Cookie Policy of D Notation

Cookies and other Identifiers consist of portions of code installed in the browser that assist the Owner in providing the Service according to the purposes described. Some of the purposes for which Cookies are installed may also require the User’s consent.

Where the installation of Cookies is based on consent, such consent can be freely withdrawn at any time following the instructions provided in this document.

Technical Cookies and Cookies serving aggregated statistical purposes

• Activity strictly necessary for the functioning of the Service

  D Notation uses Cookies to save the User’s session and to carry out other activities that are strictly necessary for the operation of D Notation, for example in relation to the distribution of traffic.

• Activity regarding the saving of preferences, optimization, and statistics

  D Notation uses Cookies to save browsing preferences and to optimize the User’s browsing experience. Among these Cookies are, for example, those used for the setting of language and currency preferences or for the management of first party statistics employed directly by the Owner of the site.

Other types of Cookies or third parties that install Cookies

Some of the services listed below collect statistics in an anonymized and aggregated form and may not require the consent of the User or may be managed directly by the Owner – depending on how they are described – without the help of third parties.

If any third party operated services are listed among the tools below, these may be used to track Users’ browsing habits – in addition to the information specified herein and without the Owner’s knowledge. Please refer to the privacy policy of the listed services for detailed information.

• Advertising

  This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on D Notation, possibly based on User interests.
  This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
  Some of the services listed below may use Cookies to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside D Notation. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.

  In addition to any opt-out offered by any of the services below, the User may opt out of a third-party service’s use of cookies for certain advertising features by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

  Users may also opt-out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.

  Google AdSense

  Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location D Notation is accessed from. This service uses the “DoubleClick” Cookie, which tracks use of D Notation and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered.
  Users may decide to disable all the DoubleClick Cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Google Ads Similar audiences

  Similar audiences is an advertising and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location D Notation is accessed from, that uses Data from Google Ads Remarketing in order to display ads to Users with similar behavior to Users who are already on the remarketing list due to their past use of D Notation.
  On the basis of this Data, personalized ads will be shown to Users suggested by Google Ads Similar audiences.

  Users who don’t want to be included in Similar audiences can opt out and disable the use of advertising cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Google Ad Manager

  Google Ad Manager is an advertising service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location D Notation is accessed from, that allows the Owner to run advertising campaigns in conjunction with external advertising networks that the Owner, unless otherwise specified in this document, has no direct relationship with. In order to opt out from being tracked by various advertising networks, Users may make use of Youronlinechoices. In order to understand Google’s use of data, consult Google’s partner policy.
  This service uses the “DoubleClick” Cookie, which tracks use of D Notation and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered.

  Users may decide to disable all the DoubleClick Cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

  Facebook Lookalike Audience (Facebook, Inc.)

  Facebook Lookalike Audience is an advertising and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. that uses Data collected through Facebook Custom Audience in order to display ads to Users with similar behavior to Users who are already in a Custom Audience list on the base of their past use of D Notation or engagement with relevant content across the Facebook apps and services.
  On the base of these Data, personalized ads will be shown to Users suggested by Facebook Lookalike Audience.

  Users can opt out of Facebook’s use of cookies for ads personalization by visiting this opt-out page.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Facebook Audience Network (Facebook, Inc.)

  Facebook Audience Network is an advertising service provided by Facebook, Inc. In order to understand Facebook’s use of Data, consult Facebook’s data policy.

  D Notation may use identifiers for mobile devices (including Android Advertising ID or Advertising Identifier for iOS, respectively) and technologies similar to cookies to run the Facebook Audience Network service. One of the ways Audience Network shows ads is by using the User’s ad preferences. The User can control this in the Facebook ad settings.

  Users may opt-out of certain Audience Network targeting through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or by following the instructions in other Audience Network related sections of this privacy policy, if available.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example) and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

• Analytics

  The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

  Amplitude (Sonalight, Inc.)

  Amplitude is an analytics service provided by Sonalight, Inc.
  This service is designed for mobile apps analytics and can collect various information about your phone, highlighted in the Amplitude privacy policy.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Yandex Metrica (YANDEX, LLC)

  Yandex Metrica is an analytics and heat mapping service provided by YANDEX, LLC. Yandex Metrica can be used to display the areas of a page where Users most frequently move the mouse or click. This shows where the points of interest are.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Russian Federation – Privacy Policy.

