This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them on appexploring.com, the types of cookies we use, your choices regarding cookies, and how you can manage them.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, improve user experience, and provide information to the website owners.
Cookies can be "persistent" (remaining on your device for a set period or until deleted) or "session" (deleted when you close your browser).
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
Essential Operation: To enable basic site functions like page navigation and access to secure areas.
Performance & Analytics: To understand how visitors interact with our website (e.g., which pages are popular) so we can improve its performance and content.
Functionality: To remember your preferences (e.g., language settings) for a more personalized experience.
Advertising: To support our advertising partners in delivering relevant advertisements based on your browsing interests, and to measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
The cookies we use fall into the following four main categories:
3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies These cookies are essential for the core functionality of the website. They enable basic features such as page navigation, maintaining user sessions, and ensuring site security. These cookies do not collect personally identifiable information for marketing purposes and generally cannot be disabled via our site preferences. Examples include managing server load and maintaining your session state.
3.2 Performance / Analytics Cookies These cookies allow us to count visits, identify traffic sources, and understand how visitors interact with our website (e.g., which pages are most popular or if error messages appear). We use this aggregated, anonymous data to improve website performance and the user experience. We primarily use Google Analytics for this purpose, which utilizes cookies such as _ga and _gid.
3.3 Functionality Cookies These cookies are used to remember choices you make (if available on the site) to provide enhanced, more personalized features. They may remember information such as whether you have submitted a review or your preferred display settings. The information these cookies collect is anonymous and does not track your browsing activity on other websites.
3.4 Targeting / Advertising Cookies These cookies are set by our advertising partners (such as Google AdSense) through our site. They are used to build a profile of your interests based on your browsing activity and to deliver relevant advertisements to you on this site and others. They are also used to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns and limit the number of times you see the same ad. Examples of such cookies include IDE and NID.
4. Detailed List of Third-Party Cookies
We use the following third-party services that may set cookies on your device:
Google Analytics: To analyze website traffic and user behavior. Cookies like _ga, _gid, and _gat collect information in an anonymous form.
Google's Privacy & Terms
Google AdSense: To display contextual and personalized advertisements. Cookies like IDE and NID are used for ad delivery and frequency capping.
How Google uses cookies in advertising
Other Advertising Networks: We may work with additional ad networks that use cookies for similar purposes.
Please note that the specific cookies and their lifespan may change. The above lists are for illustrative purposes.
5. Your Choices and How to Manage Cookies
You have the right to accept or reject cookies. You can manage your cookie preferences in several ways:
A. Browser Controls You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your settings to decline them. This setting is typically found in the "Options," "Tools," or "Preferences" menu of your browser. Cookie management guides for popular browsers: Google Chrome Mozilla Firefox Apple Safari Microsoft Edge Important: If you disable cookies entirely, some features of our website may not function correctly.
B. Third-Party Opt-Out Tools Google Analytics Opt-Out: Install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on to prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics. Advertising Personalization Opt-Out: You can opt out of personalized advertising from many third-party ad networks. Visit YourAdChoices (DAA) (US) Visit Your Online Choices (EDAA) (EU) Visit NAI Consumer Opt-Out Note: Opting out does not mean you will see no ads; it means the ads you see will not be personalized based on your interests.
C. Consent Mechanism Upon your first visit to our website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner. You can use this banner to accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or customize your preferences. You can change these settings at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings" link, which is typically found in the website footer.
6. Do Not Track (DNT) Signals
Our website does not currently respond to Do Not Track (DNT) browser signals. We instead rely on the consent mechanisms and opt-out tools described above to respect your privacy preferences.
7. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, regulation, or our services. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page will indicate when the latest revisions were made. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at: