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RYANAIR PASSENGERS HAVE complained they were left with little instruction from the airline after their flight was forced to land at a different Canary island than planned due to bad weather.
It eventually lead to some having to pay for their own transport off the island after boarding the wrong ferry.
More than 140 passengers were flying from Dublin to Lanzarote on Saturday morning when thunderstorms forced the pilot to divert to the neighbouring island of Fuerteventura.
After being told by the pilot they would be able to get a ferry to Lanzarote, the group disembarked the plane and waited at the terminal for their bags.
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However, no instruction was given on what to do next until they were ‘herded’ on to buses organised by the airline to bring them to the ferry port. Some grew frustrated with the wait and arranged for their own taxis.
When the first group arrived, they were told that no tickets had been reserved, meaning many bought them at their own expense.
One passenger on the flight, Max Kyck told TheJournal.ie: ”We were told to disembark [the plane] and get our bags and to go to the Ryanair desk for tickets.
We waited about 30 minutes for our bags. Then a young Spanish girl tried to herd all 144 of us outside to wait for buses. She didn’t know what the situation was with ferry tickets, or what time the ferry was leaving.
Kyck said he was lucky enough to get on the first bus to the port, but others got taxis costing more than €40.
“When we got to the port shortly after 1pm there was nobody from Ryanair and nobody at the port knew anything about our tickets,” he continued, “We waited a while and then bought tickets – €47 for two.”
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Once they arrived at Lanzarote, the group again had to arrange for their own transport from the port.
The diversion ended up adding hours to the passengers’ trip.
A spokesperson for Ryanair apologised for the diversion, and explained that a ferry had been arranged, but some passengers arrived too early or went to the wrong ferry company.
Customers are asked to submit receipted travel expenses for reimbursement.
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“Ryanair sincerely apologises to all customers affected by this weather diversion,” he said.
Another passenger, who declined to be named, criticised the lack of communication from Ryanair during the incident.
“Someone might have turned up later but there was no one around,” he said.
All passengers were emailed a PDF yesterday morning explaining the terms and conditions of flights which are delayed or diverted.
“[The PDF] is not very straight-forward, most of us have found it to be gobbledygook,” the passenger continued. “And also when you’re on holiday you might not want to check your emails due to data roaming charges.
“But look, we’re here now, and it’s sunny.”
The Daily Mail reports that passengers landing on the same island in 2010 were left without guidance on how to get to Lanzarote.
In this incident, ferry crossings were cancelled, meaning some passengers had to arrange for overnight stays in hotels.
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We’ll face a beating from the EU leadership in time as well. One downturn globally and we’ll be in trouble and the brown nosing of Schauble will be forgotten.
The irony is almost to.much when we have the most detested mistrusted leader since bertie and his shower of filthy failures ruined this country talk about trust. Only trust enda has is from the jerries. Hope that works out well for u at election time and I only hope the ppl of mayp a4e not the sheep I think.they are and reelected this traitor
no, the irony is that you’ve forgotten the mess the current government was left to deal with. plod on with your anti government agenda. you can vote for whomever you like but I recognise you are clearly a fool
Don’t feed the troll, please. “Baz” is just one of many personas of a sick, twisted little individual who has absolutely nothing better to do than stir the pot on here. It wouldn’t actually surprise me if he’s employed by the Journal in some way to create more comments, hence more money through advertising. One way or another, the account (along with all his/her other ones are best laughed at and ignored.
In fairness, did Syriza wreck Greece?
Obviously not, it was wrecked YEARS before Syriza was ever heard of.
No-one, no political party across the political spectrum, could fix Greece. The county is completely bankrupt.
If anything, the only good thing that’s come out of Syriza being in power in Greece is the fact that all doubt has been removed that the EU in it’s current state is not compatible with democracy given the number of highly influential and powerful people who have never participated in democratic process to achieve their positions and, as such, seem to espouse contempt for said process.
Also, to compare SF and Syriza and Ireland and Greece is moronic. Different countries, different political parties.
