Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide reporting information, and enable personalization. Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Check Ring Size) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website, such as advertising, interactive content, and analytics.

2. How We Use Local Storage and Cookies

Check Ring Size primarily uses browser local storage rather than traditional cookies for its core functionality. Local storage is used to remember your theme preference (light or dark mode), your preferred language setting, your cookie consent choice, and your screen calibration settings. This data is stored only on your device and is never transmitted to our servers or shared with third parties.

3. Third-Party Advertising Cookies (Google AdSense)

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. These cookies allow Google and its advertising partners to serve personalized advertisements to you based on your browsing behavior across the Internet.

Google's advertising cookies include but are not limited to: the NID cookie, which is used to show Google ads in Google services for signed-out users; the CONSENT cookie, which stores your consent status; the IDE and DSID cookies, which are used by DoubleClick (owned by Google) to serve targeted advertisements; and the 1P_JAR cookie, which gathers website statistics and tracks conversion rates.

4. Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. Google Analytics uses cookies such as _ga (used to distinguish unique users, expires after 2 years), _ga_[ID] (used to persist session state, expires after 2 years), and _gid (used to distinguish users, expires after 24 hours). These cookies collect information about your use of our website, including the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page, and how you arrived at our site.

5. Managing and Disabling Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can manage your cookie preferences through our cookie consent banner that appears when you first visit our website. You can also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.

Most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings. You can typically find these settings in the "Options" or "Preferences" menu of your browser. To understand these settings, the following links may be helpful: Cookie settings in Chrome, Cookie settings in Firefox, and Cookie settings in Safari.

6. Google Consent Mode

Our website implements Google Consent Mode v2 to ensure compliance with data protection regulations. When you first visit our site, advertising and analytics cookies are blocked by default until you provide your consent through our cookie consent banner. If you choose to decline cookies, Google's services will operate in a limited, privacy-preserving mode that does not use cookies for personalization.

7. Do Not Track Signals

Some web browsers transmit "Do Not Track" (DNT) signals. Because there is no uniform standard for how DNT signals should be interpreted, our website does not currently respond to browser DNT signals. However, you can manage your cookie preferences using the methods described above.

8. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, changes in technology, or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this page periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies. The date at the top of this page indicates when this Cookie Policy was last updated. If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at hello@checkringsize.com.