Researchvlog aims to provide the best features and services that meet the needs of our users. To improve your experience, we would like to use cookies which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer. This section describes what information they gather, how we use them, and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent them from being stored. However, this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the site’s functionality.
How we use cookies
Unfortunately, in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them, in case they are necessary to provide a service that you use.
Disabling cookies
You can disable cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser. Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
The cookies we set
Account related cookies
If you create an account with us, we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out. However, in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site and video preferences.
Login related cookies
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
Email newsletters related cookies
This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications that might only be valid to subscribed or unsubscribed users.
Surveys related cookies
From time to time, we offer user surveys to provide you with interesting insights, helpful tools, or to understand our user base more accurately. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken part or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages.
Forms related cookies
When you submit data through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
Site preferences cookies
In order to provide you with a great experience on this site and show you videos of your interest, we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be applied whenever you interact with a page affected by your preferences.
Third party cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
- Google Analytics cookies
This site uses Google Analytics, which is one of the most widespread and trusted ways to help us understand how you use the site and how we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
These cookies may be used when we are testing new features or making subtle changes to the way the site is delivered, to ensure that you receive a consistent experience on the site while we understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
- Affiliate tracking cookies
These cookies allow us to see if our users have come to the site through one of our partner sites, so that we can credit them appropriately and where applicable, to enable our affiliate partners to provide you any bonus that they may.
- Social media cookies
For the social media buttons and/or plugins on this site to allow you to connect with your social networks, the social media sites will set cookies through our site that may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold, outlined in their respective privacy policies.
More information
If there is something that you are unsure whether you need, it is usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case they do interact with one of the features you use on our site.
However, if you require more information, you can reach us via email: support@researchvlog.com.