COOKIE POLICYTHE DOW JONES COOKIE POLICY EFFECTIVEMARCH 1,DATE: OCTOBER 19, 2017 1. INTRODUCTION Dow Jones & Company, Inc., and its subsidiaries ("Dow Jones") want you to be familiar with how we collect, use and disclose information from and about you because we respect your concerns about privacy, and we want to maintain your trust. We and our service providers collect information by automated means when you visit, access, or use our websites, mobile sites, applications (“apps”), electronic newsletters or widgets (collectively the “Dow Jones Services”) that link to this Cookie Policy. We collect information through cookies (including Flash cookies), web beacons, pixels, web server logs, JavaScript, and other tracking technologies (collectively “Cookies”) to deliver and improve the Dow Jones Services, and to display relevant content, products, services and advertising. A list of Dow Jones subsidiaries is available in annual reports accessible here. This Cookie Policy describes the information we obtain from Cookies, how we use Cookies, and how you can manage them. By using the Dow Jones Services, you acknowledge you have read and accept this Cookie Policy. We may periodically update this Cookie Policy without prior notice to reflect changes in our practices. Please take a look at the Effective Date at the top of this page to see when this Cookie Policy was last revised. Our use of Cookies may involve the processing of Personal Data (i.e., any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual, such as IP addresses, or other online mobile identifiers). For more information about our data protection practices, see our Privacy Policy. ------------------------- 2. WHAT ARE COOKIES? A cookie is a small text file that is sent to and stored on your computer or other internet connected device to identify your browser or store information. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work in a better, more efficient way. A web beacon links web pages to servers and may be used to transmit information collected through cookies back to a web server. Other tracking technologies such as pixels, JavaScript, or web server logs allow us to use invisible images or code on the Dow Jones Services, or data from our web server logs, to gain analytics insights. -------------------------When you visit, access, or use the website, mobile site, application, electronic newsletter or widget that links to this Cookie Policy (collectively “Site”) Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and its affiliates (“Dow Jones”) use cookies and other tracking technologies to deliver and improve the Site, and to display relevant content, products, services and advertising. A list of Dow Jones affiliates is available here and in annual reports here.3. INFORMATION WE OBTAIN THROUGH COOKIESThis Cookie Policy explains these technologies, including cookies, pixels, web beacons,The information we obtain through the use of Cookies may include information about your computer, device, andflash cookies,browser, such as your IP address, browser, operating system andhowdevice characteristics, language preferences, mobile device or advertising ID, referring URLs, and actions taken by youcan control them.on the Dow Jones Services such as what content you visited, whether you have used the Dow Jones Services before, dates and times you access the Dow Jones Services, email and advertising views and click-throughs, frequent article searches on the Dow Jones Services, and other software or hardware information. If you access the Dow Jones Services from a mobile or other device, we may collect information for that device such as a unique device identifier ("UDID"), mobile phone number, and details about your mobile carrier. -------------------------By using the Site, you agree that we can use these technologies as described in this Cookie Policy. We hope that this Cookie Policy helps you understand, and feel more confident about, our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. If you have any further questions, please contact us at privacypolicy@dowjones.com.4. HOW WE USE COOKIE INFORMATIONWe may change this Cookie Policy at any time. Please take a look at the Effective date at the top of this pageThe Dow Jones Services use Cookies tosee when this Cookie Policy was last revised. Any changes in this Cookie Policyfunction effectively. For example, Cookies allow us to display relevant content, provide advertising, and enhance your online experience. In addition, Cookies can recognize you and remember important information that willbecome effective when wemakethe updated Cookie Policy available on or through the Site.your use of a website more convenient such as by remembering your login status and user preferences.1. WHAT IS A COOKIE?We use information we obtain through the use of Cookies to enhance our products and services, such as by learning which content is popular. We may also use Cookies to link your use of the Dow Jones Services to Personal Data we have about you. For example, if you have asked us to provide you information about our upcoming products or promotions, Cookies will enable us to customize the materials we provide to you based on your online interests and preferences.Cookies are small text files that are stored onThrough the Cookies of third party analytics providers, ad networks, and advertisers, we can track yourcomputer or mobile device. They are widelyonline activities over time and across third party websites, apps and devices, by obtaining information through automated means. This information, along with information we gather when you log in, can be usedin ordertomake websites work, or work in a better, more efficient way. For example, they can recognize youunderstand use across sites and devices to help improve our products, rememberimportant informationyour preferences, provide content recommendations, and show you advertisements on the Dow Jones Services or other third party websites and apps thatwill makemay be tailored to your individual interests. The information these third parties may obtain on our behalf includes data about your