Cookie Policy
Last updated: January 18, 2025
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you visit our website. They help us provide you with a better experience by remembering your preferences, analyzing how you use our site, and delivering relevant content and advertisements.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use, and how you can control your cookie preferences.
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies (Always Active)
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be disabled. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility.
Examples:
- • Session management and authentication
- • Security tokens and CSRF protection
- • Language and locale preferences
- • Cookie consent preferences
- • Load balancing and performance optimization
Storage Duration: Session cookies (deleted when browser closes) or up to 1 year for persistent preferences
Analytics Cookies (Optional)
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve our services and user experience.
What We Track:
- • Pages visited and time spent on site
- • Traffic sources (how you found us)
- • Device and browser information
- • Geographic location (country/city level)
- • Click patterns and navigation paths
Services We Use:
- • Google Analytics: Website traffic and user behavior analysis
- • Vercel Analytics: Performance monitoring and page load times
Storage Duration: Up to 2 years
Data Sharing: Analytics providers process data according to their own privacy policies
Functional Cookies (Optional)
These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization features, such as remembering your preferences and providing customized content.
Features Enabled:
- • Language and region preferences
- • Theme settings (light/dark mode)
- • Analysis templates and saved preferences
- • Customized dashboard layouts
- • Recent project history
Storage Duration: Up to 1 year
Advertising Cookies (Optional)
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They also help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
Google AdSense Integration:
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google and its partners may use cookies to:
- • Serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites
- • Measure ad effectiveness and user engagement
- • Provide personalized advertising across the web
- • Prevent showing the same ad too frequently
Third-Party Advertising Partners:
- • Google AdSense: Personalized advertising and ad measurement
- • Google Ad Manager: Ad serving and optimization
- • Third-party vendors authorized by Google
Storage Duration: Up to 2 years for some advertising cookies
Opt-Out: Visit Google Ads Settings or aboutads.info to control personalized advertising
How to Manage Your Cookie Preferences
Cookie Consent Banner
When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie consent banner where you can choose which types of cookies to accept. You can customize your preferences or accept/reject all optional cookies.
Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. Here's how to manage cookies in popular browsers:
- • Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
- • Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- • Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Cookies and website data
- • Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data
Important: Blocking or deleting certain cookies may affect website functionality and your user experience. Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are necessary for the site to work properly.
Third-Party Cookies
We use services from third-party companies that may set their own cookies on your device. We do not control these third-party cookies and recommend reviewing their privacy policies:
- • Google: Google Privacy Policy
- • Google AdSense: How Google uses cookies in advertising
- • Vercel: Vercel Privacy Policy
Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top.
Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:
Email: privacy@5whysexample.com
Privacy Team Response Time: Within 30 days