Cookies Policy

Introduction to Nstbrowser Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy is to inform you about the Cookies and similar technologies (collectively “Cookies”) used by Nstbrowser and explain what the Cookies are doing and why on our Websites and its subdomains that link to this Cookie Policy.

Please read this Cookie Policy carefully. It contains important information regarding the use of Cookies on our website at https://www.nstbrowser.io/ with its applicable subdomains (collectively the "Website").

This Cookie Policy will explain what Cookies are, how we use them, and what your rights are in relation to Cookies, third-party cookies, and what they mean for you.

USERS WHO DO NOT WISH TO HAVE COOKIES PLACED ON THEIR DEVICE SHOULD SET THEIR BROWSERS TO REFUSE COOKIES BEFORE ACCESSING OUR WEBSITE, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT CERTAIN FEATURES OF THE WEBSITE MAY NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY WITHOUT THE AID OF COOKIES. WEBSITE USERS WHO REFUSE COOKIES ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY RESULTING LOSS OF FUNCTIONALITY AND PROBLEMS RELATED TO THEM.

What are Cookies and similar technologies?

A cookie is a small data file/piece of information that is saved on your device to store information. Ordinarily, cookies comprise letters and numbers. Cookies are stored on your device when you access a website that uses cookies and they can then be sent back to the accessed website. This process is important to the functionality of our Website as we use Cookies to enable our Website to remember certain important pieces of information between different pages.

Specifically, cookies are small strings of text used to store information that may concern you, your behavior on our website, your preferences, or your device.

There are various types of cookies.

Session Cookies – these are of a temporary nature and are erased when your browser is closed. The next time you visit our Website again, it will not recognize that you have been here before and the Website will treat you as a completely new visitor. Nothing in your device’s browser lets our Website know that you have visited before.

Persistent Cookies – which remain on your device's memory until you delete them or they automatically expire. How long a Cookie remains in your device’s memory allocated to a particular browser of your choosing depends on how long a particular Cookie is programmed to last. It varies depending on the Cookie.

Cookies do not record or store any personal data from your device. Our Cookies cannot look into your device. Cookies cannot find out information about you, your family, or your friends, or read any other material kept on your hard drive (s), memory cards, or USB flash drives except that particular Cookie file. It is technically impossible for Cookies to read your other information. Cookies can not scan or retrieve your personal information from your device. Cookies only unlock technical devices' memory and allow our Website to recognize users when they return to our Website.

Cookies are mainly used by Nstbrowser and allow us to adapt the operation of our Website to Your expectations, and recognize your device when you visit our Website, thus offering a more personalized browsing experience and memorizing the choices you made previously for the purpose of giving you a better and more personal experience.

Cookies enable us to make observations of your use of the Nstbrowser Website to:

  • Obtain information about the number of visitors;
  • Obtain information about visitor behavior;
  • Personalize the use of our Website;
  • Improve our Service;
  • Keep the safety and protection of our Website at its highest possible level.

Rest assured – Cookies are not programs that can contain harmful programs or viruses, spyware, or any similar covert surveillance software that downloads to a user’s device and tracks their activities without their knowledge.

We may also use similar technologies to achieve the same functions that Cookies can achieve. Similar technologies include, but are not limited to tracking pixels, web beacons, action tags, local shared objects, chat beacons, flash cookies, single-pixel gifs, software development kits, JavaScript, device identifiers, etc.

How we use Cookies

Some cookies are obligatory for our Website to function while others are optional and can be rejected.

We use cookies to make your overall experience on our Website better by helping your device’s browser deliver the full features designed into our Website. We also use cookies to improve our services target advertisements and many other features. These features may include:

  • Preference settings;
  • Themes;
  • Smooth login;
  • Current topics;
  • And downloads etc.

Cookies are used for navigation and to facilitate your access to and use of our Website. They are for the transmission of communications on the network or to supply services requested by you.

