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Cookie Policy

Last updated: 2025-12-30

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies and similar tracking technologies are used on this website, why they are used, and how you can manage them.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help websites remember information about your visit.

Cookies used on this site

  • Essential cookies: strictly necessary for site functionality (if any). These do not require consent.
  • Analytics cookies: used to measure site usage and traffic. Analytics cookies are treated as non‑essential and will only be set after the user gives explicit consent.
  • Advertising cookies: used for conversion tracking and advertising (e.g., Facebook Pixel). These are non‑essential and require consent.

Note: the site owner may run paid advertising campaigns on platforms like Facebook that direct users to this site. The site does not display third‑party advertisements on its pages (no ad inventory is served). The Facebook Pixel may be used to measure conversions and build advertising audiences for those paid campaigns once the user has given consent.

Analytics and advertising providers used (examples)

Below are the providers you indicated you may use and typical cookies they set. Configure and list the exact cookie names in this file once you enable the provider.

Google Analytics (GA4)

  • Provider: Google LLC
  • Privacy & policies: https://policies.google.com/privacy
  • Typical cookies / identifiers (GA4 uses measurement IDs and may use client IDs stored in cookies or local storage; cookie names can include `_ga`, `_gid`, `_gat` in older Universal Analytics; GA4 uses `ga_*` / `_ga` variants depending on setup).
  • Retention: controlled via Google Analytics settings (commonly 2 months to 14 months).
  • Opt-out: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881?hl=en

Facebook Pixel (Meta)

  • Provider: Meta Platforms, Inc. (Facebook / Instagram)
  • Privacy & policies: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
  • Typical cookies / identifiers: the Pixel uses browser identifiers and Facebook cookies (names vary and may include `fr`, `_fbp`, and other identifiers used by Meta's systems).
  • Retention: varies by Meta's settings and your ad account configuration.
  • Opt-out / ad settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads

When you enable a provider, add the exact cookie names and retention periods here so visitors have full transparency.

How to opt out

  • Use the cookie consent banner on this site to opt out of analytics and advertising cookies.
  • Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881?hl=en
  • Facebook Ad Preferences: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads
  • Browser settings: you can block or delete cookies using your browser preferences.

Consent

Non‑essential cookies (analytics/advertising) are only set after a user provides explicit consent via the cookie consent mechanism. The consent mechanism must allow users to:

  • Accept all non‑essential cookies (analytics + advertising),
  • Reject all non‑essential cookies, or
  • Configure preferences (enable analytics but not advertising, etc.).

Changes

This policy will be updated when cookie usage changes, when a new analytics provider is added, or when exact cookie names/retention periods are established.