Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help the Site function properly, remember your preferences, and understand how visitors interact with the Site.

Cookies may be:

• Session cookies (deleted when you close your browser)
• Persistent cookies (remain until they expire or are deleted)
• First-party cookies (set by us)
• Third-party cookies (set by partners such as analytics or affiliate networks)

A. Strictly Necessary Cookies — Essential for the Site to function. They support page navigation, basic site functionality, and security. They cannot be disabled.

B. Analytics & Performance Cookies — Used to understand how visitors use the Site, including page views, click events, traffic sources, and device information. We use Google Analytics with Google Consent Mode to respect user preferences. We also run our own first party measurement that counts page views and clicks without setting a cookie and without storing anything that identifies you, such as your IP address or an ID that follows you across visits. You can turn it off by choosing Decline in our banner or by turning on Global Privacy Control, a privacy setting some browsers offer.

C. Affiliate Tracking Cookies — When you click affiliate links, a cookie may be placed to attribute referrals, track conversions, and confirm commissions. These do not directly identify you personally to us.

D. Preference Cookies — These remember your choices such as cookie consent settings and display preferences. Once you subscribe to our emails, or follow a link from one of them, we save a small flag in your browser, named c4p_subscribed, so we stop showing you signup boxes. It is stored as a cookie (365 days, renewed each time you visit) and a local storage entry (kept until you clear your browser data). It holds no email address or other personal information, is not used for analytics or advertising, and is set regardless of your cookie banner choice.

E. Advertising & Measurement Cookies (Optional) — We use the Meta (Facebook) Pixel to measure how our content performs and, where applicable, to support advertising. These cookies are only set after you accept cookies through our banner. If you decline, the Meta Pixel is not loaded and no data is sent to Meta.

We use Google Consent Mode so analytics and measurement tools adjust to your cookie preferences. Analytics cookies (Google Analytics) are enabled by default so we can understand how the Site is used; if you decline through our banner, Google Analytics switches to a limited, cookieless mode. Advertising and measurement cookies, including ad storage, are disabled by default and are enabled only after you accept. You can change your choice at any time through the banner.

• Accept or reject non-essential cookies through our cookie banner
• Change your preferences at any time
• Disable cookies through your browser settings

We set analytics cookies by default under our legitimate interest in understanding Site usage, and you can opt out at any time through the banner, which switches Google Analytics to a cookieless mode. Advertising cookies (the Meta Pixel and Google ad signals) are set only after you accept. You may withdraw consent or opt out at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing before your change. Please note: disabling certain cookies may affect Site functionality.

Third party services may set cookies when you interact with the Site. These include Google Analytics, the Meta (Facebook) Pixel, affiliate networks, and future embedded content providers. We do not control third party cookies and recommend reviewing their privacy policies.

Many browsers offer a Do Not Track setting, but there is still no agreed standard for how a site should read it, so the Site does not respond to Do Not Track signals. We do honor Global Privacy Control, a newer browser privacy signal, and treat it as a request to opt out of our analytics.

Cookie data is retained only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Policy. Retention periods vary by cookie type and provider.

This list is illustrative and may change as our Site evolves.

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. The 'Last Updated' date reflects the most recent revision.