visits to websites and use ofa websiteapps that serve our advertisements, such as the pages, articles or ads you view and the actions you take on those websites or apps. This data collection takes place both on our sites, apps and emails, and on third party websites and apps. For moreconvenient (e.g., by remembering your user preferences).information, including how to opt out of Analytics and Advertising Cookies, see Cookies We Use and How You Can Manage Cookies below. -------------------------2. WHAT5. COOKIESDOWEUSE?USE Below we list the different types ofcookiesCookies we may use on theSite. We may also use cookies and similar tools to relate your use of the Site to personal information obtained about you. For example, if you have asked us to provide you information about our upcoming products or promotions, cookie and/or clickstream data about your activities on the Site may allow us to limit the materials we provide you to items we think you will find interesting, based on your prior online activities and preferences.Dow Jones Services.STRICTLY5.1 STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES ThesecookiesCookies are essential to theSiteDow Jones Services in order to facilitate our authentication, registration or log-in process and enable you tomove around itnavigate andtouseits features.the features of the Dow Jones Services. Without thesecookies, weCookies, you may not be able toprovide certaintake full advantage of our services or features, and theSiteDow Jones Services will not perform as smoothly for you as we would like. The Strictlynecessary cookiesNecessary Cookies onthis Sitethe Dow Jones Services may include: COOKIE NAME FURTHER INFORMATION djcs_sessionEncryptedTracks current usersession identifiersession. djcs_group Tracks group user sessions. djcs_route Device tracking identifierdjcs_demo Compressed user demographics data djcs_group Encrypted group user informationdjcs_sid or oidc_session Session identifiers. GPLoginPermanentPermanent cookie used to trigger redirects for transparent authentication on multipleSitesDow Jones Services. GSLoginTemporaryTemporary cookie used to trigger redirects for transparent authentication on multipleSitesDow Jones Services. LPLogin Last log-in identifier LSLogin Keeps track of last user log-inFUNCTIONALITY5.2 FUNCTIONALITY COOKIES In some circumstances, we may usefunctionality cookies.FunctionalitycookiesCookies to allow us to remember the choices you make while browsing theSite, andDow Jones Services, to provide enhanced and more personalized content andfeatures, suchfeatures (such as customizing a certainwebpage,webpage or remembering if we have asked you to participate in apromotionpromotion) and for other services you request, like watching a video or commenting on a blog. In order to permit your connection to theSite, our serversDow Jones Services, we receive and record information about your computer, device, and browser, potentially including your IP address, browser type, and other software or hardware information. If you access theSiteDow Jones Services from a mobile or other device, we may collect a unique device identifier assigned to that device(“UDID”),("UDID"), geolocationdata,data obtained with your consent where required by applicable law, or othertransactionaltraffic information for that device. All of these features helpus tous, for example, improve your visit to theSite.Dow Jones Services. COOKIE NAME FURTHER INFORMATIONdjcs_auto Some Sites use this to store encrypted user credentials used to automatically login a user.DJSESSIONSome sitesSome Dow Jones Services use this to store session-specific application feature information. For example, messages that should appear to the user once in a session are controlled here. SomeSitesDow Jones Services also use this cookie to determine the approximate geographic location of the device for the session. DJCOOKIESome SitesSome Dow Jones Services use this to store application feature information across sessions. For example, messages that should appear to the user once a week or once a month are stored here. auth0 Some Dow Jones Services use this to enable access to multiple Dow Jones Services. login_avcSome SitesSome Dow Jones Services use this to count number of articles viewed. persistent_langSome SitesSome Dow Jones Services use this to store interface language setting. kmli or djcs_kli Some Dow Jones Services use one of these when a user selects the “Keep Me Signed In” feature. djvideovol, djvideolang Some Dow Jones Services use these for video volume and caption language.FLASH5.3 FLASH COOKIES Wemay, in certain situations,may use Adobe Flash Player to deliver special content, such as video clips or animation. To improve your user experience,Local Shared Objects (commonly knownlocal shared objects (known as “Flashcookies”)Cookies”) are employed to provide functions such as remembering your settings and preferences.Flash cookies are stored on your device, but they are managed through an interface different from the one provided by your web browser. This means it is not possible to manage Flash cookies at the browser level in the same way you would manage cookies. Instead, you can access your Flash management tools from Adobe’s website directly. The Adobe website provides comprehensive information on how to delete or disable Flash cookies – see http://www.adobe.com/security/flashplayer for further information. Please be aware that if you disable or reject Flash cookies for this Site, you may not be able to access certain features, such as video content or services that require you to sign in.COOKIE NAME FURTHER INFORMATION org.osmf.strobemediaplayback.lso Used by video Flash player to store the average download bytes per second So_WSJ_Volume Identifies the volume for the video player Ad_freq_key Used for video ad frequencyANALYTICS5.4 ANALYTICS COOKIES We and our service providers may useanalytics cookies, which are sometimes calledAnalytics Cookies (or performancecookies,cookies) to collect information about your use of theSiteDow Jones Services to help create reports and statistics on the performance of the Dow