Cookie Policy

Cookies help us to:

• Remember your preferences and settings
• Understand how you use our website
• Improve your experience and our services
• Provide you with relevant content and advertisements
• Keep your account secure

Essential cookies:

• Cannot be disabled as they are necessary for the website
• Do not store any personally identifiable information
• Help with website security and basic functions
• Are usually only set in response to actions you take
• Are typically first-party cookies set by our website

Preference cookies allow:

• Remembering your language and region preferences
• Customizing your viewing experience
• Remembering settings like text size or color themes
• Storing login information so you don't have to enter it each time
• Saving your preferences for future visits

Analytics cookies help us:

• Understand how visitors interact with our website
• Test different designs and features
• Monitor website performance and detect issues
• Measure the effectiveness of our content
• Improve our website based on user behavior

Marketing cookies are used to:

• Deliver advertisements relevant to your interests
• Limit the number of times you see an advertisement
• Measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns
• Understand your online activity across different websites
• Build a profile of your interests for targeted marketing

Your choices include:

• Accept all cookies
• Reject non-essential cookies
• Customize your cookie preferences
• Change your preferences later via our Cookie Settings page
• Reset your preferences at any time

Browser controls:

• Block all cookies or only third-party cookies
• Delete cookies when you close your browser
• Browse in incognito or private mode
• Install browser extensions that enhance privacy
• View and delete specific cookies already stored

Available opt-out options:

• Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
• Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out tools
• Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page
• European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance
• Platform-specific privacy controls (iOS, Android)

Your rights may include:

• Right to access data collected through cookies
• Right to delete or request deletion of this data
• Right to object to processing of your data
• Right to withdraw consent at any time
• Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Legal bases for processing:

• Consent: For non-essential cookies, we rely on your explicit consent
• Legitimate interests: For essential cookies necessary for website functionality
• Contractual necessity: For cookies required to provide services you request
• Legal obligation: When required by applicable law
• Public interest: When relevant to public health or safety

Data transfer safeguards:

• Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission
• Adequacy decisions for countries with equivalent data protection
• Privacy Shield for specific US-based service providers
• Implementation of appropriate technical and organizational measures
• Contractual commitments from our third-party providers

Update procedures:

• Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date
• Significant changes may be notified via a banner on our website
• We may email registered users about material changes
• Previous versions may be archived for reference
• We encourage you to review this policy periodically

Contact options:

• Contact form: www.aigist.org/contact