Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide a better user experience, and provide information to the owners of the site.

Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes, and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

Other Similar Technologies

In addition to cookies, we may also use other similar technologies such as:

• Web beacons: Small graphic images (also known as "pixel tags" or "clear GIFs") that may be included on our Site to track user behavior
• Local storage: Technology that stores data locally on your device
• Session storage: Temporary storage that is deleted when you close your browser

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes:

• Essential Operations: To enable core functionality of our Site
• Performance and Analytics: To understand how visitors use our Site and to improve its performance
• Functionality: To remember your preferences and provide enhanced features
• Advertising: To deliver relevant advertisements and measure their effectiveness

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about webpage traffic and improve our website to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes.

Types of Cookies We Use

1. Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the Site to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The Site cannot function properly without these cookies.

2. Performance Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our Site by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve how our Site works.

3. Functionality Cookies

These cookies enable the Site to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

4. Targeting/Advertising Cookies

These cookies may be set through our Site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites.

Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Site and deliver advertisements on and through the Site.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our Site. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered is used to create reports about the use of our Site.

Google's privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Plausible Analytics

We use Plausible Analytics as a privacy-focused alternative that doesn't use cookies and doesn't collect personal data. Plausible is GDPR, CCPA, and PECR compliant.

Plausible's privacy policy is available at: https://plausible.io/privacy

Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Site or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on users' visits to various sites on the Internet.

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting: Google's Ad Settings

Detailed Cookie Information

The following table provides detailed information about the cookies we use:

Cookie Name	Provider	Purpose	Type	Duration
_ga	Google Analytics	Distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated number	Analytics	2 years
_gid	Google Analytics	Distinguishes users	Analytics	24 hours
_gat	Google Analytics	Used to throttle request rate	Analytics	1 minute
IDE	Google AdSense	Used to measure ad effectiveness	Advertising	13 months
DSID	Google AdSense	Used for re-targeting, optimization, reporting	Advertising	2 weeks
plausible_*	Plausible	Privacy-focused analytics (no cookies)	Analytics	N/A

Managing Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by:

Cookie Consent Banner

When you first visit our Site, you may see a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept or reject non-essential cookies.

Browser Controls

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit:

• www.aboutcookies.org
• www.allaboutcookies.org

Opt-Out Links

You can opt out of specific third-party cookies:

• Google Analytics: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
• Google Ads: Google Ads Settings
• Network Advertising Initiative: NAI Opt-out Tool
• Digital Advertising Alliance: DAA Opt-out Tool

Browser Cookie Settings

Here's how to manage cookies in popular browsers:

Google Chrome

1. Click the three dots in the top right corner
2. Select "Settings"
3. Click "Privacy and security"
4. Click "Cookies and other site data"
5. Choose your preferred cookie settings

Mozilla Firefox

1. Click the menu button and select "Settings"
2. Select "Privacy & Security" panel
3. Under "Cookies and Site Data," select your preferences

Safari

1. Choose "Safari" > "Preferences"
2. Click "Privacy"
3. Select your cookie preferences

Microsoft Edge

1. Click the three dots in the top right corner
2. Select "Settings"
3. Click "Cookies and site permissions"
4. Click "Cookies and site data"
5. Choose your preferred settings

Impact of Disabling Cookies

If you choose to disable cookies, please note that some features of our Site may not function properly. You may experience:

• Inability to access certain areas of the Site
• Loss of personalization features
• Reduced functionality in interactive elements
• Need to re-enter information more frequently
• Less relevant content and advertisements

However, you will still be able to view most content on our Site even with cookies disabled.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by:

• Posting the new Cookie Policy on this page
• Updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy
• Where appropriate, notifying you via a prominent notice on our Site

We encourage you to periodically review this Cookie Policy to stay informed about how we use cookies.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us at:

• Email: [email protected]
• Website: Contact Form
• Address: [To be provided when available]

For more information about our privacy practices, please review our Privacy Policy.