The Information Commissioner describes cookies (or similar technology) as a small file of letters and numbers which is downloaded on to your computer or device when you visit a website.
Cookies are used by many websites and can do a number of things, for example remembering your account and settings preferences, remembering content in a shopping basket, and counting the number of people looking at a website.
In addition, where websites allow users to log in to services, authentication cookies are the most common method used to know whether a user is logged in or not.
Tracking cookies and third-party tracking cookies, are commonly used to compile long-term records of individuals' browsing histories.
Strictly necessary cookies, typically enable websites to operate properly, or which allow purchases to be safely completed. Cookies which are not strictly necessary include tracking cookies, or cookies used for the purposes of web analytics.
We are allowed to place strictly necessary cookies on your device without your consent (as long as we inform you, such as by way of this notice), but for all other cookies we require your express consent.
When you visit our website www.sounded.com (“Site”), or download and login to the sounded.com mobile app (“App”) this is one of the reasons we display a pop up message to you, which service as a notice regarding our use of any cookies and allows you either to consent to receiving any other cookies, or decline them.
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
We use the following cookies:
• Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies required for the operation of our Site and Apps. They include, for example, cookies which enable you to log into secure areas of our Site and App and use a shopping cart to purchase one or more of our services.
• Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Site and Apps. This helps us improve our Site and Apps, for example, by ensuring users are finding what they are looking for easily.
• Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our Site or login to our App. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region), including latest book purchased or favourite books.
• Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our Site and App, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We may use this information to make our Site and any advertising more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
| Cookie | Name | Purpose | More information |
|---|---|---|---|
| AntiForgery Cookie | AspNetCore.Antiforgery.{Identifier} | To identify same site connections. | Cookie to remember visitor and browsing history. For same site connections only. Expires when the browsing session ends. |
Third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser allowing you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) parts of our Site or App may not function correctly.
Last Updated: 24 January 2023
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