Cookie Policy

DataReportal is owned and managed by Kepios Pte. Ltd. (“DataReportal”, “we”, “us”), a company based in Singapore that offers consulting services relating to trends in how people use digital technologies.

Please read the following statement to understand how we use cookies on DataReportal.com (the “Website”), which kinds of cookies we use, and why we use them.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of data that help to improve website visitors’ internet browsing experience, by enabling websites to remember visitors’ preferences, and understand how they use different website features.

Where used, cookies are downloaded (“set”) to a visitor’s computer or mobile phone (collectively, “device”) automatically. Cookie files are stored on a device’s hard drive.

All devices have the ability to decline cookies. This can be done by activating the setting on your browser which enables you to decline cookies. Please note that should you choose to decline cookies, you may be unable to access particular areas of this Website.

For more information about cookies, you can read the guidance at All About Cookies.

What cookies do we use?

The cookies used on this Website include:

  • Functional cookies: essential files that enable us to ensure this Website works as intended, to prevent fraud, and to remember visitors’ preferences.

  • Analytics cookies: files that enable us to understand visitors’ interests and behaviours, so that we can continue to develop and improve our services.

  • Social cookies: files that enable connectivity with social media services, enabling visitors to share content from this Website to their own social media accounts.

  • Advertising cookies: files that enable our advertising partners to understand individuals’ interests, and serve them tailored advertising, which in turn helps us to finance this Website.

You can learn more about each of these cookies in the sections below.

Functional cookies

We use functional cookies to ensure that this website works as intended, including cookies that:

  • Prevent notifications and pop-ups from displaying if a visitor has already dismissed them;

  • Identify whether a visitor’s browser can accept cookies, and remember if a visitor has previously agreed to certain cookies being placed on their browser;

  • Show when a visitor has already “liked” a blog post;

  • Prevent cross-site request forgery (CSRF), which is a malicious act that tricks a browser into taking unwanted action; and

  • Prevent redirect loops that may result in visitors being unable to access certain content.

This website also uses font files from Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To enable the use of these fonts, servers where the font files are stored may receive personal information about you, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, or device; and

  • Your IP address.

These font services may not need to set cookies on your device in order to access this information.

Analytics cookies

We use two third-party analytics services to help us develop and improve our services:

  • Google Analytics, a service provided by Google Inc.

  • Squarespace Analytics, a service provided by our website host, Squarespace Inc.

Both of these services collect information about visitors’ use of this Website, and they provide us with valuable insights into areas such as which countries our visitors come from, and how long our visitors spend on different parts of our Website.

The data collected by these cookies includes:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device;

  • The web pages you visited prior to coming to this website; and

  • Your IP address.

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • Clicks;

  • Internal links;

  • Pages visited;

  • Scrolling;

  • Searches; and

  • Timestamps.

For more information about how Google Analytics stores, uses, and protects the data its cookies collect, please refer to the Google Analytics privacy policy. You can also find details of how to opt out of Google Analytics tracking by clicking here.

For more information about how Squarespace Analytics stores, uses, and protects the data its cookies collect, please refer to Squarespace’s Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy.

Social cookies

This Website includes functionality that allows logged-in users of selected social media services to publish content from this Website directly to those social media services.

These social media services may download their own cookies to your device in order to enable this functionality.

We do not determine what information these third-party cookies collect, and we do not access the data that they gather.

For more information about how these companies store, use, and protect the data that they collect via their cookies, please visit the following pages:

Advertising cookies

This Website includes advertising to help us pay for the time it takes us to research and produce our content, and to cover business expenses such as website hosting fees. In order to make this possible, we partner with a variety of third-party advertising partners.

These advertising partners may download their own cookies directly to your device via their ad-serving technology. These third-party cookies enable our partners to show you advertising that is better suited to your interests, based on your browsing activity on this Website, and potentially on other websites too. Because of the dynamic nature of internet advertising, the companies that set these third-party cookies may change over time.

We do not determine what information the cookies set by our advertising partners collect, and we do not access the data that they gather.

Here are some of the ways you can control the information that is shared by your device when you visit websites that show ads, including this Website:

  • To learn more about how Google and similar advertising companies use cookies to personalise ads, please visit this page.

  • If you’d like to control the information that Google collects about you, or opt out of the use of Google’s advertising cookie, please click here.

  • If you’d like to learn more about how you can control the information that other advertising companies collect about you, please visit the AdChoices website.

Cookies that enable embedded content

On some pages on this Website, we have embedded third-party technologies (e.g. media players) that enable us to include content such as YouTube videos and SlideShare presentations.

The companies that provide these third-party technologies sometimes need to set their own cookies to ensure that their services work properly.

We do not determine what information these third-party cookies collect, and we do not access the data that they gather.

For more information about how these companies store, use, and protect the data that they collect via their cookies, please visit the following pages:

Unforeseen cookies

Because our partners and service providers are constantly improving their services, it’s possible that we may have missed a third-party cookie that is active on this Website.

If you find a cookie on this Website that isn’t listed above, please let us know.

Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may change this policy from time to time. The new policy will be effective immediately upon posting. Please check this page regularly to stay informed about how we use cookies.

This policy was last updated on 22 May 2021.

This policy is exclusively governed by the laws of the Republic of Singapore. Any and all disputes that may arise with respect to this policy will be referred exclusively to the competent court in Singapore.

If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us.