1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies include pixels, tags, local storage, and session storage. Together, they can remember preferences, keep you signed in (if we offer accounts in the future), measure traffic, and help deliver and evaluate advertising.
2. Who sets cookies?
Cookies may be set by:
- Us (first-party).From the Site's domain to enable core functionality and remember settings you choose.
- Third parties. Such as analytics providers and advertising networks (for example, Google) when their code runs on the Site.
3. Categories of cookies we use
The exact list of cookies can change as we update the Site. Typical categories include:
- Strictly necessary. Required for basic operations such as security, load balancing, storing your cookie consent choices where we implement a banner, or maintaining session state where essential. These may be exempt from consent in some jurisdictions but are still disclosed here for transparency.
- Functional. Remember choices like theme (light/dark) when stored locally, language preferences if we add them, or UI states that improve usability.
- Analytics and performance. Help us understand how visitors use the Site (for example, aggregate page views, scroll depth, and error rates). These cookies may collect pseudonymous identifiers.
- Advertising and marketing. Used to display ads, cap how often you see an ad, measure conversions, reduce ad fraud, and build audience segments for interest-based advertising. This category includes Google AdSense cookies when AdSense is enabled on the Site.
4. Google AdSense cookies (and similar ad cookies)
When we use Google AdSense, Google may set or read cookies on your browser or device identifiers in app environments. These technologies can:
- Identify your browser (not necessarily you by name) across sites that partner with Google;
- Store ad delivery preferences, such as whether personalized ads are allowed based on your consent or platform settings;
- Measure whether an ad was likely to be visible and whether you interacted with it.
Google's partners may also set third-party cookies for the purposes described in Google's documentation. You can read more about how Google uses cookies in advertising at policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
5. Local storage and similar device storage
We may store small values in browser local storage (for example, to keep theme selection without a round trip to the server). These items behave similarly to cookies in that they persist on your device, but they are not sent automatically with every request unless our scripts read them intentionally.
6. How long cookies last
Some cookies are "session" cookies that expire when you close your browser. Others are "persistent" and remain until they expire (which can range from minutes to years, depending on the vendor) or until you delete them. Advertising cookies may persist long enough to maintain frequency caps and interest profiles, subject to vendor policies and your choices.
7. Your choices: managing cookies
You can control cookies in several ways:
- Browser settings. Most browsers let you block or delete cookies. Blocking all cookies can break parts of the Site.
- Consent tools. Where we present a consent banner or preference center, you can accept or reject non-essential categories as required by law in your region.
- Industry opt-outs. For interest-based ads, visit aboutads.info choices (US) or Your Online Choices (EU) where available. Google also provides controls at Google Ads Settings.
8. Do Not Track and global privacy control
There is no consistent industry standard for Do Not Track signals. Where required by applicable law, we honor recognized global privacy control mechanisms for opting out of sale or sharing of personal information for targeted advertising; implementation details may evolve with browser and platform support.
9. Changes
We will update this Cookie Policy when our practices or partners change materially. Check the "Last updated" date on our legal hub for the latest revision.
10. Contact
Questions about cookies or this policy? Visit Contact or email contact@cipherdecipher.com.