Cookies Policy
Last updated: January 3rd, 2019
BadFive (“us”, “we”, or “our”) uses cookies on www.badfive.com (the “Service”). By using the Service, you consent to the use of cookies.
Our Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies, how third-parties we may partner with may use cookies on the Service, your choices regarding cookies and further information about cookies.
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 Service or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Service more useful to you.
Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies.
How BadFive uses cookies
When you use and access the Service, we may place a number of cookies files in your web browser.
We use cookies for the following purposes: to enable certain functions of the Service, to provide analytics, to store your preferences, to enable advertisements delivery, including behavioral advertising.
We use both session and persistent cookies on the Service and we use different types of cookies to run the Service:
Essential cookies – We may use essential cookies to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts.
| For the full disclosure section, including all types of cookies (from essentials to advertising cookies), you can read the section at the end of this policy. |
Third-party cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-parties cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and so on.
Our website sets several types of third-party cookie, which we do not control the operation of any of them. The third-party cookies which may be set include:
Google Analytics – We use Google Analytics to collect data about website usage. This data does not include personally identifiable information. You can view the Google Privacy Policy here: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Mail Munch – We use Mail Munch on some of our opt-in forms to collect email addresses for our newsletter subscriptions. This allows us to keep in touch with web visitors who want to hear from us regularly. You can view their Privacy Policy here: https://legal.mailmunch.com/privacy/.
What are your choices regarding cookies
If you’d like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.
Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.
For the Chrome web browser, please visit this page from Google: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050
For the Internet Explorer web browser, please visit this page from Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835
For the Firefox web browser, please visit this page from Mozilla: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored
For the Safari web browser, please visit this page from Apple: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?locale=en_US
If you wish to opt-out specifically from Google Analytics you can use this tool: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
For any other web browser, please visit your web browser’s official web pages.
Where can your find more information about cookies
You can learn more about cookies and the following third-party websites:
- AllAboutCookies: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
- Network Advertising Initiative: http://www.networkadvertising.org/
What kind of cookies we use in further detail
For Preferences
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
| COOKIE NAME | COOKIE PURPOSE DESCRIPTION | PROVIDER | TYPE | EXPIRY |
| csbwfs_show_hide_status | Used in context with the share-button toolbar. Determines which and how many share-buttons are shown to the visitor. | badfive.com | HTTP | 1 day |
| mailmunch_second_pageview | The cookie is used to manage the mailing list, if the visitor has subscribed to any newsletters or blogposts. | badfive.com | HTTP | 1 year |
For Statistics
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
| COOKIE NAME | COOKIE PURPOSE DESCRIPTION | PROVIDER | TYPE | EXPIRY |
| _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | badfive.com | HTTP | 2 years |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | badfive.com | HTTP | 1 day |
| _gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | badfive.com | HTTP | 1 day |
| collect | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | google-analytics.com | Pixel | session |
| d | Collects anonymous data on the user’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded with the purpose of generating reports for optimising the website content. | quantserve.com | HTTP | 3 months |
| _mailmunch_visitor_id | https://legal.mailmunch.com/privacy/ | badfive.com | HTTP | 1 year |
| event | https://legal.mailmunch.com/privacy/ | analytics.mailmunch.co | Pixel | session |
For Marketing
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.
| COOKIE NAME | COOKIE PURPOSE DESCRIPTION | PROVIDER | TYPE | EXPIRY |
| DSID | Used by Google DoubleClick for retargeting, optimisation, reporting and attribution of online adverts. | doubleclick.net | HTTP | 1 day |
| google_experiment_mod | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. | badfive.com | HTML | persistent |
| google_pub_config | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. | badfive.com | HTML | persistent |
| GPS | Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. | youtube.com | HTML | 1 day |
| IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking on e of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | doubleclick.net | HTTP | 1 year |
| na_id | Used to recognize the visitor upon re-entry. This allows the website to register the visitor’s behaviour and facilitate the social sharing function provided by Addthis.com. | addthis.com | HTTP | 13 months |
| na_rm | Used to recognize the visitor upon re-entry. This allows the website to register the visitor’s behaviour and facilitate the social sharing function provided by Addthis.com. | addthis.com | HTTP | 29 days |
| na_sc_e | Used to recognize the visitor upon re-entry. This allows the website to register the visitor’s behaviour and facilitate the social sharing function provided by Addthis.com. | addthis.com | HTTP | 29 days |
| na_sr | Used to recognize the visitor upon re-entry. This allows the website to register the visitor’s behaviour and facilitate the social sharing function provided by Addthis.com. | addthis.com | HTTP | 29 days |
| na_srp | Used to recognize the visitor upon re-entry. This allows the website to register the visitor’s behaviour and facilitate the social sharing function provided by Addthis.com. | addthis.com | HTTP | 1 day |
| na_tc | Used to recognize the visitor upon re-entry. This allows the website to register the visitor’s behaviour and facilitate the social sharing function provided by Addthis.com. | addthis.com | HTTP | 13 months |
| ouid | Sets an ID-string for the specific visitor. This is used to recognize the visitor upon re-entry. This allows the website to register the visitor’s behaviour and facilitate the social media sharing function provided by Addthis.com. | addthis.com | HTTP | 13 months |
| pcs/activeview | Pending | googlesyndication.com | Pixel | session |
| PREF | Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites. | youtube.com | HTTP | 8 months |
| r/collect | This cookie is used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. It tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | doubleclick.net | Pixel | session |
| test_cookie | Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. | doubleclick.net | HTTP | 1 day |
| uid | Creates a unique, machine-generated user ID. AddThis, which is owned by Clearspring Technologies, uses the user ID to make it possible for the user to share content across social networks and provide detailed statistics to various providers. | addthis.com | HTTP | 13 months |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | youtube.com | HTTP | 179 days |
| YSC | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | youtube.com | HTTP | session |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | youtube.com | HTML | session |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | youtube.com | HTML | persistent |
| yt-remote-device-id | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | youtube.com | HTML | persistent |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | youtube.com | HTML | session |
| yt-remote-session-app | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | youtube.com | HTML | session |
| yt-remote-session-name | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | youtube.com | HTML | session |
| id | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | mookie1.com | HTTP | 13 months |
| KADUSERCOOKIE | Registers a unique ID that identifies the user’s device during return visits across websites that use the same ad network. The ID is used to allow targeted ads. | pubmatic.com | HTTP | 3 months |
| KTPCOOKIE | Registers a unique ID that identifies the user’s device during return visits across websites that use the sam e ad network. The ID is used to allow targeted ads. | pubmatic.com | HTTP | 1 day |
| mc | Collects data on the user’s visits to the website, such as what pages have been loaded. The registered data is used for targeted ads. | quantserve.com | HTTP | 13 months |
| mdata | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | mookie1.com | HTTP | 13 months |
| everest_g_v2 | Used for targeted ads and to document efficacy of each individual ad. | everesttech.net | HTTP | 694 days |
| everest_session_v2 | Used for targeted ads and to document efficacy of each individual ad. | everesttech.net | HTTP | session |
| gglck | Used for targeted ads and to document efficacy of each individual ad. | everesttech.net | HTTP | 29 days |
