Toronto Star Classifieds

Cookie Policy

Our use of cookies

We use necessary cookies to make our site work. We'd also like to set analytics cookies that help us make improvements by measuring how you use the site. These will be set only if you accept.

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions.

Analytics cookies

We'd like to set Google Analytics cookies to help us improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how you use it. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone.

 

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Use of cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. 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. The table below explains the cookies we use and why.

Cookie

Name

Purpose

Cookie Preference

cookiePrefs

This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on this website. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie.

Session Cookie

ASP.NET_SessionId

This cookie is used to store details of a user’s booking as they progress through the booking journey.

Forms authentication cookie

SSAuthCookie

This cookie is used for authentication of forms (i.e. user login form)

Universal Analytics (Google)

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These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.

Read Google's overview of privacy and safeguarding data

 

How do I change my cookie settings?

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the cookies link in the page footer. You can then adjust the available options to ‘On’ or ‘Off’, then clicking ‘Save settings’. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.

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