Effective Date: May 26, 2025
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They help remember your preferences and improve your experience.
2. How We Use Cookies
- Essential Cookies — required for core site functions (e.g., page navigation, basic forms, cookie preferences). These always run.
- Preference Cookies — remember choices such as whether you previously accepted or declined cookies.
- Performance/Analytics — used to understand site usage and improve performance. These run only if you accept cookies.
- Advertising — used by participating platforms to measure ads or show more relevant ads. These run only if you accept cookies.
By default, we set only essential and preference cookies. Performance/analytics and advertising cookies are activated only after you click “Accept” on our cookie banner.
3. Cookies We Set
| Name |
Type |
Purpose |
Duration |
| cookieConsent |
Preference |
Stores your choice (accepted/declined) so we don’t show the banner again. |
Up to 12 months |
4. Third-Party Cookies
If you accept cookies, third parties (for example, analytics or advertising platforms) may set cookies according to their own policies. We do not control third-party cookies and recommend reviewing those providers’ disclosures.
5. Your Choices
- Manage preferences here: Open Cookie Settings
- Browser controls: You can block or delete cookies via your browser settings. Doing so may affect some site functions.
6. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated Effective Date.