Last updated: August 15, 2024
At Finance Expert (financeexpert.info), we use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience, provide personalized content, and improve our services. This Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, smartphone, tablet) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the website owner. Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies:
- Persistent Cookies: These remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them.
- Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that are deleted from your device once you close your web browser.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for various purposes, including:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, the website cannot function correctly.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting information about page visits, traffic sources, and user behavior. The data collected is aggregated and anonymous, helping us improve the performance of our site.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember your preferences (such as your language or region) and provide enhanced, more personalized features. For example, they may remember your login details so that you don’t have to enter them each time you visit the site.
- Targeting and Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver relevant advertisements to you based on your interests. They track your browsing habits across different websites to show you personalized ads. They may also limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
- Analytics Cookies: We use analytics cookies to collect information about how users engage with our site. This information helps us analyze website traffic and improve our content and user experience.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Here is a breakdown of the specific cookies used on Finance Expert:
- First-Party Cookies: These are cookies set by our website (financeexpert.info) and can only be read by us.
- Third-Party Cookies: These are cookies set by third-party services we use, such as analytics providers or advertisers. Third-party cookies are used for tracking and advertising purposes.
4. Specific Cookies Used
- Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to track and report website traffic. Google uses the data collected to monitor and analyze the use of our service. This data is shared with other Google services and may be used to personalize ads on its own advertising network.Cookies used:
- _ga (2 years): Used to distinguish users.
- _gid (24 hours): Used to distinguish users.
- _gat (1 minute): Used to throttle request rate.
- Advertising Cookies: We partner with third-party advertising networks such as Google AdSense, which may place cookies on your device to serve personalized ads. These cookies help deliver ads that are relevant to you based on your browsing history.Cookies used:
- _gads (1 year): Used by Google to track ads served.
- IDE (2 years): Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads.
5. Managing and Disabling Cookies
You have the right to accept or reject cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. Be aware that disabling cookies may impact the functionality of this website.
How to Manage Cookies in Your Browser:
- Google Chrome: Instructions
- Mozilla Firefox: Instructions
- Safari: Instructions
- Internet Explorer: Instructions
You can also manage your cookie preferences directly through our website. When you visit our site, you may be presented with a cookie banner that allows you to choose which types of cookies you consent to.
6. Third-Party Cookies
We may also use third-party cookies from our partners, such as social media platforms and advertising networks. These third parties may collect information about your browsing activity on our site and other sites to provide you with personalized content and ads. We do not control these third-party cookies and recommend that you review the privacy policies of these third parties for more information about their data practices.
7. Changes to This Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Any changes will be posted on this page, and we encourage you to review this policy periodically.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us at [email protected].