morerelevantcontentlikelocaltrends,stories,ads,andsuggestionsforpeopletofollow.Learn
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Links:TwittermaykeeptrackofhowyouinteractwithlinksacrossourServices,includingour
emailnotifications,thirdpartyservices,andclientapplications,byredirectingclicksorthrough
othermeans.WedothistohelpimproveourServices,toprovidemorerelevantadvertising,and
tobeabletoshareaggregateclickstatisticssuchashowmanytimesaparticularlinkwas
clickedon.Links,Tweets,anddirectmessagessharedontheServiceswillbeprocessedand
linksshortenedtoahttp://t.colink.Youcanlearnmoreaboutthebenefitsoflinkshortening
here.
Cookies:Likemanywebsites,weusecookiesandsimilartechnologiestocollectadditional
websiteusagedataandtoimproveourServices,butwedonotrequirecookiesformanyparts
ofourServicessuchassearchingandlookingatpublicuserprofiles.Acookieisasmalldata
filethatistransferredtoyourcomputerormobiledevice.Twittermayusebothsessioncookies
andpersistentcookiestobetterunderstandhowyouinteractwithourServices,tomonitor
aggregateusagebyourusersandwebtrafficroutingonourServices,andtocustomizeand
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browsers’settingscanbemodifiedtodeclinecookiesoralertyouwhenawebsiteisattempting
toplaceacookieonyourcomputer.However,someServicesmaynotfunctionproperlyifyou
disablecookies.WehonortheDoNotTrackbrowseroptiontogiveyoucontroloverhowyour
websitevisitsareusedtopersonalizeyourTwitterexperienceandads.Learnmoreaboutour
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IPaddress,browsertype,operatingsystem,thereferringwebpage,pagesvisited,location,
yourmobilecarrier,deviceinformation(includingdeviceandapplicationIDs),searchterms,and
cookieinformation.WereceiveLogDatawhenyouinteractwithourServices,forexample,
whenyouvisitourwebsites,signintoourServices,interactwithouremailnotifications,useyour
accounttoauthenticatetoathirdpartywebsiteorapplication,orvisitathirdpartyservicethat
includesaTwitterbuttonorwidget.WemayalsoreceiveLogDatawhenyouclickon,viewor
interactwithlinksonourServices,includinglinkstothirdpartyapplications,suchaswhenyou
choosetoinstallanotherapplicationthroughTwitter.TwitterusesLogDatatoprovide,
understand,andimproveourServices,tomakeinferences,likewhattopicsyoumaybe
interestedin,andtocustomizethecontentweshowyou,includingads.Ifnotalreadydone
earlier,forexample,asprovidedbelowforWidgetData,wewilleitherdeleteLogDataor