Last updated: October 30, 2023
Welcome to AskCouples, accessible from https://www.askcouples.com. This Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies, how third-parties we partner with may use cookies on the service, your choices regarding cookies, and further information about cookies.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of text stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you are online, including on our website. They can be used to improve user experience, remember user preferences, deliver targeted advertising, and gather web analytics.
2. How AskCouples uses cookies
When you access our blog, we may place several cookies files in your web browser. We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Authentication and Security: To recognize you when you return to our website and ensure your data remains secure.
- Preferences: To remember your settings and preferences, such as language or login information.
- Analytics: To gather statistics about the number of visitors and help us understand how visitors use our website, enabling us to improve the user experience.
- Advertising: To make advertising more engaging to users and more valuable to publishers and advertisers.
3. Third-party cookies
In addition to our cookies, we may also use third-party cookies from services that appear on our site, like ads or analytics tools. These third-party service providers may use cookies to help us refine our content, process statistics, or present you with retargeted ads based on your previous visits to our site.
4. What are your choices regarding cookies?
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer, and most browsers offer settings to reject cookies. However, if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use some features of our site, store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.
5. Types of Cookies Used
- Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave our website.
- Persistent Cookies: These remain in the cookie file of your browser for much longer, even after you close the browser. The length of time a cookie remains depends on its lifespan.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies help us understand how users interact with our website, detect errors, and ensure the website’s functionality is optimal.
- Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies record your visits to our website, the pages you visited, and the links you followed. We may use this information to tailor our website and the advertising displayed to your interests.
6. Managing Cookies in Your Browser
Most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through the browser settings. Here’s how you can manage cookies in popular browsers:
- Google Chrome: Settings > Advanced > Privacy and Security > Site Settings > Cookies.
- Mozilla Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data.
- Microsoft Edge: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies.
- Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and website data.
Remember, if you disable cookies, it may affect the functionality of our website.
7. Changes to our Cookies Policy
We may update our Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect any changes in technology or legislation, or our data use practices. Any updates or changes that may affect how we use cookies or how you as a user can manage cookies will appear in this policy.
8. Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns about our use of cookies, please contact us.