Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.

Cookies help us to:

• Remember your preferences and settings
• Understand how you use our website
• Improve your browsing experience
• Deliver relevant content and advertising

2. How We Use Cookies

Ghiphareexal uses cookies and similar technologies for various purposes. We categorize our cookies as follows:

Non-essential cookies are set only after you provide consent through our cookie banner. You can withdraw or update consent at any time.

2.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and account access. You cannot opt out of these cookies as they are necessary for the website to operate.

Examples include:

• Session management cookies
• Cookie consent preferences
• Security and fraud prevention
• Load balancing

2.2 Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This data helps us improve our website and services.

Information collected may include:

• Pages visited and time spent on each page
• How you arrived at our website
• Links clicked
• Browser and device information
• Geographic location (country/city level)

2.3 Marketing Cookies

These cookies are used to track visitors across websites to display relevant advertisements. They may be set by our advertising partners to build a profile of your interests.

These cookies enable:

• Personalized advertising
• Campaign performance measurement
• Audience targeting
• Social media sharing features

3. Cookies We Use

Below is a list of the main cookies and storage technologies currently used on our website:

Strictly Necessary

• cookieConsent - Stores your cookie preferences (Duration: 1 year)

Analytics

• We currently do not set analytics cookies by default. If analytics tools are enabled in the future, this section will be updated before deployment.

Marketing

• We currently do not set marketing cookies by default. If advertising technologies are enabled in the future, this section will be updated before deployment.

4. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have several options for managing cookies:

4.1 Our Cookie Settings

When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie banner allowing you to accept or reject non-essential cookies. You can change your preferences at any time by:

• Clicking on "Cookie Settings" in the footer
• Clearing your browser cookies and revisiting our website

4.2 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can:

• View cookies stored on your device
• Delete all or specific cookies
• Block cookies from all or specific websites
• Block third-party cookies
• Set browser to notify you when a cookie is set

For instructions on how to manage cookies in popular browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Microsoft Edge

4.3 Opt-Out Tools

You can also opt out of certain cookies using these industry tools:

• Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
• Your Online Choices (EU)
• Network Advertising Initiative Opt-out

5. Impact of Disabling Cookies

If you choose to disable certain cookies, please note that:

• Some website features may not function properly
• Your preferences may not be remembered
• You may see less relevant advertising
• Your browsing experience may be affected

Disabling strictly necessary cookies will significantly impair website functionality.

6. Third-Party Cookies

Some technical requests to third-party providers may occur when loading external assets. We currently use services from:

• Font Awesome - Icon fonts (CDN)
• Google Fonts - Web fonts

These third parties have their own privacy policies which govern their use of cookies. We encourage you to review their policies.

7. Local Storage

In addition to cookies, we use local storage to store your cookie consent preferences. Local storage is similar to cookies but allows for larger amounts of data to be stored. Your consent preferences are stored in local storage and persist until you clear your browser data.

This information is used only to remember your consent choices and is not used to profile you.

8. Do Not Track

Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not wish to be tracked. Currently, there is no universal standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. Our website does not currently respond to DNT signals.

For users in Norway and the EEA, cookie and tracking technologies are managed primarily through consent mechanisms described in this policy and applicable ePrivacy and data protection rules.

9. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. The "Last updated" date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last revised.