Cookie Policy of Admitad
When you visit our Admitad websites, information in the form of cookies may be stored on your device.
A cookie is a small text file that is sent from a web server to your browser and stored on your device. When you revisit our website, cookie information is transferred to our web server again. We may then, for example, recognise you again and take your individual settings into account when displaying the website. Cookies can be categorised as first party cookies (deployed by Admitad) and third party cookies (deployed by third parties).
We use cookies to improve and optimize the usability of our website. Cookies do not cause damage to your device, do not contain viruses, trojans or other malicious software. The cookie stores information, which is linked to the respective device used. This does not mean, however, that we store personal information about you or are aware of your identity.
Visiting and surfing on our website is possible without cookies. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. You may alter the security settings of your web browser in order to stop your device receiving and storing cookies, to allow receiving and storing cookies from selected websites only, or to be notified before receiving cookies. Please note, however, that these settings may have negative effects on the usability and user guidance of websites and other online services. You may delete cookies stored in your browser at any time. Information stored in such cookies will be removed from your device.
We further categorise cookies as follows:
| Type | Description |
| Category 1: technically (essential) necessary cookies | These cookies are technically necessary to provide the website landing page functionality. We may not provide the website landing page without deploying such cookies. |
| Category 2: functional cookies | These cookies serve to create the most pleasant surfing experience possible on our website landing page, with a maximum of individual usage conformity (e.g. enabling a login across sessions, a high surfing speed through search suggestions or the storage of individual page settings such as language or text size, etc.). |
| Category 3: performance cookies | These cookies serve to continuously optimise our website and lead to a continuously improved surfing experience (e.g. by evaluating the use of website landing page functions offered, reporting display errors, etc.). |
| Category 4: social network and advertising cookies | Some of these cookies allow you to connect to your social networks and share content. Others helps to better individualise advertising by adapting to your interests. |
Category 2 to 4 cookies may be deployed in the context of web tracking. In such case, the cookie helps to analyse web traffic. It may be combined with further information relating to your activities on our website and is processed in pseudonymous usage profiles. This helps us to analyse information about web traffic and improve our website in order to adapt it to users’ needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis. In addition to cookie based web tracking, there is non-cookie based web tracking using other means such as your individual device settings to recognize you when revisiting our website.
Legal basis for deploying category 1 cookies is our legitimate interest in providing our website under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Legal basis for deploying category 2 to 4 cookies and web tracking is your consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. When you first visit our website or if necessary again, we will (i) inform you about the use of category 2 to 4 cookies and web tracking and (ii) ask for your consent. In order to request your consent, we display a respective banner.
In addition, some web analytics providers are members of industry associations whose websites allow to centrally prevent the use of web tracking. Please find below reference to the websites of these associations for expressing your choices in regard to web tracking and processing data in pseudonymous profiles.
· “European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance“ (EDAA): http://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/praferenzmanagement/
· “Digital Advertising Alliance“ (DAA): www.aboutads.info/choices/
· “Network Advertising Initiative“ (NAI): http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/
In case you do not consent to cookies deployment or delete cookies from your device, this may affect your ability to use the website or individual functionalities. Please refer to the below table for detailed information in regard to the particular cookies deployed on our website.
