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Website explains advertising and subscription options

From iDNES · () Czech

Translated from Czech, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • The article discusses website content display options, specifically regarding targeted advertising and user consent.
  • It outlines two choices: a premium ad-free subscription or a free option that includes targeted ads based on user behavior.
  • The text details how user data is processed for ad personalization and mentions partners involved in this process.

This article appears to be a placeholder or a technical notice related to website content display and advertising preferences rather than a news report. It presents users with choices regarding how they wish to view content on the iDNES.cz, Lidovky.cz, Expres.cz, and Antiyoutuber.cz websites.

The primary options offered are a "Premium" subscription for 199 CZK per month, which provides unlimited access to these sites without advertisements. This package also includes electronic versions of newspapers and magazines. Alternatively, users can opt for a free experience that includes targeted advertising.

For users choosing the free option with targeted ads, the article explains that consent to use cookies and other online identifiers is required for personalized advertising. This personalization is based on profiling user habits and data gathered from their online activities. The article states that both MAFRA, a.s., and its advertising partners (totaling 125) process this data.

Users are informed that they can withdraw their consent for targeted advertising at any time, but doing so will prompt them to switch to the ad-free premium service. Consent for other purposes, such as personalized content display, can be changed or withdrawn without requiring a move to the premium service. The text also touches upon data processing based on legitimate interest and provides instructions for objecting to such processing or adjusting privacy settings.

It further details the types of data processing involved, including selecting ads and personalized content, measuring ad and content performance, understanding audiences through statistics, and developing services. The article notes that if a user opts for the free, ad-supported version and consents to targeted advertising, this consent covers the listed purposes. However, due to technical reasons on the ad providers' side, users must explicitly opt out of certain data processing activities if they do not wish to consent to them, even if they have agreed to targeted advertising.

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Originally published by iDNES in Czech. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.