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In common with almost all professionally run websites, thisisxbox.com does log the IP address of each visitor on the server in order to keep it running reliably. This is a common practise and also essential for protecting the website and its visitors from malicious attacks, including infection with malware. We choose to monitor website statistics such as unique pageviews and unique visits which may store non-identifiable cookies on your device that can be disabled.

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How Cookies Are Used

We use cookies to make our website work and function including:

  • Determining if you are logged in or not
  • Remembering your search settings
  • Allowing you to add comments to our site
  • To display and/or enable thisisxbox to see most read content and top posts
  • To display advertisements that help fund this website
  • To count popular posts and pageviews

Third Party Functions

Our site, like most websites, includes functionality that can at times be provided by third parties. A common example is an embedded YouTube video and third party advertising content  to help fund this website. We use Technorati Media as our advertising partner.

Disabling these cookies will likely break the functions offered by these third parties, but on the advertisements you can click the AdChoices icon for more information and opt-out options. The icon is as shown below:

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Social Website Cookies

So you can easily Like or share our content on both Facebook and Twitter – we have included sharing buttons on our site.

Cookies are set by:

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The following cookies that are in use when using the services of thisisxbox.com are listed below:

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  • YOUTUBE = PREF / NID/ Use_Hitbox / Visitor_INFO1_Live – Set by Youtube (Google owned) to display embedded videos, estimate your bandwidth and show the views counter within the media.
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Avoiding Web Cookies

Do Not Track is a technology and policy proposal that enables users to opt out of tracking by websites they do not visit, including analytics services, advertising networks, and social platforms. By default, thisisxbox.com respects users preference and will not track visitors which have specified “I do not want to be tracked” in their web browsers. For more information about DoNotTrack, check out donottrack.us.

You can also stop all cookies from any website being used on your PC within your browser settings. Using the options within the top three browsers below will prevent them in future, but some websites will not function correctly without them.

Google Chrome: Click Wrench Icon on Toolbar

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Internet Explorer:  Tools / Internet Options / Security

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Personal data

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