Cookies notice
Cookies notice

Cookies notice

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files downloaded onto your computer/device by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to add to or develop website functionality, as well as to gather data of website users. A cookie often contains a unique number, which can be used to recognise your computer when a user of your computer returns to a website that it visited previously.

 

How does China Dialogue Trust use cookies?

We use cookies to enhance the online experience of our visitors, to better understand how our websites are used and to monitor how our articles perform. Cookies may tell us, for example, whether you have visited our site before or whether you are a new visitor.

 

The cookies we use and why:

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Your rights

Our cookies do not store financial information or information which is capable of directly identifying you. You have the right to choose whether to accept cookies. You can exercise this right by amending or setting the controls on your browser to reflect your cookie preferences. However, please note that if you choose to refuse cookies you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

 

Changing your cookie preferences

The “Help” menu in the toolbar of most web browsers will tell you how to change your browser’s cookie settings, including how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable cookies altogether.

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.