Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently and to provide information to website owners. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, and pixel tags — this policy covers all of these.

2. How We Use Cookies

Gazatte uses one cookie to keep you signed in, and your browser’s local storage to remember a few preferences and, while you are signed in, a copy of your account details. We do not use cookies to measure readership. When we show advertising, Adsterra, Google and their partners also use cookies to serve and measure ads (see Section 4). We do not sell cookie data to third parties.

Some articles include a post or video from X, YouTube, Instagram or TikTok: it is loaded from that provider only when you choose to show it, and the provider may then set its own cookies and receive information such as your IP address, under its own privacy policy.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

4. Advertising and Cookies

Gazatte may show ads served by Adsterra and by Google AdSense, and ads we sell and show directly. Direct ads are images hosted by us and set no cookies. No ads appear in the dashboard or on sign-in and account pages.

We load Adsterra advertising code only on public pages, never in dashboards, sign-in or account-management pages. In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland we ask first, and no Adsterra code loads unless you accept; elsewhere it loads by default, and you can turn it off at any time with “Cookie settings” in the footer. To decide whether to ask, we use the country your connection comes from, as our hosting provider reports it, and we do not store it; if we cannot tell, we ask. Adsterra ads are shown to visitors and signed-in readers, never to the accounts of the Gazatte team or its contributors. Native ads run in isolated frames without access to the page, your account, cookies or storage. Banner code runs on the page itself, so it can see the page you are reading and, if you are signed in, act on the site as the page can; if you prefer not to load it, turn ads off with “Cookie settings”. Rejecting does not limit reading. We remember your choice for 180 days in local storage (gazatte-ad-consent-v1); without local storage a choice cannot be kept, so ads stay off where we ask first and stay on elsewhere. Turning ads off reloads the page to stop code already loaded; it does not delete cookies previously set by providers, which you can clear in your browser. When Adsterra ads load, Adsterra and its partners may receive your IP address, device and browsing information and use cookies to deliver, measure and personalise ads under their own privacy policies.

When Google AdSense ads are shown:

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or to other websites.
• Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to Gazatte and/or other sites on the Internet.
• Where the law requires it, including in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, Google’s consent message asks visitors for their consent before advertising cookies are used for personalised ads, and lets them change or withdraw that choice at any time.

You can opt out of personalised advertising in Google Ads Settings, and opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising at www.aboutads.info or www.youronlinechoices.eu. See also our Privacy Policy.

5. How to Control Cookies

You can control and manage cookies in several ways:

• Browser settings: Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies through their settings. Note that blocking essential cookies will prevent you from logging in and using account features.
• Private / Incognito mode: Browsing in private mode limits persistent cookies. Session cookies will still be used for the duration of your visit.
• Advertising choice: use “Cookie settings” in the footer to turn Adsterra advertising on or off, wherever you are. You can also use providers' opt-out tools and clear cookies in your browser.

Refusing optional cookies will not affect your ability to read articles or use the core features of Gazatte.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in technology or applicable law. When we do, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

7. Contact

If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us via our Contact page or email support@gazatte.co. For general enquiries, you can also message us on WhatsApp at +44 7488 813779.