WHAT IS A COOKIE?

A cookie is a small text file that is placed on a computer or other device and is used to identify the user or device and to collect information. Cookies are typically assigned to one of four categories, depending on their function and intended purpose: absolutely necessary cookies, performance cookies, functional cookies, and cookies for marketing purposes.

HOW DO WE USE COOKIES?

We and our third party tracking-utility partners may from time to time gather certain Information automatically via such cookies and store it as Log Data. We use our own cookies to personalise your experience on our services and for various other purposes, including:

1. remembering users. For example, cookies can help us identify you as a registered user of our services or keep the preferences or information that you have previously provided;
2. analysing how you use our services. We can use cookies to understand what users are doing on our services, or which pages or sections are most popular;
3. serving advertising. Cookies help us to provide you with advertising that we believe are relevant to you, based on your Information (as discussed in more detail under the “How we use your Information” and “Advertising” sections of our Privacy Policy); and
4. credit card information and other financial data required to process payments when using one of our services may be collected and stored by third party payment processors or our own payment processors. Those payment processors may provide us with a cookie that enables you to make additional purchases using the payment information you have already provided.

Please note that we use our cookies for these purposes, but may make certain aggregated Non-Personal Information obtained through these technologies available to advertisers and other partners to analyze how you and others use our services and to serve advertising.

We also allow advertisers and other partners to place their own cookies into some of our services to analyse how these services are used and to serve advertising. It is important to note that these third party cookiesare subject to the relevant third party’s own privacy policies and not our Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for third party cookies.

TYPES OF COOKIES

We further describe in the below table how we use certain types of cookies within our services. Some or all of such cookies may be stored in your browser. Your browser may enable you to block or manage cookies. However, please remember that if you do so, we may not be able to provide you with the optimal experience through our services and some of our services may not function properly.

Category of cookies use

Authentication : These cookies notify us when you access our services, so to enable us to provide suitable and secure services and experience to you. For example, these cookies will inform us when you have logged onto Sanook Membership, allowing us to identify whether you have safely logged onto Sanook Membership and to display information within Sanook Membership that specifically pertain to you.

Preference Setting : We use such cookies to record your layout, appearance and other custom preferences and settings, to ensure our services are personalised for you. These cookies allow our websites to remember information that changes the way the site behaves or looks such as your preferred language or the region you are in. For example, we use such cookies within our services to

• record whether you have read contents or reminders we sent to you
• prevent us from repeatedly sending such messages or reminders; and
• save your preferences and settings (such as font sizing) so that the relevant service will be automatically adjusted to your settings when you use it again.

Loss of the information stored in a preference cookie may make the website experience less functional but should not prevent it from working.

Security : We use such cookies to ensure the security of your Information and our services, and to prevent fraudulent, criminal or other suspect activities. For example, such cookies can identify whether you have logged onto our services in your usual location, and to prevent identity theft and other misappropriation of your Information.

Functionality : We use such cookies to perform and improve our services. For example, such cookies assist us to pre-fill your account details in the login or other fields of our services, to help you use our services more efficiently.

Efficiency : We use such cookies to improve the speed, performance and efficiency of our services. For example, such cookies can facilitate router flow between servers and assess the speed of loading of our services by different users. We may also use such cookies to save information temporarily in your browser, to enable a faster loading and response speed when you visit our services.

Analysis and Research : We use such cookies to follow up and improve our services, and to provide us with reference data for research and development of new services or functions. For example, cookies help us better understand how you use our services and thus make it possible for us to improve your and other users’ experiences within our services. Such information may include the amount of time spent by you at each process when you access our services, as well as the pages and functions your access on our services.

Advertising Optimization : We use such cookies to optimise advertising and ensure that they are relevant to you.For example, such cookies may help us display more relevant advertising to you, and track whether you have read certain advertisements on our services and visited such advertisers following such advertisements. Similarly, our partners may use cookies to ascertain whether we have displayed a particular advertisement and determine such advertisement’s effectiveness, or to provide us with information regarding your interaction with such advertisers.

MANAGING COOKIES

You can manage website cookies in your browser settings, and you always have the choice to change these settings by accepting, rejecting, or deleting cookies. If you choose to change your settings, you may find that certain functions and features will not work as intended on the Services. All browser settings are slightly different, so to manage cookies, you should refer to the relevant settings within your browser.

We understand that you may want to know more about cookies. Here are some useful resources that provide detailed information about types of cookies, how they are used, and how you can manage your cookie preferences: www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org Please click below for detailed information on how to disable and delete cookies in some commonly used browsers:

• Mozilla Firefox®
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer
• Google Chrome™
• Safari®

We use certain other tracking technologies in addition to cookies:

• Local shared objects/Flash cookies: Flash cookies, also known as local shared objects, are designed to support browser content supported by Adobe® Flash. They are usually used to enable ads and video content on websites. Like other cookies, they will store information on your device, some of which will be specific to the Flash-enabled content. Flash cookies can only be deleted within Adobe Flash rather than via your browser. Please refer to the following help page for information on how to manage your privacy settings and deletion of Flash cookies: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html
• Web server & application logs: Our servers automatically collect certain information to help us administer and protect the Services, analyze usage, and improve users’ experience. The information collected includes:
  • IP address and browser type
  • Device information including Unique Device Identifier (UDID), MAC address, Identifier For Advertisers (IFA), and similar identifiers we or others may assign
  • Device operating system and other technical facts
  • The city, state, and country from which you access our website
  • Pages visited and content viewed and stored
  • Information or text entered
  • Links and buttons clicked
  • URLs visited before and after you use our Services

Furthermore, users may adjust their cookie preference including advertising cookie and opt-out from sharing information with our partners regarding the purpose of advertising by following the procedures specified in this policy. Additionally, you may find more information and adjust your privacy preference of our cookie preference as well as on our partner’s website via the link provided below should you wish to opt-out from sharing information with our partners.

“DO NOT TRACK” SIGNALS

Some browsers transmit Do Not Track (DNT) signals to websites. Due to the lack of a common interpretation of DNT signals throughout the industry, we do not currently alter, change, or respond to DNT requests or signals from these browsers. We continue to monitor industry activity in this area and reassess our DNT practices as necessary.

CONNECTING VIA SOCIAL NETWORKS

Some of our Services may include social networking features, such as the Facebook® “Like” button and widgets, “Share” buttons, and interactive mini-programs. Additionally, you may choose to use your own social networking logins from, for example, Facebook or LinkedIn®, to log into some of our Services. If you choose to connect using a social networking or similar service, we may receive and store authentication information from that service to enable you to log in and other information that you may choose to share when you connect with these Services.

These Services may collect information such as the web pages you visited and IP addresses, and may set cookies to enable features to function properly. We are not responsible for the security or privacy of any information collected by these third parties. You should review the privacy statements or policies applicable to the third-party services you connect to, use, or access. If you do not want your personal information shared with your social media account provider or other users of the social media service, please do not connect your social media account with your account for the Services and do not participate in social sharing on the Services.