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Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Depending on your access level and actions on the site, various preference based cookies may be set to enrich your experience. These cookies are used to remember your theme, language and item marking preferences, etc.

Essential Cookies

These cookies are required to enable core functionality and can't be rejected.
Essential Cookies
ips4_oauth_authorize
This cookie temporarily stores session data if you use a third party login processor.

ips4_member_id
This cookie stores the member id of the currently logged in member.

ips4_login_key
This cookie is used to save the session identifier.

ips4_clearAutosave
This cookie stores the editor identifiers to truncate the automatically saved content.

ips4_lastSearch
This cookie stores the last search timestamp.

ips4_device_key
This cookie stores the device identifier.

ips4_IPSSessionFront
This cookie contains the ID of your current session.

ips4_loggedIn
This cookie is set after login, it is used by caching mechanisms to identify if you are logged in.

ips4_noCache
This cookie is set when a guest members session requires that the output is not cached / coming from the cache.

ips4_hasJS
This cookie is used to identify if Javascript is enabled in the browser.

ips4_cookie_consent
This cookie stores the cookie consent preferences.

ips4_cookie_consent_optional
This cookie stores the cookie consent opt-in status for guests.

ips4_guestTermsDismissed
This cookie is used to identify when the guest terms & conditions bar has been dismissed.

ips4_referred_by
This cookie is used to identify if you were referred to the site by an existing member.

ips4_codeVerifier
This cookie is used to temporarily store a security related value for some login methods.

ips4_forumpass_*
These cookies are used to track authentication for password protected forums. There may be multiple cookies with similar names where * is replaced with the forum ID.

ips4_cm_reg
This cookie stores an invoice ID if a purchase is being made during registration

ips4_location
This cookie stores an estimated location of the member, it is used to calculate taxes according to the members region.

ips4_currency
This cookie stores the currency that the member has selected to view the site in.

ips4_guestTransactionKey
This cookie stores a transaction key for a guest member, it is used to identify the guest when viewing a pending transaction.

ips4_newtopicrules_*
These cookies are used to verify compliance in forums that require rules to create new topics. There may be multiple cookies with similar names where * is replaced with the forum ID.

Optional Cookies

These cookies are not required, but can be enabled to enhance your browsing experience.

Cookie Policy & Third Party Cookies

Types of cookies that we use
There are several types of cookies, namely, (i) persistent cookies, which remain valid until deleted by you, (ii) cookies that remain valid until their expiration date, and (iii) session cookies that are stored on a web browser and remain valid until the moment the browser is closed. Cookies may also be (i) first-party cookies (set by the original website itself) and (ii) third-party cookies (placed by third-party websites).

We use different types of cookies on the Service, including: 

  • Essential technical cookies that are strictly necessary to ensure the correct functioning of the Service and provide the services requested by you; 
  • Preference cookies that allow the Service to “remember” your preferences and settings;
  • Marketing cookies that allow us to create, implement, and examine our marketing campaigns. Such cookies allow us to reach the right customers, analyze the productivity of our marketing campaigns, and offer you personalized advertisement; and
  • Statistics cookies that allow us to generate statistical reports about how you use the Service.

Cookie consent
When you visit the Service, we may ask you to provide us with your consent to our use of all cookies via a cookie consent banner. If you do not provide your opt-in consent, we will not serve you our non-essential cookies. Please note that we may not be able to provide you with the best possible user experience if not all cookies are enabled.

Disabling cookies
When we ask you to provide your consent to our use of non-essential cookies, you have the freedom not to provide such consent. If you would like to refuse our use of non-essential cookies later, you can do it at any time by declining cookies in your browser or device. For more information, you can consult the cookie management instructions of your browser:

Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, registered at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). Google generates statistical information by means of cookies and creates reports about your use of the Service. The cookies served by Google are anonymous first-party cookies that do not allow us to identify you in any manner. The information generated by cookies will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. To ensure your privacy, your IP address will be anonymized and Google will not combine your IP address with other information Google holds about you. Thus, Google will not be able to identify you. In certain cases (e.g., when required by law or when third parties conduct services on behalf of Google), Google may transfer the information to third parties. For more information about Google Analytics’ privacy practices, please visit https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245. If you would like to opt out from Google Analytics, you can do so by installing a Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Google reCAPTCHA
We use reCAPTCHA, the service provided by Google, to verify whether you are a human being and not a robot. It helps to protect the Service against spam and abuse. The reCAPTCHA analysis takes place in the background. When you use reCAPTCHA, Google will collect some personal and non-personal data from you, such as: 

  • All cookies set to your browser by Google in the last 6 months;
  • Information about your mouse clicks;
  • CSS information;
  • Date;
  • Browser language; 
  • Any plug-in installed in the browser; and
  • JavaScript objects.

The above-mentioned data will be sent to Google located in the United States. We have a legitimate interest in protecting the Service from abusive automated crawling and spam. For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy, please visit the following links: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/about/.

Targeted advertising
You may encounter targeted interest-based advertising on the Service and other websites that is based on your use of the Website and other websites on the Internet. Where necessary, we will seek your consent. You can control how such advertising is shown to you or opt-out from targeted advertising by consulting the guide powered by the Digital Advertising Alliance available at https://youradchoices.com. For more information on opting-out from advertising features on your device, please visit https://www.networkadvertising.org.

List of our cookies
Below, you can find a list of cookies that we use on the Service at present, including their purpose and expiration time:

Essential technical cookies

Name

Provider

(location)

Expiration

Purpose

ips4_device_key

iosgods.com 

Session

This cookie is set after you log in when you tick 'Remember Me' so you can be automatically logged in again in the future. It is also used to improve account security.

ips4_login_key

iosgods.com 

Session

A unique key to authenticate your member ID cookie. This cookie is set after you log in when you tick 'Remember Me' so you can be automatically logged in again in the future.

ips4_loggedIn

iosgods.com 

Session

This cookie is set after login, it is used by caching mechanisms to identify if you are logged in.

ips4_member_id

iosgods.com 

Session

Your member ID. Used to identify if you are logged in.

ips4_IPSSessionFront

iosgods.com 

Session

This cookie contains the ID of your current session.

ips4_ipsTimezone

iosgods.com 

Session

This cookie contains the time zone information of your computer.

ips4_hasJS 

iosgods.com 

1 day

This cookie checks & stores if your browser supports JavaScript.

__stripe_mid 

iosgods.com 

(Germany)

1 year

This cookie is necessary for making credit card transactions on the website. The service is provided by stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card information. 

__stripe_sid 

iosgods.com 

(Germany)

1 day

This cookie is necessary for making credit card transactions on the website. The service is provided by stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card information. 

_GRECAPTCHA 

google.com

(USA)

179 days

This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. 

google_auto_fc_cmp_setting 

iosgods.com 

(USA)

Persistent

The cookie is used to store the user's cookie consent state for the current domain.

m.stripe.com 

(USA)

2 years

The cookie is used to determine the device used to access the website. This allows the website to be formatted accordingly. 

rc::a 

google.com

(USA)

Persistent

This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. 

rc::b 

rc::c 

rc::e 

google.com

(USA)

Session

This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. 

test_cookie 

doubleclick.net 

(USA)

1 day

This cookie is used to check if the user's browser supports cookies. 

Preference cookies

Name

Provider

(location)

Expiration

Purpose

keyval-store#keyval 

iosgods.com 

(USA)

Persistent

This cookie is used to maintain visitors' preferences throughout the visit and sub-pages. 

Statistics cookies

Name

Provider

(location)

Expiration

Purpose

_ga 

iosgods.com 

(USA)

2 years

The cookie is used to register a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. 

_gat 

iosgods.com 

(USA)

1 day

The cookie is used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate.

_gid 

iosgods.com 

(USA)

1 day

The cookie is used to register a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. 

History.store 

iosgods.com 

(USA)

Session

The cookie contains a visitor ID - This is used to track visitors' navigation and interaction on the website for internal website optimization.

Marketing cookies

Name

Provider

(location)

Expiration

Purpose

__gads 

iosgods.com 

(USA)

1 year

The cookie is used to register what ads have been displayed to the user. 

DSID 

doubleclick.net 

(USA)

1 day

The cookie is used by Google DoubleClick for re-targeting, optimisation, reporting and attribution of online adverts. 

goog_pem_mod 

iosgods.com 

(USA)

Persistent

The cookie is used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. 

google_adsense_settings 

iosgods.com 

(USA)

Persistent

The cookie is used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. 

google_experiment_mod# 

iosgods.com 

(USA)

Persistent

The cookie is used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. 

GoogleAdServingTest 

iosgods.com 

(USA)

Session

The cookie is used to register what ads have been displayed to the user. 

IDE 

doubleclick.net 

(USA)

1 year

The cookie is used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. 

 

How do I change my cookie settings?

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
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