Cookie Policy

This policy explains what cookies are, which ones are used on 9sg.net, and how you can control them. It sits alongside our Privacy Policy.

What cookies are

A cookie is a small text file stored on your device when you visit a website. Cookies let a site remember things between page loads and between visits. Similar technologies, such as web beacons, pixels and local storage, do comparable jobs, and we use “cookies” here to cover all of them.

How cookies are used on this site

Strictly necessary

These keep the site working and secure — for example, balancing traffic across servers and protecting against abuse. The site cannot function properly without them, so they cannot be switched off from here.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to count visits and understand which articles are read and how people arrive. This data is aggregated and used to decide what to cover and to find technical problems.

Advertising

9sg.net is free to read and funded by advertising. Our advertising partners set cookies to select ads, limit how often you see the same ad, and measure whether ads worked. Where you are shown personalised ads, these cookies may build a profile of your interests based on your browsing.

Third-party cookies

Some cookies are set by companies other than us. We do not control these cookies, and you should read the relevant provider's policy to understand what they do:

• MGID — our primary advertising partner — privacy policy
• Google — advertising and analytics — how Google uses information from partner sites

These partners work with further advertising vendors, who may also set cookies. The vendors authorised to sell our advertising inventory are listed at /ads.txt.

How to control cookies

In your browser

Every major browser lets you block or delete cookies, and most offer a setting to reject third-party cookies specifically. Look under Settings, then Privacy. Blocking all cookies may stop parts of this or other sites from working.

Opting out of personalised advertising

These industry tools let you opt out of interest-based advertising across many companies at once:

• Google Ad Settings — control personalisation across Google services
• NAI opt-out — Network Advertising Initiative members
• YourAdChoices — Digital Advertising Alliance (US)
• Your Online Choices — European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance

Opting out stops ads being personalised. It does not stop ads appearing, and you may see the same number of ads as before.

Most mobile operating systems also offer a device-level control, such as Limit Ad Tracking on iOS or Delete Advertising ID on Android.

Changes to this policy

We will update this page if the cookies used on the site change. The date at the top shows when it was last revised.

Contact

If you have questions about cookies on this site, email contact@9sg.net.