About this cookie policy
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to control the cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store, and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.
You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website
Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us, and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.
Your consent applies to the following domains: special-ops.org
What are cookies?
How do we use cookies?
Like most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.
What types of cookies do we use?
Essential: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information. For example, these cookies allow you to log in to your account and add products to your basket, and checkout securely.
Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit, etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.
Marketing: Our website displays advertisements. These cookies are used to personalize the advertisements that we show to you so that they are meaningful to you. These cookies also help us keep track of the efficiency of these ad campaigns.
The information stored in these cookies may also be used by third-party ad providers to show you ads on other websites on the browser as well.
Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing content of the website on social media platforms.
Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and more efficient experience on future visits to the website.
The below list details the cookies used on our website.
| COOKIE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| __cf_bm | This cookie is set by CloudFare. The cookie is used to support Cloudfare Bot Management. |
| __cfduid | The cookie is used by CDN services like CloudFare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. It does not correspond to any user ID in the web application and does not store any personally identifiable information. |
| __gads | This cookie is set by Google and stored under the name dounleclick.com. This cookie is used to track how many times users see a particular advert which helps in measuring the success of the campaign and calculating the revenue generated by the campaign. These cookies can only be read from the domain that it is set on so it will not track any data while browsing through other sites. |
| _ga | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. |
| _gat | This cookie is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the collection of data on high-traffic sites. |
| _gat_gtag_UA_ | No description |
| _gid | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information on how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected includes the number of visitors, the source where they have come, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. |
| _ym_d | This domain of this cookie is owned by Yandex.Matrica. This cookie is used to store the date of the user’s first site session. |
| _ym_isad | This domain of this cookie is owned by Yandex.Matrica. This cookie is used to collect information about the user like his characteristics, behavior on-page, and targeted actions. |
| _ym_uid | This cookie is by Yandex.Metrica. This cookie is used to set a unique ID to the visitor and to collect information about how visitors use the website. Thus it helps to track the user and the collected information is used to improve the site. |
| _ym_visorc | No description |
| AFFICHE_W | The domain of this cookie is owned by Weborama Software. This cookie is used for targeting and advertising purposes. It helps in tracking the visitor and serving them with relevant ads. |
| checkcookies | No description |
| CONSENT | No description |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category “Advertisement”. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent WordPress Plugin. The cookie is used to remember the user consent for the cookies under the category “Analytics”. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category “Functional”. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | This cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies are used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Necessary”. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | No description |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | This cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Performance”. |
| FTID | No description |
| guid | No description |
| i | The purpose of the cookie is not known yet. |
| IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile. |
| luid1 | No description |
| patreon_device_id | No description |
| patreon_locale_code | No description |
| patreon_location_country_code | No description |
| personalization_id | This cookie is set by twitter.com. It is used to integrate the sharing features of this social media. It also stores information about how the user uses the website for tracking and targeting. |
| puid33 | No description |
| puid34 | No description |
| puid35 | No description |
| puid36 | No description |
| puid37 | No description |
| solutionWeborama | No description |
| test_cookie | This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies. |
| VID | No description |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. |
| yabs-sid | These are cookies used by the Yandex Matrica script belonging to the company Yandex. These cookies are used to measure and analyze the traffic of the website by giving information about how the users use the website. |
| yandexuid | This cookie is used to identify the users. This cookie collects information about how visitors use the website. This information is used for internal analysis and site optimization. |
| ymex | This cookie is set by Yandex. This cookie is used to collect information about user behavior on the website. This information is used for website analysis and for website optimization. |
| YSC | These cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos. |
| yuidss | No description |
How can I control the cookie preferences?
Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.
In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more about how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.