Cookie policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Auto Tech News (“us,” “we,” or “our”). This Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at www.auto-tech-news.com (“Website”). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

2. What are Cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Website or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and more useful to you.

3. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for various purposes, including to:

Enable certain functions of the Website
Provide analytics and improve the performance and usability of the Website
Store your preferences and personalize content for you
Serve targeted advertisements

4. Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the Website and cannot be disabled in our systems.
Analytical/Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our Website when they are using it. This helps us improve the way our Website works.
Functionality Cookies: These cookies enable us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences.
Targeting Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We may use this information to make our Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.

5. Third-Party Cookies

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and external service providers like analytics services) may also use cookies. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

6. Your Choices

You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies and to learn more about your options. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.

7. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at editor@auto-tech.news.

9. More Information

For more information about cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

10. Cookies we use

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Name	Description	Duration
__utmb	Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server.	30 minutes after last activity
__utmc	Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session.	End of session (browser)
__utmz	Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server	6 months after last activity
__utmv	Contains custom information set by the web developer via the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated every time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server.	2 years after last activity
__utmx	Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test.	18 months
_ga	ID used to identify users	2 years
_gali	Used by Google Analytics to determine which links on a page are being clicked	30 seconds
_ga_	ID used to identify users	2 years
_gid	ID used to identify users for 24 hours after last activity	24 hours
_gat	Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager	1 minute
_gac_	Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together.	90 days
__utma	ID used to identify users and sessions	2 years after last activity
__utmt	Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests	10 minutes