4. Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how [Website Name] (https://clip.leaveapplicationsformat.com/) uses cookies and similar technologies, and how you can control them.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device when you visit. They help the site work properly, remember your choices, and give us an idea of how visitors use it. Similar technologies, such as pixels and local storage, work in comparable ways, and we refer to all of them as “cookies” here.
How We Use Cookies
Essential cookies. These make the website function, for example by remembering your cookie choices. They cannot be switched off in our systems.
Analytics cookies. These show us which pages are popular, how visitors find us, and which leave application formats people read most. We use this to improve our content. We may use tools such as Google Analytics, and the information is usually collected in an aggregated form.
Advertising cookies. We may display ads from third-party partners, such as Google AdSense. These partners may use cookies to show ads based on your visits to this and other websites, limit how often you see the same ad, and measure ad performance.
Functional cookies. These remember preferences, such as your language or display settings, to make your visit smoother.
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are set by companies other than us, including advertising and analytics providers. They have their own policies, and we do not control how they use information. Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to our site or other websites. Google’s advertising cookies allow it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and other sites on the internet.
Your Choices and Consent
Where the law requires it, for example for visitors in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, we ask for your consent before using non-essential cookies. You can accept, reject, or adjust your choices through our cookie banner, and you can change your mind at any time.
How to Control or Delete Cookies
- Browser settings. Most browsers let you block or delete cookies in the privacy or settings menu. Blocking all cookies may stop some parts of websites from working.
- Google Ads Settings. You can manage or turn off personalised advertising through your Google account’s ad settings.
- Industry opt-out tools. Websites such as youronlinechoices.eu and optout.aboutads.info let you opt out of interest-based advertising from many companies.
- Device settings. On phones and tablets, you can often limit ad tracking in the privacy settings.
Opting out of personalised ads does not remove ads altogether. You may still see ads, but they may be less relevant.
How Long Cookies Last
Session cookies disappear when you close your browser. Persistent cookies stay on your device for a set period, from a few days to a couple of years, unless you delete them sooner.
Do Not Track
Some browsers have a “Do Not Track” option. Because there is no agreed standard for responding to it, we may not act on such signals, but you can use the controls above.
Children
Our website is meant for general audiences, including students, but it is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them through cookies.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when our practices or the law change. The date at the top shows the latest revision, and where required we will ask for your consent again.
Contact
If you have questions about our use of cookies, email [contact email].