Cookie Policy
Last updated: 28 September 2025
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device. They help the Site remember your settings, improve performance, and understand how people use our pages. Some cookies are “session” (removed when you close your browser) and some are “persistent” (stay for a defined period).
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies to:
Keep the Site secure and functioning properly (e.g., load balancing, anti-spam).
Remember preferences (e.g., language).
Measure traffic and engagement to improve content and UX.
Attribute referrals for affiliate links and track campaign performance where applicable.
Categories of Cookies We Use
Impact of Disabling Cookie Categories
- Essential (Strictly Necessary): Required for core features and security. These cannot be switched off.
Analytics/Performance: If disabled, we cannot measure which articles are most popular or diagnose performance issues; this may limit our ability to improve the Site.
Functional: Turning off functional cookies may reset your language preferences or force you to log in again on each visit.
Advertising/Affiliate: Disabling these cookies means we cannot track affiliate referrals. You will still see ads, but they may be less relevant or repeated more often.
Advertising & Measurement Cookies
These cookies help deliver and measure ads (e.g., impressions, clicks, fraud prevention) and, where enabled, personalize ads. Partners such as Google AdSense may set or read these cookies. You can withdraw or change consent at any time in our Cookie Preferences. See also our Privacy Policy.
For California visitors: some ad/analytics cookies may be considered “sharing.” You can opt out via Cookie Preferences.
Cookies Set by Third Parties
Some functionality on our Site relies on third-party providers. When their services load on our pages (or when you click outbound links), they may set their own cookies to deliver features and measure performance. Typical categories include:
- Security/anti-spam (bot filtering)
- CDN/performance (caching, load balancing)
- Analytics (traffic and engagement metrics)
- Email marketing (campaign delivery and open/click measurement)
- Affiliate attribution (referral IDs for commissions)
Providers and cookies may change over time. You can withdraw or change your consent at any time in Cookie Preferences.
Managing Your Choices
For California visitors (CCPA/CPRA): we do not sell personal information for money. Some analytics/ads cookies may be considered “sharing.” You can opt out via Cookie Preferences. For details, see our Privacy Policy.
Consent
You can withdraw or change your consent at any time in Cookie Preferences. Blocking non-essential cookies won’t affect basic site functions.
Analytics
We use privacy-respecting analytics to understand aggregated traffic and engagement (e.g., page views, time on page, referring sites). Analytics reports are aggregated and do not identify you directly. You can opt out of analytics cookies in Cookie Preferences.
Affiliate Tracking
Some links on our Site are affiliate links. If you click one of these links and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate partners may set cookies or tracking IDs to attribute referrals. Our editorial coverage remains independent and is not influenced by affiliate relationships.
See our Affiliate Disclosure for how we earn commissions without affecting our editorial independence.
Cookie Lifetimes (Retention)
Session cookies: deleted when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies: remain for a defined period (typically days to months), depending on purpose and provider.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we’ll revise the “Last updated” date at the top and, where appropriate, provide additional notice on the Site.