Jones Services which enable us to improve the wayit works.they work. AnalyticscookiesCookies collect informationabout how you use the Site, for instance, whichsuch as your IP address, type of device, operating system, referring URLs, country information, date and time of page visits, and pagesyou go to most.visited. The information allows us to count our audience size, see the overall patterns of usage on theSite,Dow Jones Services, help us record any difficulties you have with theSiteDow Jones Services and show us whether our advertising is effective or not. Analytics cookies onthis Sitethe Dow Jones Services may include: COOKIE NAME FURTHER INFORMATION, INCLUDING HOW TO OPT OUT Adobe Analyticshttp://om.dowjoneson.com/optout.htmlhttps://oms.dowjoneson.com/optout.html andhttp://www.d1.sc.omtrdc.net/optout.htmlhttp://www.d1.sc.omtrdc.net/optout.html Google Analytics https://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/learn/privacy.html Nielsen http://www.nielsen-online.com/about_privacy.jsp comScore http://www.scorecardresearch.com/privacy.aspxADVERTISING COOKIESParse.ly https://www.parse.ly/privacy-policy/We and our service providers may use advertising cookies to deliver ads that we believe are relevant to you and your interests. For example, we may use targeting or advertising cookies to customize the advertising and content you receive on our Site, to limit the number of times you see the same ad on our Site and to help measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. These cookies remember what you have looked at on the Site and other sites, and may be combined with other information acquired from third parties, and we may share this information with other organizations, such as advertisers.For more information about targeting and advertising cookies and how you can opt out, visit:5.5 ADVERTISING COOKIESNetworkWe and our service providers may use AdvertisingInitiative: http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ DigitalCookies to deliver ads that we believe are relevant to you and your interests. For example, we may use AdvertisingAlliance: http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance: http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/ http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.htmlCookies to customize the advertising and content you receive on the Dow Jones Services, to conduct interest-based advertising, to limit the number of times you see the same ad on the Dow Jones Services to help measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns, and to conduct market research. These Cookies remember what you have looked at or purchased on the Dow Jones Services and other sites, and may be combined with other information acquired from third parties such as demographics and other marketing segment information, and we may share this information with other organizations, such as advertisers, in accordance with applicable law.Targeting and advertising cookiesAdvertising Cookies onthis Sitethe Dow Jones Services may include: COOKIE NAME FURTHER INFORMATION, INCLUDING HOW TO OPT OUT Blue KaiThe Wall Street Journal Digital Network Registry, powered by BlueKaihttp://bluekai.com/registry/ Google DoubleClick Google Adsense http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/partners/ Cxsense http://www.cxense.com/about/privacyNews Corp ConnectNews IQ http://ncaudienceexchange.com/privacy/ http://ncaudienceexchange.com/about/ http://ncaudienceexchange.com/opt-out/SOCIAL5.6 SOCIAL NETWORKING COOKIES Our products may have social plug-in capabilities which may includetracking cookiesCookies used to allow you to register with or sign in to the Dow Jones Services using your social network account, and track both members and non-members of social networks for additional purposes such as behavioral advertising, analytics, and market research. COOKIE NAMEFURTHER INFORMATIONFURTHER INFORMATION, INCLUDING HOW TO OPT OUT Facebook Social Plugin http://www.facebook.com/help/www/443483272359009 https://www.facebook.com/help/www/213802165366955 Google Plus http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/partners/ LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy Twitter https://twitter.com/privacy3. HOW DO THIRD PARTIES USE COOKIES ON THE SITE?-------------------------In some circumstances, we may work with third parties to provide services on our Site. For example, we use analytics services supported by third party companies who generate analytics cookies on our behalf. We may not have access to these cookies, although we may use statistical information arising from the cookies provided by these third parties to customize content and for the other purposes described above. These companies may also transfer this information to other parties where required to do so by law, or where such other parties process the information on their behalf.Third-party advertisers and other organizations may also use their own cookies to collect information about your activities on our Site and/or the advertisements you have clicked on. This information, which may be combined with other information acquired from third parties, may be used by them to serve advertisements on our Site and third party sites that they believe are most likely to be of interest to you based on content you have viewed.Third-party advertisers may also use this information to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to track aggregate usage statistics.We may not control these third-party cookies and their use may be governed by the privacy policies of the third parties employing these cookies. To learn about these cookies and to disable or reject third-party cookies, please refer to the relevant third party’s website.For more information about third-party advertising on the Dow Jones Online Services, see the section on delivering advertising in the Privacy Policy. To find out more about third-party online advertising and to opt out of this type of advertising, please see the Advertising Cookies section above.You can also learn more about controlling cookies in section 4 below.6. THIRD PARTY