First party cookie and technically necessary/ functional cookies:
If you are a visitor of admitad.com
| Domain | Cookie name | Type | Cookie lifetime | Cookie description and purpose |
| .admitad.com | csrftoken | technically necessary/ functional cookies | 1 year | Stores the token for preventing CSRF attacks. The cookie is set when a user visits the website.Example: GeNDzySIugEz764zQMw pOA6OuWejCYRc |
| .admitad.com | cookies_agreement | technically necessary/ functional cookies | 30 days | Analytic cookie. Set if a non-Russian user clicks “Continue” on the Cookie Policy Notification Bar and thus agrees to the Admitad Cookie Policy.Example: yes |
| .admitad.com | sb-closed | Analytics | 15 days | Analytic cookie. Used only for users who came to the Admitad website from Android or MacOS devices. Set when a user closes a notification bar that suggests installing an Admitad application.Example: true |
| .admitad.com | sb-installed | Analytics | 90 days | Analytic cookie. Used only for users who came to the Admitad website from Android or MacOS devices. Set when a user clicks on the “Open” button on the Admitad app notification bar.Example: true |
| .admitad-connect.com | _cfduid | technically necessary/ functional cookies | 5 years | CloudFlare cookie. Allows identifying trusted web traffic. |
| www.admitad.com | pw_* | social network and advertising cookies | Push World cookie. | |
| .admitad.com | etg | ? | No expiration date | Cookie set by a JavaScript library (Evercookie). Based on an HTTP header. |
| .admitad.com | png | ? | No expiration date | Cookie set by a JavaScript library (Evercookie). Based on cached PNG images. |
| .admitad.com | cachec | ? | No expiration date | Cookie set by a JavaScript library (Evercookie). Based on a browser history. |
| .admitad.com | ya-disable | technically necessary/ functional cookies | 100 years | Opt-out for Yandex.Metrica |
| .admitad.com | fb-disable | technically necessary/ functional cookies | 100 years | Opt-out for Facebook |
| .admitad.com | ga-disable-UA-27907146-1 | technically necessary/ functional cookies | 100 years | Opt-out for Google Analytics |
If you are Publisher or Advertiser
| Domain | Cookie name | Type | Cookie lifetime | Cookie description and purpose |
| .admitad.com | sessionid | technically necessary/ functional cookies | 14 days | Stores the ID of a user’s session. The cookie is set when a user signs in and is used to restore the session without entering the personal data.Example: 8vwhbmlf7flslzeawdhfgjbksfttc2v9 |
| .admitad.com | section | technically necessary/ functional cookies | 1 year | Stores the role of a user in the system (advertiser or publisher) selected during the first visit. The cookie is used to identify the user’s role correctly.Example: webmaster |
| .admitad.com | user_default_language | technically necessary/ functional cookies | 1 year | Records the code of the language selected by a user during the first visit.The cookie is used to identify the user’s language correctly.Example: en |
| .admitad.com | promo_* | technically necessary/ functional cookies | 7 days | Stores the ID of an affiliate program that is advertised in the system. The cookie is set when a user views information about the affiliate program and is used to keep the statistics on impressions for this program.Example: 15955 |
| .admitad.com | admitadec | technically necessary/ functional cookies | > 10 years | Identifies Admitad users based on their accounts. |
| .admitad.com | inviter | technically necessary/ functional cookies | 1 year | Stores a referrer’s code (if the referrer is an affiliate program, its code is also added).The cookie is set when a potential publisher follows a referrer’s referral link. If a referral gets a reward, the referrer will receive a commission from the system, while the referral’s reward will remain the same.Example: b260ff15f2 |
| www.admitad.com | ref_subid | technically necessary/ functional cookies | 1 year | Stores subid.The cookie is set when a potential publisher follows a referrer’s referral link that contains subid. It is used to keep the referrer’s statistics.Example: tsdf89sdfjlj98 |
| www.admitad.com | adref | technically necessary/ functional cookies | 1 year | Stores the code of the bonus for registration.The cookie is set when a potential publisher follows a special bonus link.If a publisher participates in a bonus program and earns the bonus, they can withdraw the money.Example: yu1dgmhfbz4bmxvq5bg9h35mg696 7nn6 |
| .admitad.com | admitadglobal | technically necessary/ functional cookies | 2 years | The cookie is used if a publisher follows the affiliate link of an “Admitad Global” affiliate program. Tracks the publisher’s impressions of the “Admitad Global” affiliate program in the statistics. Its value shows if the bonus can be paid.Example: 1 |
| .admitad.com | adchc | technically necessary/ functional cookies | 1 day | Used by some advertisers to run a test. Stores the value that shows whether the cookie is set or not when a user follows the special URL.Example: 1 |
Tracking cookies.