  WordPress Stats (Automattic Inc.)

  WordPress Stats is an analytics service provided by Automattic Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Google Analytics

  Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location D Notation is accessed from, (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of D Notation, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
  Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel) (Facebook, Inc.)

  Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel) is an analytics service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects data from the Facebook advertising network with actions performed on D Notation. The Facebook pixel tracks conversions that can be attributed to ads on Facebook, Instagram and Audience Network.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

  MixPanel (MixPanel)

  MixPanel is an analytics service provided by Mixpanel Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Google Analytics for Firebase

  Google Analytics for Firebase or Firebase Analytics is an analytics service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location D Notation is accessed from.
  In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult Google’s partner policy.

  Firebase Analytics may share Data with other tools provided by Firebase, such as Crash Reporting, Authentication, Remote Config or Notifications. The User may check this privacy policy to find a detailed explanation about the other tools used by the Owner.

  D Notation uses identifiers for mobile devices and technologies similar to cookies to run the Firebase Analytics service.

  Users may opt-out of certain Firebase features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or by following the instructions in other Firebase related sections of this privacy policy, if available.

  Personal Data processed: Application opens, Application updates, Cookies, device information, first launches, geography/region, In-app purchases, number of sessions, number of Users , operating systems, session duration, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example) and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

  Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports

  Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports is a Google Advertising Reporting feature that makes available demographic and interests Data inside Google Analytics for D Notation (demographics means age and gender Data).

  Users can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example).

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Google Analytics Advertising Reporting Features

  Google Analytics on D Notation has Advertising Reporting Features activated, which collects additional information from the DoubleClick cookie (web activity) and from device advertising IDs (app activity). It allows the Owner to analyze specific behavior and interests Data (traffic Data and Users’ ads interaction Data) and, if enabled, demographic Data (information about the age and gender).

  Users can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example) and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Fabric Answers

  Fabric Answers is an analytics service provided by Crashlytics, a business division of Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location D Notation is accessed from.
  In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult Google’s partner policy.

  This service is designed for mobile apps analytics and can collect various information about your phone, highlighted in the Fabric Answers privacy policy.
  In particular, D Notation uses identifiers for mobile devices (including Android Advertising ID or Advertising Identifier for iOS, respectively) and technologies similar to cookies to run the Fabric Answers service. Fabric Answers may share Data with other tools provided by Fabric/Crashlytics, such as Crashlytics or Twitter. The User may check this privacy policy to find a detailed explanation about the other tools used by the Owner.
  Users may opt-out of certain Fabric Answers features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or by following the instructions in other Fabric related sections of this privacy policy, if available.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example) and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy.

  Google Ads conversion tracking

  Google Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location D Notation is accessed from, that connects data from the Google Ads advertising network with actions performed on D Notation.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

  Appsflyer (AppsFlyer Ltd)

  Appsflyer is an analytics service provided by AppsFlyer Ltd.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Israel – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

• Beta Testing

  This type of service makes it possible to manage User access to D Notation, or parts of it, for the purpose of testing a certain feature or the entire Application.
  The service provider may automatically collect data related to crashes and statistics related to the User’s use of D Notation in a personally identifiable form.

  TestFlight (Apple Inc.)

  TestFlight is a beta testing service provided by Apple Inc.

  Personal Data processed: app information, Cookies, country, Data communicated while using the service, device information, device logs, email address, Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Contacting the User

  Mailing list or newsletter (D Notation)

  By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning D Notation. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to D Notation or after making a purchase.

  Personal Data processed: city, company name, Cookies, country, county, email address, first name, last name, profession, state, Usage Data, website and ZIP/Postal code.

• Content commenting

  Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the contents of D Notation.
  Depending on the settings chosen by the Owner, Users may also leave anonymous comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Data provided by the User, it may be used to send notifications of comments on the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their own comments.
  If a content commenting service provided by third parties is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where the comment service is installed, even when Users do not use the content commenting service.

  Facebook Comments (Facebook, Inc.)

