Cookie Policy
This policy (the “Cookie Policy“) informs you of our policies regarding the deployment of cookies and similar systems when you visit moodmedia.com (hereinafter referred to as the “Website“), and the choices you have associated with those technologies. The website uses cookies and similar technologies to improve the user experience and ensure that it is functioning effectively.
The website is jointly operated by Mood Media Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates around the globe (collectively, “Mood Media”; referred to also as “we” or “us”). Mood Media’s subsidiaries and affiliates are listed in the “Mood Media Entities” section of the Privacy Policy.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or device by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website.
2. How do we use cookies?
We use cookies for a range of tasks. These include allowing you to browse between pages effectively, recording and storing your preferences and generally improving your online experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you.
If you visit our website, we may deploy these technologies to provide an online service more suited to the device you visit on. When you visit our website, we collect information about your use of the site, such as information about the device or browser you use to access the site, the way you interact with it, and the IP address your device connects from. You may not be able to initiate or complete some activities within our secure online services unless these cookies or similar technologies are installed.
3. What type of cookies do we use?
3.1 First party cookies and third party cookies
First party cookies are cookies set by the website you’re visiting. Only that website can read them. In addition, a website might potentially use external services, which also set their own cookies, known as third-party cookies. Third-party services are outside of the control of Mood Media. Providers may, at any time, change their terms of service, purpose and use of cookies, etc.
3.2 Session cookies vs. persistent cookies
Some of the cookies are ‘session cookies’, which remain only for the duration of your browser session and are deleted when you exit your web browser. Session cookies only last as long as your online session. This means that they will disappear from your computer or device when you close your browser. They are therefore also sometimes referred to as temporary cookies. Others are ‘persistent cookies’, which remain on your device or computer for a period of time after you have exited your web browser. These cookies are sometimes called permanent cookies.
More specifically, we use the below-mentioned cookies for the following purposes:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies
- Functional Cookies
- Analytical/Performance Cookies
- Targeting/Advertisement Cookies
Strictly Necessary Cookies are essential for the running of the website. Without the use of these cookies, you may not be able to use some of the features of the website. These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
Functional Cookies: These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. Functionality cookies are used to remember user preferences so that the website can be customized for them. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
Analytical/Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the performance of our website. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the website. All the information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our website.
Targeting/Advertisement Cookies: Targeting or advertising cookies are used to target advertisements to the interests of users, based upon previous web browsing activity. They cannot determine who you are though, as the data collected is never linked to your profile.
Below is a list of the cookies we are using on this website.
Necessary Cookies
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| wt_consent | 1 year | Used for remembering users’ consent preferences to be respected on subsequent site visits. It does not collect or store personal information about visitors to the site. |
| _hp2_id.* | 1 year 1 month | Heap Analytics sets this cookie to collect information on how visitors use the site. |
| _biz_flagsA | 1 year | A Cloudflare cookie set to record users’ settings as well as for authentication and analytics. |
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports | session | WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user's browser can display emojis properly. |
| _GRECAPTCHA | 6 months | Google Recaptcha service sets this cookie to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| rc::a | never | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| rc::f | never | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| rc::c | session | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| rc::b | session | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| __cf_bm | 1 hour | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| _cfuvid | session | Calendly sets this cookie to track users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services |
Functional Cookies
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| li_gc | 6 months | Linkedin set this cookie for storing visitor's consent regarding using cookies for non-essential purposes. |
| lidc | 1 day | LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection. |
| yt-remote-device-id | never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | never | The cookie ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt-remote-session-app | session | The yt-remote-session-app cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences and information about the interface of the embedded YouTube video player. |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | session | The yt-remote-cast-installed cookie is used to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-session-name | session | The yt-remote-session-name cookie is used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-cast-available | session | The yt-remote-cast-available cookie is used to store the user's preferences regarding whether casting is available on their YouTube video player. |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | session | The yt-remote-fast-check-period cookie is used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences for embedded YouTube videos. |
Analytics Cookies
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| handl_ref_domain | 3 months | Handl utm grabber sets this cookie to contain an ID for referral partners. |
| _gcl_au | 3 months | Google Tag Manager sets the cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. |
| _hp2_ses_props.* | 1 hour | Heap sets this cookie to store the timestamp and cookie domain or path. |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| _ga | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. |
| _fbp | 3 months | Facebook sets this cookie to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website. |
| MR | 7 days | This cookie, set by Bing, is used to collect user information for analytics purposes. |
| vuid | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Vimeo installs this cookie to collect tracking information by setting a unique ID to embed videos on the website. |
Performance Cookies
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| handlID | 3 months | Handl utm grabber sets this cookie to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. |
| _uetsid | 1 day | Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. |
| _uetvid | 1 year 24 days | Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. |
Advertisement Cookies
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| handl_landing_page | 3 months | HandL UTM Grabber plugin sets this cookie is used to record the very first page you visited on our site in your browser. |
| handl_ip | 3 months | HandL UTM Grabber plugin sets this cookie to record the web browser's IP address. |
| handl_url | 3 months | HandL UTM Grabber plugin sets this cookie to form the URL on which we placed the code that generates. |
| handl_ref | 3 months | HandL UTM Grabber plugin sets this cookie to record the URL from which you came to our site. |
| handl_original_ref | 3 months | HandL UTM Grabber plugin sets this cookie to record the URL from which you came to our site. |
| test_cookie | 15 minutes | doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. |
| bcookie | 1 year | LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser IDs. |
| MUID | 1 year 24 days | Bing sets this cookie to recognise unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operations. |
| YSC | session | Youtube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 6 months | YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | 6 months | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. |
| yt.innertube::requests | never | YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| yt.innertube::nextId | never | YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
Other Cookies
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| handl_url_base | 3 months | Description is currently not available. |
| user_agent | 3 months | No description available. |
| handl_landing_page_base | 3 months | Description is currently not available. |
| organic_source | 3 months | Description is currently not available. |
| organic_source_str | 3 months | Description is currently not available. |
| traffic_source | 3 months | No description available. |
| first_traffic_source | 3 months | Description is currently not available. |
4. How can you manage cookies?
Every time you visit our website, you will be prompted to accept, refuse or to manage cookies preferences.
The cookies used on our website can be enabled or disabled through our consent tool or by disabling the cookies through your browser, as follows:
4.1. Consent Tool
The Cookie Consent tool can be utilised to customise your cookie preferences. The tool will record when you have consented to our Cookie Policy. You can change your preferences and withdraw your cookie consent at any time by clicking here Cookie Settings and navigating to Manage Preferences on the cookie banner that is shown at the bottom of our website. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled, nor can the tool be used to block cookies on third party websites linked from our website.
4.2. Using Your Browser
Most browsers allow you to refuse, to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
Be aware though that you may also lose some saved information (e.g. saved login details, website preferences). Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites. If you block the cookies, it is possible that you will not be able to enjoy all the technical features our website has to offer and it may negatively affect your user experience.
For further information on how to manage and delete cookies, please visit https://www.allaboutcookies.org/.
5. Questions?
For more information, feel free to contact our privacy officer at [email protected].
6. Modifications and additions to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the bottom of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
This policy is effective from September 15th 2021