Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy describes how Journal Technologies, Inc. and Daily Journal Corporation and related affiliates (collectively, “Journal,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), may use cookies to collect, use, and disclose information when you visit or interact with our public websites (the “Websites”).

We use cookies and similar techniques to operate and improve our Websites and to understand how visitors interact with them. These include cookies used by third-party analytics and marketing tools such as Google Analytics and HubSpot, as well as other advertising and analytics technologies deployed through tools such as Google Tag Manager.

 

Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies. These cookies are required for the Websites to function properly and cannot be disabled. They include security, network management, and accessibility cookies (such as those used by Cloudflare).

Analytics Cookies. We use analytics tools, including Google Analytics, to collect information about how visitors use our Websites. This helps us understand website traffic, usage patterns, and improve functionality. Information collected may include IP address, browser type, pages visited, and interaction data.

Functional and Marketing Cookies. We use tools such as HubSpot to support website forms, manage communications, and understand how visitors engage with our content. These cookies may track interactions with pages, forms, and emails.

We may also use advertising and marketing technologies provided by third parties (such as Google, Meta, LinkedIn, and programmatic advertising partners) to measure the effectiveness of our content and advertising and to better understand user engagement.

We do not use these technologies to capture the contents of information that users enter into forms or other fields on our Websites except as necessary to process user-initiated submissions.

 

Sharing of Cookie Information

We may share information collected through cookies:

  • with service providers who perform functions on our behalf, such as hosting, analytics, and communications providers,
  • with advertising and analytics partners that assist us in measuring and improving our services and outreach,
  • as required by law or legal process,
  • to protect the rights, safety, or security of Journal, our users or others,
  • in connection with a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition or sale of assets

These third parties may process information in accordance with their own privacy policies

 

Managing Cookies

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies and to be notified when a cookie is set. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Websites.

You may opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

You may also manage cookie preferences through the controls available on our Websites. In addition, many advertising platforms provide their own privacy controls that allow you to manage how your information is used for advertising purposes.