  Facebook Comments is a content commenting service provided by Facebook, Inc. enabling the User to leave comments and share them on the Facebook platform.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

• Displaying content from external platforms

  This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of D Notation and interact with them.
  This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

  YouTube video widget

  YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location D Notation is accessed from, that allows D Notation to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

  Instagram widget (Instagram, Inc.)

  Instagram is an image visualization service provided by Instagram, Inc. that allows D Notation to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Interaction with external social networks and platforms

  This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of D Notation.
  The interaction and information obtained through D Notation are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
  This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
  It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on D Notation isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.

  Facebook Like button and social widgets (Facebook, Inc.)

  The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Facebook, Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

  Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (Twitter, Inc.)

  The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter, Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

  LinkedIn button and social widgets (LinkedIn Corporation)

  The LinkedIn button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the LinkedIn social network provided by LinkedIn Corporation.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

  AngelList follow button and social widgets ( Venture Hacks, Inc.)

  The AngelList follow button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the AngelList network provided by Venture Hacks, Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Reddit button and widgets (reddit inc.)

  The reddit button and widgets are services allowing interaction with the reddit platform provided by reddit inc.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Interaction with live chat platforms

  This type of service allows Users to interact with third-party live chat platforms directly from the pages of D Notation, for contacting and being contacted by D Notation support service.
  If one of these services is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service. Moreover, live chat conversations may be logged.

  Facebook Messenger Customer Chat (Facebook, Inc.)

  The Facebook Messenger Customer Chat is a service for interacting with the Facebook Messenger live chat platform provided by Facebook, Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies, Data communicated while using the service and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

• Managing contacts and sending messages

  This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User.
  These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.

  Mailchimp (The Rocket Science Group, LLC.)

  Mailchimp is an email address management and message sending service provided by The Rocket Science Group, LLC.

  Personal Data processed: company name, Cookies, country, email address, first name, last name, Usage Data and various types of Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

• Remarketing and behavioral targeting

  This type of service allows D Notation and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of D Notation by the User.
  This activity is performed by tracking Usage Data and by using Cookies, information that is transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity.
  Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.
  In addition to any opt-out offered by any of the services below, the User may opt out of a third-party service’s use of cookies for certain remarketing features by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

  Users may also opt-out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.

  Google Ads Remarketing

  Google Ads Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location D Notation is accessed from, that connects the activity of D Notation with the Google Ads advertising network and the DoubleClick Cookie.

  Users can opt out of Google’s use of cookies for ads personalization by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Google Ad Manager Audience Extension

  Google Ad Manager Audience Extension is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location D Notation is accessed from, that tracks the visitors of D Notation and allows selected advertising partners to display targeted ads across the web to them.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Facebook Remarketing (Facebook, Inc.)

  Facebook Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects the activity of D Notation with the Facebook advertising network.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Facebook Custom Audience (Facebook, Inc.)

  Facebook Custom Audience is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects the activity of D Notation with the Facebook advertising network.

  Users can opt out of Facebook’s use of cookies for ads personalization by visiting this opt-out page.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and email address.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

How to provide or withdraw consent to the installation of Cookies

In addition to what is specified in this document, the User can manage preferences for Cookies directly from within their own browser and prevent – for example – third parties from installing Cookies.
Through browser preferences, it is also possible to delete Cookies installed in the past, including the Cookies that may have saved the initial consent for the installation of Cookies by this website.
Users can, for example, find information about how to manage Cookies in the most commonly used browsers at the following addresses: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

With regard to Cookies installed by third parties, Users can manage their preferences and withdrawal of their consent by clicking the related opt-out link (if provided), by using the means provided in the third party’s privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.

Notwithstanding the above, Users are hereby informed that they may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar services. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.

Owner and Data Controller

D Notation Inc., 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19808-1674

Owner contact email: hello@dnotation.com

Since the installation of third-party Cookies and other tracking systems through the services used within D Notation cannot be technically controlled by the Owner, any specific references to Cookies and tracking systems installed by third parties are to be considered indicative. In order to obtain complete information, the User is kindly requested to consult the privacy policy for the respective third-party services listed in this document.

Given the objective complexity surrounding the identification of technologies based on Cookies, Users are encouraged to contact the Owner should they wish to receive any further information on the use of Cookies by D Notation.