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For example, we use cookies to remember your preferred language, to count how many visitors we receive to a page, to help you sign up for our services and to protect your data.

This page describes the types of cookies used by SwapApp. See the Privacy Policy to learn how we protect your privacy in our use of cookies and other information.

Some or all of the cookies described below may be stored in your browser. To manage how cookies are used, you can refuse the use of certain cookies through your SwapApp personalization settings anytime. You can also manage cookies in your browser (though browsers for mobile devices may not offer this visibility). For example, if you use Google Chrome as your browser, you can visit chrome://settings/cookies.

Cookies used for functionality allow users to interact with a service or site to access features that are fundamental to that service. Things considered fundamental to the service include preferences like the user's choice of language, product optimizations that help maintain and improve a service, and maintaining information relating to a user's session, such as the content of a shopping cart.

Some cookies are used to maintain a user's preferences. For example, most people who use Google services have a cookie called 'NID' in their browsers. This cookie contains a unique ID used to remember your preferences and other information such as your preferred language, how many search results you prefer to have shown on a results page (for example, 10 or 20), and whether you want to have Google's SafeSearch filter turned on. Each NID cookie expires 6 months from a user's last use.

This cookie lasts for as long as the user keeps their browser open. The cookie 'pm_sess' also helps maintain a user's browser session and lasts for 30 minutes.

Some cookies improve the performance of SwapApp services. For example, 'CGIC' improves the delivery of search results by autocompleting search queries based on a user's initial input. This cookie lasts for 6 months.

Cookies used for security authenticate users, prevent fraud, and protect users as they interact with a service.

Some cookies are used to authenticate users, helping ensure that only the actual owner of an account can access that account. For example, cookies called 'SID' and 'HSID' contain digitally signed and encrypted records of a user's SwapApp Account ID and most recent sign-in time. The combination of these cookies allows us to block many types of attack, such as attempts to steal the content of forms submitted in SwapApp services.

Some cookies are used to prevent spam, fraud, and abuse. For example, the 'pm_sess' and 'YSC' cookies ensure that requests within a browsing session are made by the user and not by other sites. Both cookies prevent malicious sites acting without a user's knowledge and as if they were that user.

Cookies used for analytics help collect data that allows services to understand how users interact with a particular service. These insights allow services both to improve content and to build better features that improve the user's experience.

Some cookies help sites understand how their visitors engage with their properties. For example, Google Analytics, a Google product that helps site and app owners understand how people engage with a service, uses a set of cookies to collect information and report site usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors to Google. '_ga' is the main cookie used by Google Analytics. '_ga' enables a service to distinguish one user from another and lasts for 2 years. It's used by any site that implements Google Analytics, including Google services.

Google services also use analytics cookies like these, as well as others like 'NID' on Google Search and 'VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE' on YouTube.

Cookies used for personalization enhance the user's experience by providing personalized content and features.

Depending on your settings, some cookies enable better recommendations within a service. For example, 'VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE' enables personalized recommendations on YouTube based on past views and searches. And 'NID' enables personalized autocomplete features in Search as users type search terms. These cookies expire 6 months after a user's last use.

Most browsers allow you to manage how cookies are set and used as you're browsing, and to clear cookies and browsing data. Also, your browser may have settings allowing you to manage cookies on a site-by-site basis. For example, Google Chrome's settings allow you to delete existing cookies, allow or block all cookies, and set cookie preferences for websites. Google Chrome also has incognito mode, which doesn't store your Chrome history of visited sites or cookies on your device after you close all Incognito windows.