If you are user of our publishers’ and advertisers’ websites and platforms
Here our tracking cookies:
| Domain | Cookie name | Type | Cookie lifetime | Cookie description and purpose |
| .ad.admitad.com | clk_camp | Analytics | 3 days | Set when showing banners of an Admitad tool called Ad Server. Stores the program ID of the banner in order to avoid showing banners of the same program twice.Example: 5a6c8893ac |
| .ad.admitad.com | 10-symbol program ID | Analytics | 1 year | Set when showing a banner. Stores encrypted information about the ad space, affiliate program, banner. The cookie is used to keep the statistics and to assign the reward to the proper publisher.Example: 5a6c8893ac |
| .ad.admitad.com | defcampaign_* | Analytics | 3 hours | Set when showing a banner. Stores the ID of an affiliate program. The cookie is used to identify the program of the banner by default.Example: d6526ecee5 |
| .ad.admitad.com | UID | Analytics | 2 years | Stores encrypted values: version, uid, the expiration time of the cookie. The cookie is set when a user follows an affiliate link and is used for targeting the users. It is also used for assigning actions and rewards to the proper publishers and keeping the statistics on actions.Example:expr=1562739058|id=\xf7Z\x93\x8b\ xc1\x8f\xb08X\x945x||v=2 |
| .ad.admitad.com | UID2 | Analytics | No expiration date | The purpose and the format of this cookie are the same as of UID. |
If you do not want Admitad to collect and store your data, click the button below to opt-out.
Please note, that it may affect the functionality of the websites that Admitad works with, e.g. you may not get a reward for a purchase from a cashback website
OPT-OUT
Please note: although we choose our business partners and clients carefully, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of websites and mobile applications operated by such third parties. You should check the applicable privacy policies of such websites and mobile applications you visit for more information on what kind of data they are processing with the help of our services and technologies and how they handle any data they collect from you as well as the legal base(s) for that processing.
Third-party cookies, social plugins and analyzing tools
| Tool/Provider | Purpose | Link to the privacy policy of the provider / Prevent processing |
| Tailor and improve the adverts that are presented to you on the Site and measure the effectiveness of these advertisements and to manage and to provide you with the possibility of use the part of Site’s functionality on the third parties’ websites | https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-pixel. | |
| Google Analytics | Web analysis, interest-oriented advertising | https://policies.google.com/?hl=en&gl=en Prevent processing: Via Browser-Plugin (see Add-On https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en) and for additional information see section 2.5.2https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en |
| Yandex Metrica | Web analysis, interest-oriented advertising | https://yandex.com/legal/privacy/Prevent processing: Via Browser-Plugin (see https://yandex.com/support/metrica/general/opt-out.html) |
| Vkontakte | Tailor and improve the adverts that are presented to you on the Site and measure the effectiveness of these advertisements and to manage and to provide you with the possibility of use the part of Site’s functionality on the third parties’ websites | |
| To run Ads on LinkedIn and optimize ad campaigns through conversion tracking, website audiences, and website demographics. | https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policyhttps://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policyfor opt-out information see section “Opt Out of targeted advertising” | |
| TikTok | To run Ads on TikTok and optimize ad campaigns through conversion tracking | |
| To run Ads on Twitter and optimize ad campaigns through conversion tracking | https://twitter.com/en/privacy |
Below you can learn more about how social plugins and analyzing use your information and, if you avoid connecting to plugins, find out how to opt-out.
This processing of (personal) data is necessary for our legitimate interests (i.e. marketing by increasing the range of our website/services), Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Facebook is a social network of Facebook Ireland Limited, Hanover Reach, 5-7 Hanover Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter „Facebook“). On our website, we have included Facebook pixel. For a summary of Facebook pixel please refer to https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-pixel.
When you enter a page on our website that contains a Facebook pixel your browser or app will establish a direct connection to Facebook’s servers where the pixel is loaded from. The information that your browser has visited the corresponding page of our online services will be transmitted to Facebook, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not logged into your account. This information (including your IP address) will be sent by your browser directly to a server of Facebook in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged into your Facebook account at the same time, it is also possible to assign the page impression to your Facebook profile. If you click on embedded Facebook buttons and log into your Facebook account (or are already logged in), this information will be sent directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The corresponding information is published on your Facebook profile and in your chronicle/timeline in short form. Facebook can thus collect and store additional usage data. If you want to prevent the transmission and storage of your data and your behavior on our online services through Facebook, you must use the opt-out solution:
Click here to OPT-OUT/OPT-IN of Facebook Pixel
You can also change your Ad Settings here: https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen or log out of your Facebook account before you visit our sites and delete any cookies placed by Facebook.
For more information on your rights and on how Facebook is recording and processing data please see Facebook’s Data Privacy Policy which is available at http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ and https://www.facebook.com/help/443483272359009#!/help/340599879348142/.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics which is a web analyzing tool of Google Inc., Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “Google“) for the purposes of the adequate design and continuous optimization of our website. Google Analytics works with cookies and creates pseudonymized usage profiles, which enable an analysis of your use of our website. Information stored in such cookies (such as browser type/version, an operating system used, referrer URL, Hostname of the accessing computer, time of server request) is usually transmitted to and stored on Google’s servers.