Cookies enable us to get an overview of visits to our Website and its subdomains, which help us to adjust and optimize the Nstbrowser Website. Cookies are also used to target our ads for you on our partnering websites to show you content that is as relevant as possible to you.

We do not use the information to identify you, but rather to understand usage trends on our Website such as:

  • Internet protocol (IP) address;
  • Type of browser and device;
  • Operating system;
  • Name of the Internet Service Provider (ISP);
  • Country information;
  • Date and time of visit;
  • Webpage of origin (referral) and exit;
  • The number of clicks.

We use cookies for purposes:

  • Necessary – These cookies are necessary for our Website to function and do not store personally identifiable information. They are usually set in response to user actions to enable key features like setting and maintaining logins or privacy preferences. These cookies typically can not be switched off. However, certain browsers can block or alert you about these cookies. Be aware that blocking these cookies will drastically affect website functionality;
  • Functional – These Cookies enable a better user experience via enhanced features such as personalization. If these cookies are disabled, some or all of these features of the website may be adversely affected. We use functional cookies for the Website to function properly;
  • Preferences – These cookies include security features such as authenticating users, preventing fraudulent use of credentials, and protecting user data from unauthorized parties. Also, for chat beacons to work correctly, these cookies are necessary;
  • Statistics – These cookies collect anonymous, aggregated data and enable us to identify our most popular pages and content to improve our website and the experience we offer users. Disallowing these cookies negatively affects our ability to improve our Website;
  • Optional – These cookies are optional. Usually on our Website such Cookies relate to ads and content that can be personalized based on a user. More data can be added to better personalize ads and content. Ad and content performance can be measured. Insights about audiences who saw the ads and content can be derived. Data can be used to build or improve user experience, systems and software;
  • Marketing – These cookies can be used to provide an improved user experience of our Website, select relevant content and ads, and track activities for analytical purposes. These cookies may be set through our Website by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites as well. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

We utilize third-party Cookies, which are sent by a third party to your device. These are mainly tracking cookies used to identify users' online behavior, understand interests, and then customize advertising for the user.

We use remarketing cookies, which place files on your browser or device to allow us to display advertisements to you on other websites.

By consenting to the use of Cookies on our Website, you will be consenting to the use of these third-party Cookies. We will provide the site addresses so you are able to visit them for more information and adjust your Cookie preferences accordingly.

Cookie management in your browser

You can also manage cookies through the settings of your browser on your device. However, deleting cookies from your browser may remove the preferences you have set for our Website, as well as preferences you have set for other websites.

Technical cookies, which can also sometimes be called HTML cookies, are used for navigation and to facilitate your access to and use of our Website. They are necessary for the transmission of communications on the network or to supply services requested by you. The use of technical cookies allows the safe and efficient use of our Website.

Cookies may be retransmitted by an analytics or statistics provider to collect aggregated information on the number of users and how they visit our Website. These are also considered technical cookies when they operate as described.

You can manage or request the general deactivation or cancellation of cookies through your browser. If you do this though, please be advised this action might slow down or prevent access to some parts of our Website.

We may also utilize third-party cookies, which are cookies sent by a third party to your browser. Permanent cookies are often third-party cookies. The majority of third-party cookies consist of tracking cookies used to identify online behavior, understand interests, and then customize advertising for users.

Third-party analytical cookies may also be installed. They are sent from the domains of the aforementioned third parties external to our Website. Third-party analytical cookies are used to detect information on user behavior on our Website. They are placed anonymously, in order to monitor the performance and improve the usability of our Website.

Third-party profiling cookies are used to create profiles relating to users, in order to propose advertising in line with the choices expressed by the users themselves. We may use profiling cookies, which create profiles related to the user and are used in order to send advertising to the user's browser.

Temporary session cookies are deleted automatically at the end of your browsing session - these are mostly used to identify you and ensure that you do not have to log in each time - whereas permanent cookies remain active longer than just one particular session.