I’m not just talking about that .It’s everything that man does. you defend it blindly. no matter what he does or says you back him up.nobody is 100% right in all their actions or words.but you don’t seem to recognise that
Calling you out on that vin. Yes Greece was in bad nick last jan when syriza got in. However, the question is often asked “can it get any worse?” I think the events of the last 4 months have shown us it certainly can. What exactly did Tsipras achieve while in power? He irritated the rest of the EU, left his own people in desperation with capital controls and no cash to live their lives, and precipitated a massive flight of capital from his own country, and right up until the referendum last week, refused to agree to a deal. All of a sudden he turns around and accepts AN EVEN MORE SEVERE DEAL from creditors and leaves the streets of Athens in flames last night and a nation in turmoil. I’m no fan of enda, but give me his approach any day over those clowns. If Greece has accepted a deal even 1 month ago they would be in billions of euro worth of a better position now. It’s hard to imagine a more spectacular failure of a government.
So next time you hear someone say “give Sinn Fein or AAA a chance, can’t be any worse than the current lot”, just stop, and remind yourself of the catastrophe that is Greece right now.
BS; how would Ireland end up in the same position as Greece is now?
Did we cook our books to gain entry into the EU and the Eurozone?
Do we have a long history of tax evasion?
I’d argue that Greece should never have been allowed enter the Euro in the first place; don’t patronise me by trying to suggest that the EU were unaware of the Greeks questionable practices in terms of tax evasion and corruption; they had to apply, same as us and everyone else, the EU knew and let them in anyway.
Enda’s approach? And what might that be? Do as you’re told, is it?
He was asked THREE times in one of the tamest political interviews I’ve witnessed as to whether he asked for a better deal for Ireland and thrice he dodged the question.
Incidentally, his pre-election approach in 2011 also flirted with default, need I remind you,
“Not One Red Cent”,
“Ireland is a special case”,
“Ireland could borrow money from America if the EU won’t play ball”.
Then he gets to the negotiating table and complies like a nodding dog.
Then, to add insult to injury, the promissory note was illegally converted to sovereign debt by Michael Noonan, shackling future generations with a debt that was never our in the first place.
Then just recently, the fool opens his mouth AGAIN, this time on the international stage, blatantly lying about how he never rose tax to facilitate Ireland’s recovery. Then he had the cheek to flatly deny the Greeks the right to debt restructure, in spite of his aforementioned flirtations with default prior to election.
So, yeah, Pepper, compare what Kenny said he’d do with he actually did. Then come back and “call me out” again.
‘Alexis, let me give you a piece of advice… ‘ just bend over, i love it now, and i facilitate others giving it to generations of my own people to. Bend over and revel in it, the corporations and Bent business men never forget their rent boys, they’ll keep paying you long after you’re worn out.
Totally off the point vin. I’m talking about Syriza and their unmitigated disaster while in power since January. You suggested above none of Greeces current troubles are Syrizas fault? Are you serious? Im saying you are 100% wrong. Surely you can agree that Greece are currently worse off now than they were last January?
I’m not sure why you are lecturing me about FG election promises. I never even mentioned them. Ireland and Greece both had 2 choices in 2010. Accept austerity, a bailout and pay it back, or tell the EU to get f**ked. We choose the former. Greece flapped around a few years, eventually chose the latter, then realised they couldn’t survive without the EU and went grovelling back to them in humiliation, with a nation in turmoil. Meanwhile Irelands economy is thriving, and our people can take as much money as we want from ATMS. These are facts – what actually happened, not guesswork. It’s been a perfect case study in what was the best thing to do in 2010. Thank god we picked the right option.
Don’t get me wrong – I’m not a fan of the Euro project, it has many flaws and is not very democratic, but what could Ireland or Greece do about that in 2010. Once you are in, your in. No getting out without REAL austerity. Even the Greeks aren’t stupid enough to want that. Don’t try and con people into thinking we had an easy option in 2010. We had just 2, bad and awful. We chose bad, Greece chose awful. End of story.
You never mentioned FG’s approach? Why did you say ” I’m no fan of enda, but give me his approach any day over those clowns” then?
Their election promises were actually closer to Syriza’s than the approach they took so it certainly is relevant to the topic.
I said;
“If anything, the only good thing that’s come out of Syriza being in power in Greece is the fact that all doubt has been removed that the EU in it’s current state is not compatible with democracy given the number of highly influential and powerful people who have never participated in democratic process to achieve their positions and, as such, seem to espouse contempt for said process.”
Where, from that statement, did you get the idea that I support the road Syriza took? It merely shows how undemocratic the EU is.
You say the EU ” is not very democratic”, that’s an understatement. It makes a mockery of democracy when unelected technocrats weild more power over countries than those that the people elected to represent them. Look no further than Jean-Claude Junker in this case and Mr Trichet in ours.
