Privacy Policy
Effective date: March 11, 2026
Scope and Controller
CookOrBit operates this website. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information and how third-party advertising networks (including Google AdSense and other programmatic partners such as Ezoic) may collect and use data on our site. For questions or to exercise privacy rights, contact: [email protected].
Information We Collect
- Information you provide: contact information, email addresses, and any content you submit when contacting us or signing up for services.
- Automatically collected information: IP addresses, device and browser characteristics, operating system, referral URLs, pages visited, time on site, and clickstream data.
- Cookies and tracking data: persistent and session cookies, web beacons, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies set by CookOrBit and third-party partners for analytics and advertising.
- Third-party sources: demographic and interest data, or aggregated audience data from advertising partners and analytics providers.
How We Use Information
- Deliver, maintain, and improve the website and content.
- Provide personalized content and advertising, including interest-based ads served by Google AdSense and other ad networks.
- Measure and analyze usage and performance (analytics).
- Prevent fraud, enforce our policies, and protect site security.
- Respond to communications and legal requests.
Advertising, Third-Party Vendors, and Data Sharing
We allow third-party advertising networks and vendors to display ads on our site. These parties may include, but are not limited to, Google (AdSense / Google Ad Manager / DoubleClick) and Ezoic. These vendors may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers, and other tracking technologies to collect information about your visits to this site and other sites in order to provide personalized ads, measure ad performance, and compile audience analytics.
Examples of common advertising cookies and identifiers used by Google and other ad networks include (but are not limited to) cookies such as IDE, ANID, NID, 1P_JAR, and test cookies. These identifiers are used to serve interest-based advertising and to limit how often an ad is shown.
You can learn more about how Google uses data for ads and control ad personalization via Google Ads Settings: https://adssettings.google.com. To opt out of many third-party advertising cookies you can also visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) opt-out page: https://optout.networkadvertising.org. Ezoic provides choices for users regarding personalized ads and cookie controls through its publisher tools and privacy pages; please consult Ezoic’s preference options via their site.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use the following categories of cookies and similar technologies:
- Strictly necessary cookies: required for site functionality.
- Performance and analytics cookies: collect information about site usage to improve performance.
- Advertising and targeting cookies: used to deliver tailored ads across sessions and sites.
You can control cookies through your browser or device settings. Blocking cookies may limit the functionality of the site. For opt-out of personalized ads from Google, visit adssettings.google.com. You can also install browser-based opt-out tools and ad-blockers; note that these methods do not delete cookies—some browsers and tools provide “do not track” or global privacy controls which we respect when technically feasible.
Data Retention
We retain personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy, to comply with legal obligations, to resolve disputes, and to enforce agreements. Retention periods vary by data type and purpose; analytics data may be retained in aggregated or de-identified form for longer-term analysis.
Security
We implement administrative, technical, and physical safeguards intended to protect personal information. No system is completely secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security. We will notify affected individuals and regulators when required by law in the event of a data breach that creates a risk to rights and freedoms.
Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected information from a child under applicable age thresholds, contact us at [email protected] so we can take steps to delete that information.
International Data Transfers
Information collected may be stored and processed in countries other than your country of residence, including the United States. When transferring personal data across borders we implement appropriate safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses, where required by law.
GDPR — European Union Residents
If you are an EU resident, this section applies in addition to the rest of this Policy.
- Controller: CookOrBit (contact: [email protected]).
- Legal bases: We process personal data on one or more lawful bases: consent (where required), performance of a contract, compliance with legal obligations, and legitimate interests (such as site security, analytics, and advertising measurement). For targeted advertising, we rely on consent where required by law or on legitimate interests with appropriate balancing and the right to object.
- EU rights: right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, objection to processing (including profiling/targeted advertising), and withdrawal of consent. To exercise rights, contact [email protected]. We will verify requests as necessary to protect privacy and security.
- Supervisory authority: You may lodge a complaint with your local EU data protection authority if you believe your rights are violated.
CCPA — California Residents
This section supplements the above and applies to California residents.
- Categories of personal information collected: Identifiers (IP address, device IDs), commercial information (browsing behavior), internet or other electronic network activity information, and inferences drawn from any of the above to create profiles.
- Sources: directly from you, automatically from your device, and from third parties such as advertising and analytics partners.
- Business purposes: advertising, analytics, site operation, fraud prevention, and legal compliance.
- Do Not Sell or Share: We do not “sell” personal information in the narrow sense defined by the CCPA when using third-party ad networks to display targeted ads; however, CCPA treats certain cross-context behavioral advertising as a “sale” or “sharing.” California residents may opt out of such sharing/sale by:
- Visiting Google’s Ad Settings: adssettings.google.com;
- Enabling the Global Privacy Control or other browser-based opt-out signals (we will honor such signals where technically feasible);
- Contacting us at [email protected] with “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” in the subject line and including your full name and email address. We will verify requests and comply as required by law.
- California rights: Right to know, right to access specific pieces of personal information, right to deletion, right to opt out of sale/sharing, and right to non-discrimination for exercising rights. We will verify identity and respond within statutory timeframes.
LGPD — Brazil Residents
This section supplements the above for residents of Brazil.
- Controller: CookOrBit (contact: [email protected]).
- Legal bases: processing may rely on consent, compliance with legal obligations, contractual necessity, and legitimate interests, as permitted by the LGPD.
- Rights: confirmation of processing, access, correction, anonymization, blocking or erasure, portability, deletion of unnecessary data, information about public and private entities with which we shared data, and revocation of consent. To exercise rights, contact [email protected]. We will confirm receipt, verify identity, and respond within the timelines required by law.
- International transfers: transfers will occur under contractual safeguards or other LGPD-compliant mechanisms. Contact us for details on transfer safeguards.
How to Exercise Your Rights
To request access, correction, deletion, portability, or to object to processing, contact us at [email protected] and specify the request type and any relevant details. We will verify your identity before processing requests. Where required by law, we will respond within statutory timeframes.
Third-Party Links
This site may contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of external sites. Review the privacy policies of each website you visit.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Policy from time to time. We will post the updated Policy with an updated effective date and, where required by law, notify users of material changes.
Contact Information
For privacy inquiries or to exercise rights: [email protected].
