Exploremedia firmly believes in the principles of privacy and openness, as outlined in our Privacy Policy. This Cookie Statement serves as a clear reference manual for the use of cookies on Exploremedia Sites. This Cookie Statement describes how we use third-party cookies, how we utilize cookies (and other locally stored data technologies), and how you can control your cookie settings. Please refer to our Privacy Policy for additional details on our privacy practices.

The non-profit company that runs the Exploremedia Sites, the Exploremedia Foundation, actively gathers some kinds of data using a range of widely used technologies. These typically consist of JavaScript, tracking pixels, and various "locally stored data" technologies like local storage and cookies.

A cookie: what is it?

Typically used for monitoring and authentication, a "cookie" is a small data file that we place on your computer, smartphone, or other device that you use to access the Exploremedia Sites. Each cookie has an expiration date, but the exact time depends on how your browser is set up and what the cookie is used for.

Cookies are frequently grouped according to how long they are active before going bad. "Session" cookies typically expire when your web browser or mobile application is closed. A cookie that stays on your device after you exit your browser or mobile application is known as a "persistent" cookie. A persistent cookie expires when you manually delete it or after the time period we specify. Explorepedia has more information about cookies.

Through your browser's settings, you can disable or delete cookies. Please refer to Section 3 of this Cookie Statement below for further details on managing your cookie choices.

What kinds of cookies are used by Exploremedia, and why?

The Exploremedia Sites can be viewed and edited without cookies. In order to improve your experience with the Exploremedia Sites, better understand user preferences and activities, and enhance our services overall, we use the information we collect via cookies and other locally stored data technologies. In order to log in and have your edits linked to a user account, cookies are necessary; otherwise, your edits will be anonymous and unlinked to an account.

To achieve various goals, we employ locally stored data technologies such as tracking pixels, JavaScript, cookies, and others. The categories of cookies we offer are shown below.

Usability:

These cookies are necessary for the Exploremedia sites to function properly and for you to navigate and utilize their features. Maintaining your session and remembering past actions, remembering your username in the login field, keeping you logged in (if enabled), and more are all made possible by these cookies.

Here are few instances:

Preferences:

In order to provide a more personalized experience the next time you visit the Exploremedia Sites, these cookies save your choices. In order to give you the desired look and feel, these cookies are helpful for identifying and preserving your preferred language, remembering modifications you have made to text size, fonts, and other display settings, and more.

Here are few instances:

Analysis and Performance:

These cookies gather data about your usage of the Exploremedia Sites and track the number of visits. By ensuring that users can quickly locate what they need, for example, we can better understand your experience on the Exploremedia Sites and make improvements for you and other users. Other instances consist of:

1.keeping track of the Exploremedia sites' actions and pages visited in order to optimize them;

2.keeping track of whether users receive error notices from websites;

3.keeping the items you've recently read on your smartphone for easy access and retrieval;

4.keeping track of the subjects you've searched for in order to maximize the search results you see; 

5.keeping track of the articles you have on your watchlist so we can suggest related ones you might find interesting.

Here are few instances:

Third Party:

Without your consent, we will never utilize third-party cookies on our wikis. These cookies would enable us to deliver third-party services, such "like" and "share" buttons. In the event that a third party offers these services, they might need cookies to function.

If you ever discover a third-party cookie that was installed on your device while using the Exploremedia wiki sites and you didn't consent to its usage or transfer (for example, if it was accidentally installed by an administrator or user),

What options do I have for cookies?

The following is a partial list of steps you may take to restrict the usage of cookies and other locally saved data technologies on your device. Although using our sites may not require cookies or other locally saved data technologies, disabling them may prevent some features from working as intended.

You could:

You can change your browser's settings to reject all cookies or to alert you when a cookie is being sent in order to delete or disable particular locally stored data;

Use a browser that has the ability to disable third-party cookies, or, if one is available, install a plug-in to block data that is saved locally.

By disabling the browser's cookies, you can stop tracking pixels from observing your particular actions. Your IP address may still be used by a tracking pixel to record an anonymous visit, but no unique information will be captured. You will need to disable HTML images in your browser-based email client if you do not want to receive tracking pixels. This may make it more difficult for you to view images in other emails you receive.