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Cookie consent on 3Engines Cloud[🔗](#cookie-consent-on-brand-name "Permalink to this headline")
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A *cookie* is a small text file that your browser stores in local environment and later uses to track or recognize your activities on the site.
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Cookies are an essential tool for the remote site to deliver the best possible user experience. The downside for the user is the potential loss of online privacy which may, among other reasons, be caused by
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> * the site itself (if it uses its own cookies in a way that is detrimental to the user),
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> * by many other sites that see available cookies and decide to gather reconnaissance about your surfing activities.
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Introducing Cookiebot site[🔗](#introducing-cookiebot-site "Permalink to this headline")
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3Engines Cloud is using [Cookiebot](https://www.cookiebot.com/) software to manage **cookies consent** from the user. It will show you all of the cookies that your browser is storing and you will be able to choose which types of cookies should 3Engines Cloud take into account. Both Cookiebot and 3Engines Cloud site are [GDPR compliant](https://gdpr-info.eu/), however, 3Engines Cloud also has its own [Privacy Policy](https://3Engines.com/privacy-policy/) in effect.
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Of particular relevance is Cookiebot page [Logging and demonstration of user consents](https://support.cookiebot.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003782654-Logging-and-demonstration-of-user-consents).
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Note
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You can directly interfere with cookies from your browser, operating system, network or VPN access software. This boils down to detecting, showing, hiding, tracking or removing access to certain types of cookies and so on. These methods are, however, out of scope of this article.
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Cookiebot window[🔗](#cookiebot-window "Permalink to this headline")
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This is the Cookiebot window on 3Engines Cloud:
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You will see it when visiting one of these sites for the first time:
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* the **main site** itself, <https://3Engines.com>,
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* in **AI platform** <https://sherlock.3Engines.com>,
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* on **ecommerce page**, <https://ecommerce.3Engines.com>, or in
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* the **dashboard**, <https://portal.3Engines.com>.
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Cookiebot is interactive and you can change your cookies preferences while using the site. If the consent for using cookies was withdrawn, you are also going to see the same starting Cookiebot window when visiting these sites after the change.
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Option Allow all[🔗](#option-allow-all "Permalink to this headline")
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Click on button **Allow all** will do what it says – the site will record **all** types of cookies and, consequently, to track your behaviour completely. This option will unleash the full power of the site and you will always be able to use all of its capabilities. For you as the user, it is also the easiest and fastest way of dealing with cookies on the site.
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Details view of available cookies[🔗](#details-view-of-available-cookies "Permalink to this headline")
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To see the cookies that you can give your consent to, click on **Details**.
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There are five types of cookies and you may need to scroll down to see them all.
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When shown for the first time, the left button will contain label **Deny**. Choosing it will turn off all of the cookies apart from the **Necessary cookie** type, which by default cannot be turned off. If you do not like the fact that that is the default, refrain from using the site.
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### Necessary cookies[🔗](#necessary-cookies "Permalink to this headline")
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This is the most basic type of cookie and the site presumes you have already given consent to it. That is why the check button to the right of the row, , is already set to “ON”. Technically, you can try to remove the consent by clicking on that button, but you will be met with a message like this:
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You can also see additional details about that cookie type and the cookies it contains. By clicking on the name of the cookie, you will be able to see from which company it is, what it looks like and so on.
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### The number of cookies shown per category[🔗](#the-number-of-cookies-shown-per-category "Permalink to this headline")
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The number of cookies that Cookiebot is showing may vary wildly and will be increased if the sites you visit are using:
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> * interactive elements, such as chat widgets, embedded maps, videos etc.
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> * advertising networks,
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> * analytics tools,
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> * CDN (Content Delivery Network),
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> * recommendations,
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> * affiliate marketing,
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> * testing procedures
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and so on.
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Some large content sites may use up to 30-40 cookies per visitor – that alone will increase the general number of cookies you see through Cookiebot.
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If you delete some or all cookies, perhaps using the browser of your choice, the numbers the Cookiebot will show will be almost zero (but with each visit to another site or sites, that number is almost sure to grow).
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### Preferences cookie type[🔗](#preferences-cookie-type "Permalink to this headline")
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Enabling this cookie permits the site to store the preferences such as preferred language or region you are in.
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### Statistics cookie type[🔗](#statistics-cookie-type "Permalink to this headline")
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For storing anonymized statistics. In spite of your data being stored in the background of the site, these cookies will not be revealed to third parties (unless forced by law).
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### Marketing cookie type[🔗](#marketing-cookie-type "Permalink to this headline")
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Used to create user profiles to send advertising. If you opt out of this cookie type, you may miss some new features of the site or, eventually, miss on promotional campaigns, sales offers and so on.
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### Unclassified cookie type[🔗](#unclassified-cookie-type "Permalink to this headline")
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All other types of cookies, if any, that have not been classified as yet.
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How to give consent to cookie types[🔗](#how-to-give-consent-to-cookie-types "Permalink to this headline")
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Click on toggle button on the right side of the form window and when you finish selecting, click on **Allow selection** to confirm, or again, click on **Allow all** to activate all of them.
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### About cookie consent[🔗](#about-cookie-consent "Permalink to this headline")
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This option explains what cookies are and also provides links to [Privacy Policy](https://3Engines.com/privacy-policy/) and, more specifically, to [Cookie Policy](https://3Engines.com/cookie-policy/).
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You can still change cookie consent by clicking on **Customize**, which will lead you back to **Details** tab (already explained above).
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Selecting the cookies preferences[🔗](#selecting-the-cookies-preferences "Permalink to this headline")
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Once you click either **Allow selection** or **Allow all** buttons, the form will disappear and your selection will be fixed. To change it, click on icon  in the lower left browser window corner.
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A smaller window will appear:
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Clicking on **Withdraw your consent**, all types of cookies will be annulled except the necessary one.
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Button **Change your consent** will lead to the **Details** tab we already discussed, where you will be able to edit your cookies preferences.
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### What the consent data look like[🔗](#what-the-consent-data-look-like "Permalink to this headline")
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To see what your consent data look like, click on **Show details**:
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Each consent you give to the site, generates a unique consent ID, which, together with the time and date, you can see in the image above. Consent ID is random, anonymous, encrypted and unique. In that way, user anonymity is preserved while the site is still in a position to conclude whether the consent was actually provided or not.
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The cookie is saved on backend servers for 12 months. It is also saved in your browser so that the website can automatically read and respect the user’s consent on all subsequent page requests.
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Troubleshooting[🔗](#troubleshooting "Permalink to this headline")
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You can see the contents of the cookie file through various browser options and also through a file viewer on your desktop computer. It is quite possible (but not at all advisable) to delete the cookie file outside of the browser. In particular, deleting the entire cookie by force will also delete the **necessary** part of the cookie. You may, then, lose access to the site, be forced to contact [Helpdesk and Support](Help-Desk-And-Support.html.md) and so on.
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Setting up cookies on 3Engines Cloud subdomains[🔗](#setting-up-cookies-on-brand-name-subdomains "Permalink to this headline")
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Cookiebot procedures are exactly the same on subdomains or the dashboard.
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Here is what cookie consent window will look like, for example, on <https://ecommerce.3Engines.com/>:
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Set the cookies up by clicking on  icon in the lover left part of the browser window.
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