Regardless, this third bailout is just kicking the can down the road AGAIN. People in Greece are living out of bins, unemployment is at 30% and rising (massaged by the fact that there are Greeks working for no pay for fear of being unable to secure a job again if things do eventully improve), Athens burns and there’s rioting in the streets; these people are experiencing poverty and suffering that you and I can scarcely dream of. This bailout will require extra taxes and cuts to services which will further contract their economy. Realistically speaking, their only practical route is to default, leave the Euro and start anew. They’ll never pay the interest on their debts, never mind the debt itself.
Also it isn’t correct to compare our situation to Greece’s in terms of our respective bailouts. Ours was the result of fear and stupidity; a blanket bank guarantee backed by the taxpayer. Theirs was a result of years of cooking their books, corruption, economic mismanagement and a culture of tax evasion
Greece was fecked long before syriza got power,
They just went the wrong way about rescuing their economy,
Hopefully things will improve for the Greeks over the next few years.
In a nutshell, Ciaran.
This third bailout was coming anyway. Syriza tried something different (with the massive backing of the Greek people, let’s not forget) and ultimately failed. If they hadn’t been elected and the last crowd that were there was re-elected, would there have been no third bailout? Not a chance; Greece is a basket case.
How many more bailouts will the EU throw their way before they accept the reality that Greece is simply screwed?
Don’t get me wrong,I’ve no time for extreme left parties like syriza and the AAA,their policies are ridiculous and beyond crazy.
But 1:Greece was in the red long before they were elected,
And 2:the damage can’t be repaired overnight,this is gonna take time for them to recover.
I agree; it would be hard not to. However, to suggest that Syriza are responsible for Greece’ problems and, let’s face it, some people have tried to spin it that way is a laughable attempt to rewrite history.
Greece was showing growth & a budget surplus before the populists took over- the Greek people have only themselves to blame – they elected the Syriza party thinking everything will be free & we won’t have to pay our taxes the Europeans will! Now they are starting to realise they will have to pay the same rates of taxes that everyone else does & they don’t like it.
Another clown trying to blame a six month old government for 20 years of mismanagement. Even the IMF have stated the deal is unsustainable and that also applied to the last deal secured by the pervious Greek government.
The falling unemployment, economic growth, booming exports and overdue cuts to our outrageously bloated public service bill and Union wage agreements that have been implemented under this traitor’s government totally disgust me.
I’m voting for anarchy in the next general election. It is the only way we can reverse all he has done.
reform in the columns of industry….they want the feta cheese freeze dried and shipped to Bolivia where water can be added and then freight trained to Canada for repackaging to whiteplane conservative governments.
Baz
Apr 3rd 2015, 5:26 PM # 104 111
Do the Spanish have as much proper explaining their siesta’s? Or likes if Edenderry or Moate even Maynooth where must local businesses still close half day on a Wednesday. Give over. It’s for 1 Day a year.
Also anyone with an ounce of street worthy Ness knows a place who let’s people slip in the side door on a day like today.
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Baz sometimes I think you’re the only person here who talks any sense.
The IMF report also said the policies followed by Syriza have cost the Greek economy approx 60billion Euros since January.
Varoufakis is being heavily blamed in Greece for this abject failure. He got the negotiations completely wrong and the Greek people are paying a heavy price for it.
I cannot believe he still being allowed to to speak in the parliament even though he was not elected.
Not very democratic and harks of the cronyism the IMF is complaining about.
“The IMF report also said the policies followed by Syriza have cost the Greek economy approx 60billion Euros since January.”
No – the IMF said that the situation had been deteriorating for the last 12 months – that’s since June 2014, not January. The deterioration began with the Troika refusing to pay out money under the previous program to the previous Government. This provoked a steadily worsening liquidity problem for the Greek banks. When Syriza won the election the liquidity problem was already serious. The ECB then started a program of Emergency Liquidity Assistance – short term lending in other words. When the Government had the temerity to call a referendum, the amount available was frozen, effectively making capital controls essential to prevent a bank run.
Varoufakis got he negotiations wrong? Your country is unable to pay back the loads already generously offered to pay off German and French Banks. Your economy has shrunk by a quarter in 5 years. You ask for a debt write-down or restructuring (just like the IMF says is necessary) and the answer is “NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! You must take another loan and you must squeeze your economy even more!
“I cannot believe he still being allowed to to speak in the parliament even though he was not elected.”
