuring how a user interacts with the ads on that domain and preventing the same ads from being shown to the user too many times. |
| Provider: | .glennstok.com |
| Service: | Google Ad Manager View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | http_cookie |
| Expires in: | 1 year 24 days |
| Name: | matchgoogle |
| Purpose: | Used by Dataxu to synchronise data for targeted ads with third party systems. A persistent cookie that is saved for 30 days |
| Provider: | .w55c.net |
| Service: | Dataxu Touchpoint View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | __________ |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 30 days |
| Name: | SRM_B |
| Purpose: | Atlast Adserver used in conjunction with Bing services. Expires after 180 days |
| Provider: | .c.bing.com |
| Service: | Atlas View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 1 year 24 days |
| Name: | ANONCHK |
| Purpose: | Used by Bing as a unique user identifier for users seeing bing ads |
| Provider: | .c.clarity.ms |
| Service: | Bing View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 10 minutes |
| Name: | YSC |
| Purpose: | YouTube is a Google-owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. Used by Google in combination with SID to verify Google user account and most recent login time. |
| Provider: | .youtube.com |
| Service: | YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | session |
| Name: | auid |
| Purpose: | Holds the advertising ID of the user in mobile devices. Used for tracking user actions, such as clicks on the recommendations |
| Provider: | .acuityplatform.com |
| Service: | ApolloProgram View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 11 months 30 days |
| Name: | activeview |
| Purpose: | Used by Google as a measurement solution that detects viewable display ad impressions by detecting viewability via a piece of code that captures the cumulative time an ad has been viewed. |
| Provider: | pagead2.googlesyndication.com |
| Service: | Campaign Manager View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | pixel_tracker |
| Expires in: | session |
| Name: | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
| Purpose: | YouTube is a Google-owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. Used by Google in combination with SID to verify Google user account and most recent login time. |
| Provider: | .youtube.com |
| Service: | YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 5 months 27 days |
Unclassified Cookies:
These are cookies that have not yet been categorized. We are in the process of classifying these cookies with the help of their providers.
| Name: | cookie_consent_user_consent_token |
| Purpose: | __________ |
| Provider: | glennstok.com |
| Service: | __________ |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | http_cookie |
| Expires in: | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
| Name: | cookie_consent_level |
| Purpose: | __________ |
| Provider: | glennstok.com |
| Service: | __________ |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | http_cookie |
| Expires in: | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
| Name: | Priority |
| Purpose: | __________ |
| Provider: | c.bing.com |
| Service: | __________ |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | session |
| Name: | ar_debug |
| Purpose: | __________ |
| Provider: | .googleadservices.com |
| Service: | __________ |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 2 months 29 days |
| Name: | Priority |
| Purpose: | __________ |
| Provider: | c.clarity.ms |
| Service: | __________ |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | session |
| Name: | google_ama_config |
| Purpose: | __________ |
| Provider: | glennstok.com |
| Service: | __________ |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | html_local_storage |
| Expires in: | persistent |
| Name: | si |
| Purpose: | __________ |
| Provider: | .owneriq.net |
| Service: | __________ |
| Country: | __________ |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 1 year 11 months 29 days |
| Name: | VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA |
| Purpose: | __________ |
| Provider: | .youtube.com |
| Service: | __________ |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 5 months 27 days |
| Name: | __eoi |
| Purpose: | __________ |
| Provider: | .glennstok.com |
| Service: | __________ |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | http_cookie |
| Expires in: | 5 months 27 days |
| Name: | aum |
| Purpose: | __________ |
| Provider: | .acuityplatform.com |
| Service: | __________ |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 11 months 30 days |
| Name: | _cltk |
| Purpose: | __________ |
| Provider: | glennstok.com |
| Service: | __________ |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | html_session_storage |
| Expires in: | session |
| Name: | FCNEC |
| Purpose: | __________ |
| Provider: | .glennstok.com |
| Service: | __________ |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | http_cookie |
| Expires in: | 11 months 30 days |
| Name: | google_adsense_settings |
| Purpose: | __________ |
| Provider: | glennstok.com |
| Service: | __________ |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | html_local_storage |
| Expires in: | persistent |
| Name: | rc::h |
| Purpose: | __________ |
| Provider: | www.google.com |
| Service: | __________ |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | html_local_storage |
| Expires in: | persistent |
| Name: | wfivefivec |
| Purpose: | __________ |
| Provider: | .w55c.net |
| Service: | __________ |
| Country: | __________ |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 1 year 30 days |
| Name: | DotomiTest |
| Purpose: | __________ |
| Provider: | .dotomi.com |
| Service: | __________ |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | less than 1 minute |
| Name: | gguuid |
| Purpose: | __________ |
| Provider: | .owneriq.net |
| Service: | __________ |
| Country: | __________ |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 10 days |
How Cookies Are Used to Serve Targeted Advertising
Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. They can accomplish this by using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about products of interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details, or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.
How Often We Update This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect any possible changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. That will help you to stay informed about our use of cookies.