You can manage or request the general deactivation or cancellation of cookies through your web browser. If you do this though, please be advised this action might slow down or prevent access to some parts of our Website, and deleting cookies from your browser may remove the preferences you have previously set.

For more information, please visit the specific help page of the web browser you might be using. For Your convenience, links to the common web browsers’ instructions are listed below:

Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer#w_cookie-settings

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d

Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09

Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265

Samsung Internet Browser: https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/mobile-devices/what-are-cookies-and-how-do-i-enable-or-disable-them-on-my-samsung-galaxy-device/

Consent for Cookies

When you navigate to or otherwise arrive on our Website, we will request your consent for Cookies as follows: a pop-up box appears on the screen that requires an affirmative “click” as a new user arrives.

Consenting to Cookies will allow us and our partners to process personal data such as browsing behavior on our Website. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.

By consenting to data processing on our Website, you agree to share your personal data with us and our partners (third parties). If you do not consent to or withdraw consent from data processing, this may adversely affect our Website functions and your experience.

You may withdraw your consent and update your preferences at any time. However, please be aware that not all third parties request consent, and – while you have the right to object to processing on these grounds – some data may be processed on the basis of legitimate interest.

Processing data for legitimate interest includes, but is not limited to the purposes of:

  • Analyzing the use of services;
  • Linking devices;
  • Selecting basic ads;
  • Creating a personalized ads profile;
  • Selecting personalized ads;
  • Measuring ads performance;
  • Applying market research to generate audience insights;
  • Developing and improving products based on user’s consent;
  • Technically delivering ads based on advertiser’s legitimate interests.

Additionally, we may process data in order to ensure security, prevent fraud, and debug when necessary, which also constitutes our legitimate interest.

For our Website, this is how you can adjust your settings and, if desired, opt-out of Cookies: you can review and update your privacy settings at any time by clicking the “Cookie Settings” on the screen. To continue with full experience, just select “Accept All and Exit”.

If you want, you can prevent the use of Cookies (except necessary ones) by selecting or unselecting “Consent” in the Cookie Settings. Keep in mind that when you reject Cookies, you may not be able to use our Website as we intended. This may severely hinder your use of our Website and its contents. Your experience on our Website may be worse and some features may not work as intended.

To proceed without changing the pre-set options related to Cookies, simply select “Confirm My Choices and Exit” to continue to use our Website. Cookies are used to the extent selected.

By selecting “Consent”, necessary Cookies are used. By selecting “Legitimate Interests”, necessary Cookies are used based only on legitimate interests.

By selecting “Consent” at “Functional Cookies”, functional Cookies are used. By selecting “Legitimate Interests”, functional Cookies are used based only on legitimate interests.

By selecting “Consent” at “Preferences Cookies”, preferences Cookies are used. By selecting “Legitimate Interests”, preferences Cookies are used based only on legitimate interests.

By selecting “Consent” at “Statistics Cookies”, statistics Cookies are used. By selecting “Legitimate Interests”, statistics Cookies are used based only on legitimate interests.

By selecting “Consent” at “Optional Cookies”, optional Cookies are used. By selecting “Legitimate Interests”, optional Cookies are used based only on legitimate interests.

By selecting “Consent” at “Marketing Cookies”, marketing Cookies are used. By selecting “Legitimate Interests”, marketing Cookies are used based only on legitimate interests.

In order to meet the requirement for legitimate interests, we will use Cookies based on it where it is necessary to protect our legitimate interests, and the interests of others, but only where your own interests and rights do not override these interests.

The time how long Cookies on your device are saved can vary. The time when they are scheduled to expire is calculated from the last date you visited our Website. When cookies expire, they are automatically deleted.

Audit ID is a random unique number that is generated when someone visits our Website and makes choices about Cookies. The purpose of the Audit ID is to keep a record of the user preference history of which Cookies were consented to and when. The information kept in relation to the user Audit ID includes the IP address of the device, timestamp, version of the Cookie list, and a list of Cookies that are allowed to process your data.