This Cookies Notice explains how Alibaba Cloud (referred to as "we", "us" and "our" hereinafter) use cookies and/or similar technologies (collectively "Cookies"), such as web beacons and pixels, to store specific information about you and track your visits to our Alibaba Cloud Platform.
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit our Alibaba Cloud Platform. They allow us to remember your preferences, enhance functionality, and collect data for analytics and advertising purposes. We may also use cookies to store specific information about your use of certain Cloud Services as part of its features and to facilitate or enhance your user experience of the relevant service.
WHY DO WE USE COOKIES?
We use first party and third party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons that are strictly necessary for the Alibaba Cloud Platform to operate, and we refer to these as "Strictly Necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to provide Platform functionality, or to enhance visitors' experience as described in more detail below.
Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are necessary to enable the basic features of this site to function, such as providing secure log-in or loading the content more quickly.
Functional Cookies: These cookies enable us to remember your login details and preferences, such as the selected language and regions, to provide enhanced and personalised functionality.
Performance/Analytics Cookies: These cookies allow us to analyze your use of the site to evaluate and improve our performance. They may also be used to provide a better customer experience on this site. For example, they provide us information about how our site is used or what information is visited at most.
Advertising Cookies: These Cookies are used to deliver personalized advertisements relevant to your interests and measure the effectiveness of our advertisements. We will keep track of your browsing activities and share data with advertisers so as to provide targeted advertisements to you.
First-Party Cookies
Cookies set by the platform owner (in this case Alibaba Cloud) are called "first party cookies". Only the website owner can access the first party cookies it sets.
Third-Party cookies
Third-Party cookies are placed by third-party providers. Some of the third-party cookies are to provide useful services, for example sign in with google function. Others may be set to better understand your use of the platform or by advertisements vendors to display personalised advertisements. The parties that set these third party cookies can recognise your device both when it visits the Alibaba Cloud Platform and also when it visits other websites that have partnered with them. A list of these third parties are provided below. Please refer to their respective privacy notices for more information.
Third-Party Cookies Providers | Domain | Purposes |
Oracle | eloqua.com | Provides user behavior analysis and personalized content. |
google-analytics.com, doubleclick.net, google.com | Provides user behaviour analysis and personalized advertisements. | |
linkedin.com | Provides user behaviour analysis and personalized advertisements. | |
Meta | facebook.com | Provides user behaviour analysis and personalized advertisements. |
Microsoft | bing.com | Provides user behaviour analysis and personalized advertisements. |
Rakuten | linksynergy.com | Provides user behaviour analysis and personalized advertisements. |
TikTok | tiktok.com | Provides user behaviour analysis and personalized advertisements. |
HOW TO MANAGE COOKIES?
When you first visit our website, you will see a Cookies Banner that allows you to accept all cookies, customize your cookie preferences, or reject non-essential cookies. You may change your preferences later by clicking Cookie Preferences in the footer of our site.
Most browsers allow you to manage or block cookies. You may configure the browser settings to delete cookies or disable cookies. If you block all cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of Alibaba Cloud Platform. For example, you may be required to re-enter information on our Alibaba Cloud Platform more frequently. Additionally, certain features such as language/region preferences, and search history may not function properly, which could impact your user experience.
In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.
RETENTION PERIOD
Cookies can be further categorised into session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies will be deleted once you close your browser. Persistent cookies will be retained no longer than necessary for its intended purpose.
WHERE CAN YOU GET FURTHER INFORMATION?
For information about our processing of personal data, including personal data derived from cookies and your rights relating to that personal data, please visit the Alibaba Cloud International Website Privacy Policy.