COOKIE NOTICE

Sheer.com

Last Updated 06/02/2023

We,Media Enterprises, s.r.o., a company registered and existing under the laws of the Czech Republic, with registration number 140 01 381, having its registered office at Krakovská 1327/13, 110 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic, registered in the Commercial Register administered by the Municipal Court in Prague, Section C, Inset 358657 (hereinafter referred to as “we”or the “Provider”), the operator of the website https://www.sheer.com (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”), use on our Website cookies and similar technologies (hereinafter collectively referred to as “cookies”) to distinguish you from other users of the Website and remember your preferences. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and also allows us to improve the Website.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, tablet, smart phone or other device (hereinafter collectively referred to as a “device”) by websites that you visit. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your device's hard drive. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. To learn more about cookies please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Technologies similar to cookies such as HTML5 Web Storage, may, like cookies, store small amounts of data on your device. With web storage, data is stored locally within your browser and isn't sent to our web server. The web storage provides two storage options, local storage and session storage. The local storage stores data for the entire website on a permanent basis with no expiration date. The session storage stores data on a temporary basis, for a single browser window or tab.

How do we use cookies?

On our Website we use the following cookies for the bellow described purposes. These cookies are stored in your device for a predefined period of time. After the storage period expires, they are deleted.

  • Essential (technical) cookies. These are cookies and similar technologies that we are required to use in order to operate our Website. They include, for example, cookies that help with the Website loading and display, enable you to log into secure areas of our Website or increase the Website security. We are allowed to use these cookies without your prior consent. If you block these cookies in your browser the Website will not work properly.
    Cookie nameLegal Basis / Purpose / FunctionDuration
    _GRECAPTCHALegitimate interest / Website security / Google recaptcha cookiebrowser session
    GTFSESSIDLegitimate interest / User Authentication / Session cookie for the authentication serverbrowser session
    JDIALOG3Legitimate interest / User Authentication / Cookie that is needed to determine the same user who uses the VPN and not logged in.3 years
    VER_GTFPASSLegitimate interest / Proper display of the Website / Css/js version to show the correct page1 year
    refresh_token_hashLegitimate interest / Enabling login to user account. / Auto login cookie, to be able to login user after his session expired2 weeks
    VER_SHEER-TOURLegitimate interest / Proper display of the Website / Css/js version to show the correct page1 year
    JDIALOGLegitimate interest / User Authentication / Cookie that is needed to determine the same user who uses the VPN and not logged in1 month
    OLD_JDIALOGLegitimate interest / User Authentication / Cookie that is needed to determine the same user who uses the VPN and not logged in1 day
    chat_data_cLegitimate interest / Proper functioning of web chat / Used in web chat to communicate with content creators and support1 year
  • Functionality cookies. These cookies help us to personalise and improve your experience when browsing our Website. For example, they help us to remember your preferences (video player preferences, language and region selection etc.). We will use this information to make our Website more relevant to your interests and more user friendly.
    Cookie nameLegal Basis / Purpose / FunctionDuration
    languageConsent / User Personalization / Sets user language in the site interface1 hour
    http_refererConsent / Advertising / enable recognize users coming from affiliate websites1 day
    ACCIDSESSIDConsent / User Personalization / Session cookie10 hours
    ACCEPT_COOKIESConsent / Proper display of the Website / Used to show user notification messages in the interface1 year
  • Analytical cookies. These cookies collect information about the Website usage. For example, the number of users on the Website, how long they stay, what parts of the Website they visit etc. This helps us to optimize the Website’s performance. We may use third-party services such as Google Analytics for these purposes. Providers of these services may use their own cookies or similar technologies. For more information, please see Clause 5 bellow.
    Cookie nameLegal Basis / Purpose / FunctionDuration
    _ga_{code}Consent / It is a third-party cookie that enables Google to analyse the use of the Website (i.e., Google Analytics). The data collected are anonymized.1 year
    _gaConsent / It is a third-party cookie that enables Google to analyse the use of the Website (i.e., Google Analytics). The data collected are anonymized.1 year
    entry_pointConsent / User Personalization / analytical cookie1 day

Third parties

We do not share the information collected by the cookies with any third parties, other than described in Clause 5 below.

Manage your preferences

We use cookies which are not essential for operation of our Website, such as functionality and analytical cookies, only with your prior express consent. It is your choice whether to accept these cookies. You can choose to consent to all non-essential cookies or select only certain categories.You can manage your consent preferences or revoke your consent at any time using our cookie banner.

You can also block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. To delete the data saved in the local storage of the browser you can delete your browsing history. However, if you set your browser to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our Website.

Below are links to the ‘help pages’ of the most common browsers to learn more about the cookie settings, including the blocking of cookies and deleting the local storage, in each one:

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (hereinafter referred to as “Google”), using third-party cookies that enable Google to analyse the use of the Website. The information generated by the cookie about the use of this Website is transferred to a Google server in the EEA or the North America. Where we transfer, store and process your personal data outside of the EEA, we have ensured that appropriate safeguards are in place to ensure adequate level of data protection. We rely on EU Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCC”) and/or adequacy decisions issued by competent European authorities.

Note that we have activated Google’s IP anonymization service “anonymize IP” for our Website which shortens a user’s IP address as soon as data is received by Google Analytics, before any storage or processing takes place. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate the use of the Website, to compile reports for activities on the Website and to provide other services to us relating to the Website.

Google Analytics operates under the following terms:

You can prevent Google from collecting and processing the data concerning the use of the Website (including the IP address) by installing a browser-plug-in which is available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Processing of Personal Data

In connection with the use of cookies, some of your personal data may be processed. For more information about which personal data we process, how we process it and about your rights related to processing of personal data, please read our Privacy Policy.

Changes to this Cookie Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Cookie Policy at any time in accordance with this provision. If we make changes to this Cokie Policy, we will post the revised Cookie Policy on the Website and update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Cookie Policy.