COOKIES4. HOW CAN YOU CONTROL COOKIES?We work with third parties to support the Dow Jones Services by serving advertisements or providing services, such as providing users with the ability to comment on content, allowing users to share content, customizing content based on usage, or tracking aggregate site usage statistics (including actions taken on the Dow Jones Services, and dates and times you access the Dow Jones Services). These third parties use their Cookies to collect information on the Dow Jones Services and on other websites.YouFor example, we use analytics services supported by third parties who generate Analytics Cookies on our behalf. We mayrefusenot have access toaccept cookiesthese Cookies, although we may use statistical information arising from theSite at any timeCookies provided byactivatingthese third parties to customize content and for thesettingother purposes described above. These companies may also transfer this information to other parties where required to do so by law, or where such other parties process the information on their behalf. Third party advertisers and other organizations may also use their own Cookies to collect information about yourbrowseractivities on the Dow Jones Services and/or the advertisements you have clicked on. This information, whichallowsmay be combined with other information acquired from third parties such as demographics and other marketing segment information, may be used by them to serve advertisements on the Dow Jones Services and third party sites that they believe are most likely to be of interest to you based on content you have viewed. Third party advertisers may also use this information torefuse cookies. Youmeasure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to track aggregate usage statistics. You canrefuselearn how toaccept Flashmanage cookiesfromin section 7 below. However, we may not control these third party Cookies and their use may be governed by theSite using Adobe’s Flash management tools at http://www.adobe.com/security/flashplayer. Further informationpolicies of the third parties employing these Cookies. To learn about these third party Cookies and how to manage them, please refer to theprocedurerelevant policies on the third party’s website. ------------------------- 7. HOW YOU CAN MANAGE COOKIES You can stop Cookies from being downloaded tofollowyour device from the Dow Jones Services at any time by selecting the appropriate settings inorderyour browser. Most browsers will tell you how todisable cookies can be found onchange yourInternetbrowserprovider’s website via your help screen. You may wishsettings torefernotify you when a Cookie is being set or updated, or tohttp://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html for information on commonly used browsers.Please note that by disablingrestrict orblocking anyblock certain types or allcookies, some featuresCookies. Please consult the "Help" section ofthe Site may not operate as intended,your browser for more information oryouby visiting www.allaboutcookies.org. Your device settings maynot have accessalso allow you tofeaturesprohibit mobile app platforms (such as Apple orpersonalizationGoogle) from sharing certain information obtained by automated means with us. You can refuse to accept Flash Cookies from the Dow Jones Services using Adobe’s Flash management tools availablethroughat http://www.adobe.com/security/flashplayer (it is not possible to manage Flash Cookies at theSite.Analytics cookies can also be managed viabrowser level). Sections 5.4, 5.5 and 5.6 above include links with information on how to opt out of specific Analytics, Advertising, and Social Networking Cookies on the Dow Jones Services. For more information on managing Analytics Cookies, please use the following links:http://online.wsj.com/public/page/privacy-preferences-registry.htmlhttps://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/learn/privacy.htmlhttp://om.dowjoneson.com/optout.htmlhttps://oms.dowjoneson.com/optout.html http://www.d1.sc.omtrdc.net/optout.html http://www.nielsen-online.com/about_privacy.jsp http://www.scorecardresearch.com/privacy.aspx https://www.parse.ly/privacy-policy/ For more information on how to opt out of Advertising Cookies, visit: click here or here in the U.S. click here in Canada click here if you are in the EU Opting out of Advertising Cookies will not remove advertising from the pages you visit; instead it means the ads you will see may not be matched to your interests. If you make updates to your browser or device settings, or use an online link to opt out of Cookies, those updates apply to the device where you made the changes. Please note that by disabling or blocking any or all Cookies, some features of the Dow Jones Services may not operate as intended, or you may not have access to features or personalization available through the Dow Jones Services. For example, if you disable or reject Flash Cookies for the Dow Jones Services, you may not be able to access certain features such as video content or services that require you to sign in. ------------------------- 8. CONTACT US If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact our Chief Privacy Officer and Data Protection Officers at privacypolicy@dowjones.com. Or you may write to: Attention: Privacy Dow Jones & Company, Inc. 4300 U.S. Route 1 North Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852 If you are located in the EEA, the entity responsible for the collection and processing of Personal Data in connection with the Dow Jones Services is Dow Jones & Company, Inc. (U.S.) (contact information provided above). If you have a corporate or group subscription agreement, the entity responsible for the collection and processing of your Personal Data is the entity with whom your company, professor or school has a direct relationship. Please do not disclose any sensitive Personal Data (e.g., information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, or trade union membership), social security numbers, or criminal background information when contacting us.
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