Our website uses cookie technology to provide you with a better and more personalized web service. The data stored by the cookies used on our website never shows personal details that can be used to establish an individual identity.
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How can you control cookies?
You can withdraw your consent to cookies at any time. To this end, you can block or remove cookies either through your web browser settings or by using third-party software, or by following the specific instructions for the cookie categories in the following sections. In any case, problems may arise in using certain parts of the website if you disable cookies.
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Cookies used on the ThesisEdge website.
Based on the function and purpose for which cookies are used, they are usually classified into the following categories, which ThesisEdge uses on its website:
Strictly necessary cookies allow you to navigate the website and use its basic functions. They are usually installed only in response to actions taken by you that amount to a service request. These cookies are indispensable for the use of the websites.
Functionality cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our website and allow us to offer you improved and more personalized features, such as remembering your preferences. These cookies collect anonymous information and cannot track your browsing on other websites. The expiration period of these cookies is a maximum of 2 years.
Analytical and performance cookies allow us to recognize and count users and collect information about how the site is used (for example, the pages a user opens most often and whether the user receives error messages from certain pages). This helps us to improve the way our site works, for example, by ensuring that you can easily find what you are looking for. The expiration period of these cookies is a maximum of 2 years. For third-party cookies, the expiration period may vary and in some cases may exceed 2 years. For more details on this category of cookies, see the material below.
Marketing and targeting cookies record your visit to our site, the pages you have visited and the links you have clicked on. We will use this information to provide more relevant advertising to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the frequency with which you may see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. We may also share this information with third parties (such as advertisers) for this purpose. The expiry period of these cookies is a maximum of 2 years. For third-party cookies, the expiry period may vary and in some cases may exceed 2 years. For more details on this category of cookies, please see the material below.
Social media cookies allow you to share your activity on social networks, such as Facebook and X, on the website. These cookies are not controlled by us. For more details on this category of cookies, please see the material below.
Other types of cookies that may be used later. We will inform you through our updated policies if any other types of cookies are used.
Please note that ThesisEdge uses third-party services to obtain information about your use of our site in order to optimize your user experience and to present you with advertising outside of our site. These third parties (including, for example, advertisers and external service providers, such as web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control.
Cookies used for statistical purposes and for monitoring web traffic
Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google. Google Analytics uses cookies to help a website analyze how you use the website. The information generated by the cookies about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers that may be located in the EU, EEA and/or the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with other data held by Google.
You can opt out of Google Analytics without affecting how you can visit our website.
Detailed information about Google Analytics and the protection of personal data (including how you can control the information sent to Google) can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners.
To prevent tracking by this type of cookie, you can install an add-in on your web browser (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout).
Other analytical and performance cookies
Similarly and for the same purposes (traffic analysis and monitoring), our website uses cookies placed by Chartbeat, Cxsense and CrazyEgg to collect data about your interaction with the website and your browsing behavior on the website (including the cookie ID, IP address and the type of device used to access the website). However, we only receive aggregated data about website users, without any possibility of identifying you.
Detailed information on the processing carried out by Chartbeat can be found at https://chartbeat.com/privacy/ ; Cxsense can be found at https://www.cxense.com/about-us/privacy-policy; (iii) CrazyEgg can be found at https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy.
Cookies used for direct marketing purposes
Google Analytics
To receive advertisements and marketing content personalized according to your preferences, our website uses DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) and Google Ad Exchange technology, provided by Google. The information generated by the cookies about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers that may be located in the EU, EEA and/or the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if required to do so by law or if these third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your address with your IP with other data held by Google.
Detailed information about Google Analytics and the protection of personal data (including how you can control the information sent to Google) can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners.
Social Media Cookies
Websites may place their own cookies to monitor the performance of their applications or to personalize these applications for you. For example, when you share an article using a social media sharing button (e.g., Facebook or X) available on a website, the social media platform associated with that button will record this. Some websites may also contain embedded content, such as video content from third parties such as YouTube, and in this case, these third parties may also place their own cookies.
Such cookies cannot be accessed by ThesisEdge.