Cookie Policy
Scope of this page
This page explains how CBD STRAINS ONLY uses cookies and similar technologies, what categories they fall into, which come from third parties, and how you can control them. It supplements our Privacy Policy, which covers personal data more broadly.
Cookies in one paragraph
A cookie is a small piece of text a website asks your browser to store and return on later visits, which lets the site recognize the browser without knowing who is using it. Related techniques do the same job by other means: local storage keeps data inside the browser itself, pixels are tiny embedded resources that report a page was loaded, and scripts can derive a rough identifier from browser characteristics. When this page says cookies, it covers all of these.
Categories we use
Strictly necessary
A minimal set that makes the site function: remembering your cookie consent choice itself, load balancing, and basic security protections. These do not track you across sites, contain no profile information, and cannot be disabled through the consent banner because the site does not work correctly without them.
Analytics
Cookies that let our analytics tooling count visits, distinguish new from returning browsers, and measure which articles are read and how the site performs. We consume this data only in aggregate. Analytics cookies are set only where your consent choice permits them.
Advertising
Where ads are shown, third party advertising partners may set cookies to deliver ads, cap how often you see the same one, measure performance, and, where you have consented, tailor ads to inferred interests. These are third party cookies: they are set and read by the advertising networks under their own privacy policies, not by us, and we do not have access to the profiles they may build. Without consent, ads may still appear but should not be personalized.
Preferences
A small number of cookies or local storage keys that remember display choices you make, such as dismissing a notice. These hold settings, not identity.
Third parties
The third parties that may set cookies through this site are our analytics provider and the advertising networks that fill our ad slots. We keep this set deliberately small. We do not run social media tracking widgets, and embedded content such as videos, where present, is loaded in privacy respecting modes where the host platform offers one. Each third party’s own policy governs the data it processes.
Your controls
- The consent banner. Where regional law requires consent, a banner appears on your first visit and lets you accept or decline non essential categories. Your choice is stored, and you can revisit and change it at any time through the cookie settings link in the site footer.
- Browser settings. Every major browser lets you view, block, and delete cookies, block third party cookies specifically, and clear storage on exit. The browser’s help pages explain how. Blocking all cookies may break the consent memory itself, which means the banner will reappear.
- Industry opt outs. Several advertising industry bodies operate opt out pages that instruct participating networks not to serve you interest based ads. These are run by the industry, not by us, and their coverage depends on which networks participate.
- Global signals. Where our consent tooling supports recognized browser level opt out signals, an enabled signal is treated as a refusal of non essential cookies.
What declining costs you
Nothing that matters. Every article, profile, and guide on this site is fully readable with non essential cookies declined. The site earns slightly less from an unpersonalized ad impression, which we mention for transparency, not as pressure.
Changes
If we add or remove cookie categories or third parties, this page is updated and, where the change requires it, consent is requested again. Questions about this policy go to support@cbdstrainsonly.com.
