Cookie use policy

Last Updated: October 23, 2015

ViiDou uses cookies in connection with the platform to get information. A cookie is a small data file that is transferred to your device (ex: your phone or your computer) for the purposes of registration. For example, a cookie may enable the platform to recognize your browser, while another might store your preferences and other information.

Your browser may allow you to determine how to handle cookies, for example by refusing all cookies or asking your consent prior to the installation of each cookie. However, you will notice that some parts of the platform may not work as expected or even does not work at all in the absence of cookies.

ViiDou cookies and third party cookies

ViiDou will be able to place its cookies on your device through the platform. Accordingly, our Data Protection Charter staff will apply to treatment information we get through our cookies.

We also allow our commercial partners to place cookies on your device. For example, we use Google Analytics for Internet audience analysis purposes. As a result, Google may also place cookies on your device. As explained below, third parties may also place cookies on your machine for advertising purposes.

Two types of cookies are used on the Platform, the (permanent cookies) and (session cookies).

Normally, session cookies expire when you close your browser, while persistent cookies will remain on your device once your browser is closed and may be used again during your next visit to the platform.

other technologies

The platform may also use other technologies to the functionality similar to cookies, such as web beacons and tracking URLs to get the data of the user connections. We also may use web beacons and the URLs of follow-up in the messages that we send you to determine if you have opened a certain message or clicked on a certain link.

Use of cookies ViiDou

ViiDou uses cookies for various purposes, including for the following purposes:

  • to enable, facilitate and streamline the functioning of the Platform through different web pages and browser sessions.
  • to simplify and facilitate your access to and use of the Platform.
  • to monitor and analyze the operation, operation and effectiveness of the Platform, so that we can improve and optimize it.
  • to send you the content (including advertisements) more relevant to you.

Uses of third Cookies

The cookies of our partners allow them to obtain information to help them provide services to ViiDou. For example, companies and third parties that we engage to provide services can track your behavior on our platform to market and promote with you ViiDou ads or services on the Platform and third party websites. Third parties that use cookies and other tracking technologies to deliver targeted advertisements on our Platform and / or third party websites may offer you a way to prevent these targeted ads denying the (opt-out) on the websites of industry groups. You can also control advertising cookies provided by publishers, such as the Advertising Manager Preferences of Google (https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/). Please note that even if you refuse (opt-out) to receive targeted ads, you will continue to receive advertising on the Platform. Advertisements are just not customized to your interests.

In addition, Facebook places a cookie via the platform allowing it to obtain non-personal aggregated data to optimize its services. For example, if a user clicks on an advertisement for mobile ViiDou on Facebook and it then installs the application, Facebook cookie inform a user (not personally identified) installed the application after clicking advertisement. This cookie can also inform a user uses Facebook application, without identifying the specific action taken by the user in the application.

Disable cookies

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser setting to decline cookies by going to the Help section of your browser's toolbar. If you choose to decline cookies, note that you can not log on, and you will not be able to customize or use some of the interactive features of the Platform.

Changes to this Charter on the use of cookies

We may amend this Charter on the use of cookies at any time. If we make any substantial changes to the Charter on the use of cookies, we will notify you by posting the amended Charter on the Platform or by sending you an email.

It is important that you read the Charter as amended. If you do not accept the Charter on the use of cookies as amended, we can not continue to provide you the Platform and your only option will be to not access the Platform and ViiDou disable your account. For more information on how to deactivate your account ViiDou, visit https://www.ViiDou.co.uk/help/help-center.