Cookie Policy

Last updated: January 1, 2025

1. 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 and to provide information to the website owners. Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies.

2. How We Use Cookies

Required

2.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They do not store any personally identifiable information.

CookiePurposeDuration
NEXT_LOCALEStores your preferred language1 year
cookie_consentRecords your cookie consent preferences1 year
Analytics

2.2 Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

CookiePurposeDuration
_gaGoogle Analytics - distinguishes unique users2 years
_ga_*Google Analytics - persists session state2 years
_gidGoogle Analytics - distinguishes users24 hours
Advertising

2.3 Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used by Google AdSense to deliver relevant advertisements and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

CookiePurposeDuration
__gadsGoogle AdSense - measures ad interactions13 months
__gpiGoogle AdSense - stores ad display data13 months
NIDGoogle - stores preferences and information6 months

3. Managing Cookies

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Most browsers allow you to:

  • View what cookies are stored and delete them individually
  • Block third-party cookies
  • Block cookies from specific sites
  • Block all cookies
  • Delete all cookies when you close your browser
If you block or delete cookies, some features of our Site may not work properly, and your preferences will need to be reset each time you visit.

4. Your Consent

When you first visit our Site, you will be shown a cookie banner asking for your consent to use non-essential cookies. You can:

Accept all

Enable all cookie categories

Reject non-essential

Only essential cookies used

Customize

Choose which categories to allow

You can change your preferences at any time by clicking the cookie settings link in the footer of our website.

5. More Information

For more information about how we handle your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy. If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us.