What the f*ck are you on about? He stood in the last election and was elected a Deputy to the Greek Parliament.
In the end Plato could not see himself living a private life of the mind; he felt that he had to make his contribution to the construction of a rational and just society. Reason and justice, he thought, could not be a matter of personal conduct alone; they had to become attributes of society at large. A rational state of affairs could not come about on the basis of Athenian politics-as-usual, however. For more than a generation politics-as-usual had produced an incessant series of wars and civil strife. If peace and just conditions were to be secured in the future, an alternative to the limiting choice between oligarchy and democracy had to be found. A convincing blueprint for such an alternative was the task that Plato set for himself in writing the Republic
Accepted John, but the rhetoric that’s being peddled is that everything’s fine now, we’re fixed, why don’t Greece just do what we did? Which is bullsh*t, everything is not fine, we have passed debt on to our grandchildren, we will not be fine for a very long time if ever. Putting private debt on public purse should never have been allowed.
He fed the prime minister of Greece the exact spiel he was told to feed him by his overlord Herr Schauble , Who has a vested interest it seems in stealing Greece;s prize assets
this is just another thing that didn’t happen but enda thinks it did he is delusional,like anyone would believe anything that man has to say between men phoning him up with the shock of getting 50 cent pay rise and men visiting cathrine byrne and being shocked that water came out of the tap, may be the delusions are catching.
Shut up Enda you waste of space. You’ve given every person in this country a debt over their heads that they didn’t create and you’re so far up Merkels backside begging for crumbs from the EU table it’s abhorrent.
A pathetic excuse for a country’s leader
It appears that Indah has forgotten that Samaras pleaded for ” a little breathing space – a little dignity for our people “. Did he get it? No because the plan to loot Greece was well in train. Samaras then lost the election because of this failure. Kenny and Noonan have led the charge against the Greeks and I’m sure Tsipras can do without Job’s Comforters like our gangsters. The nerve of Kenny
Well Rashers – if you are in possession of information which makes you believe the greek nation was ‘looted’ – I’d forward that to the relevant authorities instead of wasting your time putting notions into the heads of the loons / shinners on here.
@Pantytoetoejam123. Right you be, Panty, I’ll get toddling ASAP. Beaches, Islands, strategic ports – none of these are desirable items for privatisation. It reminds me ofthe Worlds -” with cold and unsympathetic eyes, they laid their plans against us”. (paraphrase).
Don’t know how that happened – I was of course referring to Her Well’s War of the Worlds. I don’t consider it over dramatic. The difference is, the threat here is not from Mars, but from our beloved 1%.
Baz and toe jam , i have posted a link to where the 50b in Greek assets are going to end up , please read it and educate yourself’s a little , This fate is also what awaits Ireland when we catch up with the can the boot lickers you support kicked down the road , The blue shirts have condemned our children to a debt that is not ours , but rest easy in your ivory towers there I’m sure you are well rewarded
Yes it is their 3rd bailout , all of these bailouts were not to benefit the greeks it was to prop up the Euro at whatever cost to the greeks and their economy aided and abetted by the previous EU supporting governments who followed blindly what they were told to do , a lot like our current crop of boot lickers . Assuming every greek pays the correct rate of tax would come any way close to even denting this level of debt is ludicrous , Attacking them over the tax is only a crutch used by the EU and the Troika to beat them with. The IMF’s latest statement speaks for itself , or you could read the below to understand a little more of whats going on . And you mention truth ? , i think the current government have finally told the truth in saying this debt is not sustainable but yet they still voted in favour of it last night , because the alternative laid out for them by Schauble and his cronies including a very vocal Noonan was absolute armageddon for the greek people .
‘Alexis, let me give you a piece of advice here, if I may. There are people around the table who don’t trust you.
EndaKenny let me tell you a piece of advice,if I may. There are people in Ireland who don’t trust you.In fact most do not trust you and call you Pinochio.
And then a man with two pints in his hand showed up and explained how austerity is great for everyone because he, for one, couldn’t understand why he had so much extra money in his wages every week. And they all lived happily ever after.
its gonna make for good squishy on reeling in the years in ten or so years time,,,will have everything stupidity comedy tragedy dirty rotten scoundrels list will be endless
Looking at Tsipras’ body language I reckon he was thinking, and paraphrasing, what Henry the 2nd said of Thomas Becket – ” will someone rid me of this meddlesome pest”?
