Last updated: July 23, 2021
Wiretap Labs uses cookies and similar technologies on its website, www.Wiretap Labs.com (“Site”), which is part of the Platform. You can find out more about cookies and how to control them in the information below. This Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies in connection with the Site and your related choices.
Capitalized terms used in this Cookie Policy but not defined here will have the meanings given to them in our Privacy Policy.
If you do not accept the use of these cookies, please disable them following the instructions in this Cookie Policy, for instance by changing your browser settings so that cookies on the Site cannot be placed on your computer or mobile device.
What Are Cookies, Pixels and Local Storage?
Cookies are small files that websites place on your computer as you browse the web. Like many commercial websites, Wiretap Labs uses cookies. Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving the user experience. Cookies and other technologies may also be used to measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns and otherwise assist us in making your use of the Wiretap Labs material more relevant and useful to you.
The Site uses both 1st party cookies (which are set by the Site) and 3rd party cookies (which are set by a server located outside the domain of our Site).
A pixel is a small amount of code on a web page or in an email notification. As many services do, we use pixels to learn whether you’ve interacted with certain web or email content. This helps us measure and improve our services and personalize your experience.
Local storage is an industry-standard technology that allows a website or application to store information locally on your computer or mobile device. We use local storage to customize what we show you based on your past interactions with our services.
Some of the cookies or similar technologies that we use are “strictly necessary” in that they are essential to the Site. Without them, the Site will not work. Other cookies or similar technologies help us improve our services or measure audiences.
For our users in the EEA and the U.K., please note that to the extent that your consent is required to allow cookies (except with respect to strictly necessary cookies), we will obtain your consent, which you may withdraw at any time.
How and Why do We Use Cookies?
Strictly Necessary or Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the Site to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. For example, we use cookies to authenticate you. When you log on to our websites, authentication cookies are set which let us know who you are during a browsing session. We have to load essential cookies for legitimate interests pursued by us in delivering our Site’s essential functionality to you.
Functionality Cookies
These cookies are used to enable certain additional functionality on our Site, such as storing your preferences (e.g. username) and assisting us in providing support services to you so we know your browser or operating system. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for. This functionality improves user experience. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized such that they cannot track your browsing activity over other websites.
Performance or Analytics Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors navigate the Site. Performance cookies are used to help us with our analytics, including to compile statistics and analytics about your use of and interaction with the Site, including details about how and where our Site is accessed, how often you visit or use the Site, the date and time of your visits, your actions on the Site, and other similar traffic, usage, and trend data.
Targeting Cookies
We use our own advertising delivery platform, and also work with Advertising Partners, who use cookies to market to you on third party websites.
For example, if you visit our Site, you may then see an advertisement for on certain third-party websites you visit in the future. Information about this is described under in our Privacy Policy. Our partners may also use cookies delivered by third parties to track of performance of advertisements. For example, these cookies remember which browsers have visited our Site. This process helps us or our partners manage and track the effectiveness of marketing efforts. Likewise, customer-sponsored links on our Site may also contain cookies from our advertising partners.
Additional Information about Cookies used by Wiretap Labs
More information about cookies that may operate on our Site is provided herein. Please Note: We may change the cookies we use at any time; while we will try to update this list within a reasonable time frame, this list may not always be totally up-to-date.
| Cookie | Category | Purpose |
| Wiretap Labs Cookies | ||
| sdx_uuid, sdx_token and wpe-us | Necessary | These cookies are necessary for the Site to operate correctly for opted-in site members. |
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sdx_session_uuid |
Performance |
These cookies are used to generate anonymous customer usage and demographic statistics. |
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sdx_utms_v2 |
Performance |
These cookies are used to deliver customized content based on utm_* parameters appended to the URL and track content Engagement. |
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sdx_trigger_signup_## |
Necessary |
These cookies are necessary to engage with Gated Content. |
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3rd Party Cookies |
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| Cloudflare
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Necessary
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These cookies are necessary for the Site to operate and enable CloudFlare to direct users to the closest datacenter, ensure that all traffic is encrypted over HTTPS, and implement CAPTCHA to checks to determine if data is entered into our forms by a person or by an automated program, script or bot. Learn more about these cookies by visiting the CloudFlare privacy policy.
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| Google Analytics
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Performance/ Analytics
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We use Google Analytics cookies to track behavior on our Site so that we can better understand how visitors use our services. For more information about Google’s data practices and commitment to protecting the confidentiality and security of data, please visit their website here. To opt out from Google Analytics, you can download a plug-in by clicking here. |
Your Choices
Please click here to manage cookies on our Site.
You can learn more about cookies by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org, which includes additional useful information on cookies and how to block cookies using different types of browsers. Please note, however, that by blocking or deleting all cookies used on the Site, you may not be able to take full advantage of the Site and you may not be able to properly log on to the Site. You can also change your privacy settings in your device settings and implement limited ad tracking.
If you’d like to remove or disable cookies via your browser, please refer to your browser’s configuration documentation.
For more information about online advertising and your choices, please visit https://youradchoices.com/. If you would like to opt-out of online behavioral advertising, sometimes called interest-based advertising, we encourage you to visit one of the advertising industry-developed opt-out pages:
If you would like more information about your choices, please contact us directly.
Changes to Cookie Policy
In order to keep up with changing legislation and best practice, we may revise this Cookie Policy at any time without notice by posting a revised version on this Site. So please check back periodically so that you are aware of any changes.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns about Wiretap Labs’s privacy or cookie policy please submit a request.