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beacons, Adobe Flash technology (including Flash Local Stored Objects (“Flash
LSOs”)) and other similar technologies to, among other things, better serve you with
more tailored information for our products and services, and for those of third
parties, facilitate your ongoing access to and use of the Properties, and collect and
store information about your use of the Properties. For example, pixel tags and web
beacons may be used in connection with a Property to, among other things, track
the actions of such Property’s users, measure the success of marketing campaigns
and compile statistics about such Property’s usage and response rates.
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then some or all of the features, functionality and promotions available through
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your device through which you access the Properties, you can adjust the settings
of your Flash player to block Flash LSO storage using the tools contained using
the Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also control Flash LSOs by going
to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions (which may
include instructions that explain, for example, how to delete existing Flash LSOs
(referred to as “information” on the Macromedia site), how to prevent Flash LSOs
from being placed on your device without you being asked, and (for Flash Player
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of the page you are on at the time). Please note that setting the Flash Player to
restrict or limit acceptance of Flash LSOs may reduce or impede the functionality
of some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications used in
connection with the Properties or our content. We expect our service providers
and technology suppliers to honor any decision by you to restrict or limit Flash
LSOs, but we cannot guarantee that they will do so.
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vendors, to deliver advertisements about our products and services, and the
products and services of others, when you use the Properties or other
applications or visit websites or web properties across the Internet on any of your
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GIFs” or similar technologies on the device through which you access the
Properties, and other applications or websites across the Internet, and also place
or recognize third-party cookies when you use the Properties, or other
applications, websites or web properties. They may also use these technologies,
along with information they collect about your online use, to recognize you
across the devices you use, such as a mobile device and a laptop. These
vendors and third parties may use information about your visits, on the different
devices you use, to the Properties, and other applications, websites or web
properties (excluding your name, address, and telephone number), as well as
information received from third parties, to provide advertisements for us and
others about goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you would like