Tsipras has the most to learn from Kenny above all other EU leaders.
If Tsipras could get Greece to where Ireland is today within 5 years he’d be a very happy guy. That’s the only reason he has agreed to the troika deal; to achieve the result that Kenny and Noonan have. Stability, recovery, productivity and growth.
Sustainability doesn’t matter. Greece can proceed and then if after 6 months it isn’t working, they can renege.
They can pull the plug at any time if it proves truly unworkable.
Ireland’s debt on paper isn’t sustainable either; however taking each year as it comes we are doing better now than we were last year and the year before.
Ultimately the EU bond market will need to merge into being a single issuer. That will resolve these problems when all debts are merged and netted. That is the only way the EU/Euro will survive.
Stats dont put extra money in peoples pockets ,or more food on the table , and in 3 yrs time stats wont pay for water when the cap is lifted from the water tax
So Greece has got 84 billion in loans over 3 years and Greece in return has to put 50 billion worth of assets into a segregated account that will later be sold off to the global community and when they are sold off by the Troika to banks and to hedge funds. It is estimated that it will make the Troika under 200 billion minus the 84 billion.
These assets will collateralise the loan but is a LEVERAGE BUYOUT by the global community, banks and Hedge funders.
Yet banks and the E.U. knew everything before loaning the money to these countries especially Greece, Many who were in Goldman Sachs are employed in the E.U. civil service like Dragi and it was Goldman Sachs who cooked the books for Greece joining the E.U. in the first place.
Yet only the Troika are the only ones who can sell Greece’s Income Producing Assets and make a profit from them to the Hedge Fund Community.
In 2010 Merkel protected the European banks and Hedge Funds from Billions in losses by putting the debt onto European tax payers. So PRIVATE DEBT from the loans made to countries like Greece were made knowing that they were bad loans. Yet Merkel knew in 2010 what was going to happen.
Then Merkel stepped in as the saviour of the E.U. and transferred all the bad debt from the banks and put it onto the European tax payer by making private debt sovereign debt issue then and therefore a problem of the whole E.U. falling apart.
Austerity was brought in for this, to look after the financial system using politics to cause LEVERAGE BUYOUT SENARIOS. Remember at the beginning of the Euro that the ECB made countries borrow Euros cheaply at low interest rates to banks that caused a boom and a rise in the value of the Euro and yet the ECB knew the financial make up of every country in the Eurozone in tax intake and debt.
Yet these same people knew that AUSTERITY causes debt to rise, to cause job losses and therefore countries to borrow more as jobs create taxes, imports and less borrowing on the international markets but the Troika forced Austerity as it looks now to create LEVERAGE BUYOUT SCENARIOS.
The TROIKA played us, they fed us, they pretended to look after us and when they are ready they will slaughter us like a butcher and that is what the E.U. is.
After Greece then who else as there is Italy, Portugal, Spain and us before they start on Eastern Europe? We have been fattened like farmyard PIGS for Farmer Merkel and friends.
What is left will be used to make TTIP soup with and the only thing that won’t be used is our squeal as no one is listening.
The Varoufakis plan would have worked but the Troika didn’t want it because they wanted austerity in order to get their hands on state own assets for a LEVERAGE BUYOUT SENARIOS, these assets will be used to make great profits for banks and hedge funds as well as these countries then having to pay what the difference is with interest…
You have to show them your serious, this coming from the lilt drinking scone baking Denis o brien puppet that they pat on the head and pull the cheek of in Europe, irish politics has a serious world in your own bubble affect, jesus wept
It didn’t matter what “advice” Kenny gave Sipras as he, his party and his people were screwed from the start as was proved by the outrageous but wholly predictable tactics of the standard bearers for the creditors all of whom could not tolerate dissension or for the Euro to be derailed in any way.
The Germans surely turned the thumb screws at the end by insisting on Greek assets being ring fenced in an externally controlled fund (extra insurance ) to be called whenever necessary.
A bit rich coming from a nation who directly benefitted immeasurably by vast right down of debt after WW2 and of course untold benefits under the Marshall Plan where huge sums of debt just left the building. Look at the Germans now. A big contrast to what the Greek nation will be like in 70 years time for sure as the generations are locked in to repaying German bond holders . It’s a bit ironic to think that Herr Hitler warned against the economic power of the Jewish financiers in his rise to power and look at the fiscal stranglehold his nation now has on all the smaller nations of Europe. Still be grateful for small mercies as no Greeks were gassed in arriving at the latest bail out
Enda “proposals that won’t tax work or form barriers to employment” yet you created the greatest barrier of them all, jobsbridge. As a recent IT graduate the only graduate positions available are on the scheme. Without it companies would eventually have to hire graduates.
