How ReadTheWords.com Uses Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of text sent to your browser by a website you visit. It helps the website to remember information about your visit, like your preferred language and other settings. That can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you. Cookies play an important role. Without them, using the web would be a much more frustrating experience.

We use cookies for many purposes. For example, we use cookies to ensure proper navigation between pages on ReadTheWords.com. Our Privacy Policy explains how we protect your privacy in our use of cookies and other information.

Types of Cookies Used by ReadTheWords.com
We use different types of cookies to run ReadTheWords.com. Some or all of the cookies identified below may be stored in your browser. As described below, you can view and manage cookies in your browser (though browsers for mobile devices may not offer this visibility).

Category of Use	Example
Session State	Websites often collect information about how users interact with a website. This may include the pages users visit most often and whether users get error messages from certain pages. We use these so-called “session state cookies” to help us improve our services, in order to improve our users’ browsing experience. Blocking or deleting these cookies will not render the website unusable. Most ReadTheWords.com users will have a Session State cookie called “TempData” in their browsers. A browser sends this cookie with requests to ReadTheWords.com. The TempData cookie holds information about messages to display to the user, whether javascript is enabled in the browser and if the user has the most up to date cookies from our site. If you have chosen the "Remember me on this Computer" checkbox in the login page, then your login details (except password) are saved in a cookie called "cookie_from_rtw" within your local browser. This cookie is valid for 3 months after which it expires.
Analytics	ReadTheWords.com uses Google Analytics, an analytics tool that helps website and app owners to understand how their visitors engage with their properties. The main cookie used by Google Analytics is the “__ga” cookie. Learn more about Google Analytics cookies and privacy information here.

Managing Cookies in Your Browser

Some people prefer not to allow cookies, which is why most browsers give you the ability to manage cookies to suit you.

Some browsers limit or delete cookies, so you may want to review your cookie settings and ads settings. In some browsers you can set up rules to manage cookies on a site-by-site basis, giving you more fine-grained control over your privacy. What this means is that you can disallow cookies from all sites except those that you trust.

In the Google Chrome browser, the Tools menu contains an option to Clear Browsing Data. You can use this option to delete cookies and other site and plug-in data, including data stored on your device by the Adobe Flash Player (commonly known as Flash cookies). See Google’s instructions for managing cookies in Chrome.