Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy takes effect on September 20, 2022. Last updated on September 20, 2022.

Information About Our Use of Cookies and Similar Technologies

We want to make sure you understand how cookies and other similar technologies are used by Diktionary Ltd UK on our website (https://www.diktionary.com/, which we may refer to as the “Site” or “Service”) and our hosting partners, DigitalOcean and others. These technologies have several purposes (beyond third-party advertising—which we do not have on our website). Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps our hosting platform to securely serve this website to you. and also allows us to improve our Site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to the use of cookies.

Types of Technologies That We Use

Cookies: A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by our hosting partner and called “functional and required cookies”. We also use “third-party cookies” – which are cookies originating from a domain different from the domain of the website you are visiting (e.g. our Site) – generally for advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes: to enable our Site to function and maintain security (for example: login security, customer support); to track, measure, and improve performance of our Site; allow personalization of our Site; and to target our own ads to prior Site visitors on third party websites (see below on “Why We Use Cookies and Similar Technologies”).

You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of our service may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled. For more information about cookies, you may visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

Log File Information: Log file information is automatically reported by your browser each time you access a web page. When you use the Service, our hosting partner’s servers may automatically record certain log file information. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, referring / exit pages and URLs, number of clicks and how you interact with links on the Service, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, and other such information.

Social Network Widgets: Our Service has buttons or icons provided by third-party social media providers (e.g., ShareThis, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) that allows you to interact with those social media services when you interact with our Service. Those social widgets may collect browsing data, including through cookies and similar technologies, which may be received by the third party that provided the widget, and are controlled by those third-parties. Please review the privacy policy and privacy settings of the applicable social media property before using such features on our Service.

Why We Use Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies described above to recognize your logged-in state on the Site, to understand what services clients and visitors are interested in, to make our Site function for you, and to help your browsing experience and use of the Site and Services feel more customized, as further described:

Some third-party service providers may provide information like demographics, cross-device information, or interest categories from a combination of sources that, while not identifying you personally, permit us to provide you with more relevant and useful advertising. In some cases, this information may have non-marketing performance analytics uses as well. These technologies allow a partner to recognize your computer or mobile device each time you visit our Site or other websites and mobile applications based on data like a cookie, your IP address, or device ID, but do not allow access to other personal information from our Site. However, these technologies may allow us or a third party to recognize you, either from a single device or across devices, over time. These third parties are required to follow applicable laws, self-regulatory programs, and our data protection rules where applicable. However, Diktonary Ltd does not have control over these third parties, who each have their own privacy policies and privacy practices.

You can find links to their privacy policies below in the “Managing Cookies Technologies” section.

Consent, Contract, and Legitimate Interests in Processing

Certain Cookie Technologies are employed to make the Site function for its intended purpose, and are provided based on contractual necessity based on your agreement with Diktionary Ltd to perform the services you have requested. These include the functions strictly necessary to the service noted above.

By choosing to use our Services after having been notified of our use of Cookie Technologies in the ways described in this Policy, and, in applicable jurisdictions, through notice and unambiguous acknowledgement of your consent, you agree to such use.

Managing Cookie Technologies

You have the ability to control the use of certain cookies and similar technologies.

Opt-in and Opt-out on Browsers

You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our Site.

Opt-out of Third-Party Networks

For more information about third-party ad networks and services that use these technologies, and the ability to-opt out from tracking by participating vendors, you can visit www.aboutads.info or, if you are in the EU (http://youronlinechoices.eu/). You also may visit the NAI’s site for additional options on how to opt out of interest-based advertising (at https://optout.networkadvertising.org).

Google Analytics Opt-out

For Google Analytics Advertising Features, you can opt-out through Google Ads Settings, Ad Settings for mobile apps, or any other available means (for example, the NAI's consumer opt-out listed above). You may find out more and opt-out here: www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ and Opt-out here https://adssettings.google.com.

Third-Party Tools

Various third parties provide browser plug-ins and apps that can help provide you information on, and limit or block, third-party cookies, web beacons, and some Javascript-based technologies. We cannot vouch for the efficacy of a particular third-party product, but popular products that provide these privacy enhancements include Ghostery and AdBlock Plus.

Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies and similar technologies, please see the “Contact Us” section of our Privacy Policy.