‘Alexis, let me give you a piece of advice here, if I may. Be really really good. Don’t mind those Greeks forget about them. Do exactly as Angela says and I gotta tell you she gives the best belly rub you’ll ever get. Trust me.’
the word trust seems to be the common denominator:
Merkel says. The most important currency has been lost and that is trust,”
Enda says “you have got to show them that you’re serious about what you say here because you won’t build trust the way it’s been happening.”
Easily known they both belong to the same centre right european peoples party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_People%27s_Party
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Use profiles to select personalised content 51 partners can use this purpose
Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services (for instance, the forms you submit, content you look at), possible interests and personal aspects. This can for example be used to adapt the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find (non-advertising) content that matches your interests.
Measure advertising performance 181 partners can use this purpose
Information regarding which advertising is presented to you and how you interact with it can be used to determine how well an advert has worked for you or other users and whether the goals of the advertising were reached. For instance, whether you saw an ad, whether you clicked on it, whether it led you to buy a product or visit a website, etc. This is very helpful to understand the relevance of advertising campaigns.
Measure content performance 80 partners can use this purpose
Information regarding which content is presented to you and how you interact with it can be used to determine whether the (non-advertising) content e.g. reached its intended audience and matched your interests. For instance, whether you read an article, watch a video, listen to a podcast or look at a product description, how long you spent on this service and the web pages you visit etc. This is very helpful to understand the relevance of (non-advertising) content that is shown to you.
Understand audiences through statistics or combinations of data from different sources 114 partners can use this purpose
Reports can be generated based on the combination of data sets (like user profiles, statistics, market research, analytics data) regarding your interactions and those of other users with advertising or (non-advertising) content to identify common characteristics (for instance, to determine which target audiences are more receptive to an ad campaign or to certain contents).
Develop and improve services 120 partners can use this purpose
Information about your activity on this service, such as your interaction with ads or content, can be very helpful to improve products and services and to build new products and services based on user interactions, the type of audience, etc. This specific purpose does not include the development or improvement of user profiles and identifiers.
Use limited data to select content 53 partners can use this purpose
Content presented to you on this service can be based on limited data, such as the website or app you are using, your non-precise location, your device type, or which content you are (or have been) interacting with (for example, to limit the number of times a video or an article is presented to you).
Use precise geolocation data 67 partners can use this special feature
With your acceptance, your precise location (within a radius of less than 500 metres) may be used in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Actively scan device characteristics for identification 38 partners can use this special feature
With your acceptance, certain characteristics specific to your device might be requested and used to distinguish it from other devices (such as the installed fonts or plugins, the resolution of your screen) in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Ensure security, prevent and detect fraud, and fix errors 126 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
Your data can be used to monitor for and prevent unusual and possibly fraudulent activity (for example, regarding advertising, ad clicks by bots), and ensure systems and processes work properly and securely. It can also be used to correct any problems you, the publisher or the advertiser may encounter in the delivery of content and ads and in your interaction with them.
Deliver and present advertising and content 129 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
Certain information (like an IP address or device capabilities) is used to ensure the technical compatibility of the content or advertising, and to facilitate the transmission of the content or ad to your device.
Match and combine data from other data sources 98 partners can use this feature
Always Active
Information about your activity on this service may be matched and combined with other information relating to you and originating from various sources (for instance your activity on a separate online service, your use of a loyalty card in-store, or your answers to a survey), in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Link different devices 70 partners can use this feature
Always Active
In support of the purposes explained in this notice, your device might be considered as likely linked to other devices that belong to you or your household (for instance because you are logged in to the same service on both your phone and your computer, or because you may use the same Internet connection on both devices).
Identify devices based on information transmitted automatically 122 partners can use this feature
Always Active
Your device might be distinguished from other devices based on information it automatically sends when accessing the Internet (for instance, the IP address of your Internet connection or the type of browser you are using) in support of the purposes exposed in this notice.
Save and communicate privacy choices 109 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
The choices you make regarding the purposes and entities listed in this notice are saved and made available to those entities in the form of digital signals (such as a string of characters). This is necessary in order to enable both this service and those entities to respect such choices.
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