Due to the activation of the IP anonymization (IP masking), Google will truncate and therefore anonymize the IP address of your device within the European Union or the European Economic Area.
We contracted Google to analyze your use of this website in order to produce reports on the activities on our website and provide more services connected to the use of our website and the internet in general. We also use Google Analytics for marketing purposes: it allows us to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our website.
The IP address provided by your browser will not be combined with other Google data. The information may be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. You can prevent cookies from being stored on your device by adjusting your browser software accordingly. Please note, however, that changing your settings may have negative effects on the usability of our website. You may prevent Google from recording and processing data on your use of our website (including your device’s IP address) and storing such information in a cookie by using an opt-out solution:
Click here to OPT-OUT/OPT-IN of Google Analytics
You also can download and install a browser deactivation add-on from http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
For more information, see Google privacy policy: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
Yandex.Metrica
We use Yandex.Metrica Service, accessible at http://api.yandex.com/metrika/, which enables the User’s different services and applications to interact with the Yandex.Metrica Service of Yandex. Yandex.Metrica works with cookies and creates pseudonymized usage profiles, which enable an analysis of your use of our website. Information stored in such cookies (such as browser type/version, an operating system used, referrer URL, Hostname of the accessing computer, time of server request) is usually transmitted to and stored on Yandex’s servers.
Due to the activation of the IP anonymization (IP masking), Yandex will truncate and therefore anonymize the IP address of your device within the European Union or the European Economic Area.
We contracted Yandex to analyze your use of this website in order to produce reports on the activities on our website and provide more services connected to the use of our website and the internet in general. We also use Yandex.Metrica for marketing purposes: it allows us to advertise on third party websites (including Yandex) to previous visitors to our website.
The IP address provided by your browser will not be combined with other Yandex data. The information may be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Yandex. You can prevent cookies from being stored on your device by adjusting your browser software accordingly. Please note, however, that changing your settings may have negative effects on the usability of our website. You may prevent Yandex from recording and processing data on your use of our website (including your device’s IP address) and storing such information in a cookie by using an opt-out solution:
Click here to OPT-OUT/OPT-IN of Yandex.Metrica
You also can download and install a browser deactivation add-on from https://yandex.com/support/metrica/general/opt-out.xml
For more information, see Yandex privacy policy: https://yandex.ru/legal/confidential/?lang=en
VKontakte
VKontakte is a social network. LLC “V Kontakte” of 1-N, bld. 12-14, Lit. A, Khersonskaya st., St. Petersburg, Russia, 191024 are represented, for the purposes of GDPR, by MGL MY.COM (CYPRUS) LIMITED of 28 Oktovriou, 365 VASHIOTIS SEAFRONT, office 402 Neapoli, 3107, Limassol, Cyprus. On our website, we have included Vkontakte pixel. For a summary of Vkontakte pixel please refer to:
- https://vk.com/data_protection?lang=en§ion=rules
- https://vk.com/privacy/cookies
- https://vk.com/support?act=faqs_ads&q=pixel
When you enter a page on our website that contains a VKontakte pixel your browser or app will establish a direct connection to VKontakte’s servers where the pixel is loaded from. The information that your browser has visited the corresponding page of our online services will be transmitted to VKontakte, even if you do not have a VKontakte account or are not logged into your account. This information (including your IP address) will be sent by your browser directly to a server of Vkontakte and stored there.
If you are logged into your Vkontakte account at the same time, it is also possible to assign the page impression to your Vkontakte profile. If you click on embedded Vkontakte buttons and log into your Vkontakte account (or are already logged in), this information will be sent directly to a Vkontakte server and stored there. The corresponding information is published on your Vkontakte profile and in your chronicle/timeline in short form. Vkontakte can thus collect and store additional usage data. If you want to prevent the transmission and storage of your data and your behavior on our online services through Vkontakte, you must use the opt-out solution:
Click here to OPT-OUT/OPT-IN of Vkontakte
For further information:
- https://vk.com/privacy?eu=1
- https://vk.com/terms
- https://vk.com/privacy/cookies
- https://vk.com/data_protection?lang=en§ion=principles
Below you can see OPT-OUT for different browsers