Cookie Policy
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This Cookie Policy explains how Review4Buy uses cookies and similar technologies such as your browser's local storage, and how you can control them. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website stores in your browser. "Local storage" is a similar browser feature that lets a website remember small settings on your device. Cookies set by the website you are visiting are "first-party" cookies; cookies set by other companies (such as advertising networks) are "third-party" cookies.
Our approach
We keep cookies to a minimum:
- Our own visitor statistics are cookieless — they do not set any cookie or store your IP address.
- Optional cookies are only loaded after you choose "Accept All" in our cookie banner. If you choose "Essential Only", optional cookies are never loaded.
Cookies and storage we use
Strictly necessary
These are required for the website to work and cannot be switched off.
| Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session cookie (authjs.session-token) | First-party cookie | Keeps you signed in if you have an account. Only set when you sign in. | Until you sign out or the session expires |
| CSRF / callback cookies (authjs.*) | First-party cookie | Protect sign-in forms against cross-site request forgery. | Session |
| cookie_consent | Local storage | Remembers your cookie choice so the banner is not shown on every page. | Until you clear your browser storage |
| theme | Local storage | Remembers light / dark mode if you chose one. | Until you clear your browser storage |
Advertising (optional — only with your consent)
If you click "Accept All", we load Google AdSense. Google and its partners may then set third-party cookies (for example, cookies on the doubleclick.net and google.com domains) to:
- show ads on Review4Buy;
- limit how often you see the same ad;
- measure ad performance and prevent fraud; and
- where allowed, show ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites.
You can learn more at How Google uses cookies in advertising and opt out of personalised ads at adssettings.google.com or www.aboutads.info/choices.
Direct-sold banner ads on Review4Buy are plain images with a link and do not set cookies.
How to change your choice
- On our site: clear the "cookie_consent" item by clearing site data for Review4Buy in your browser settings; the cookie banner will appear again so you can choose differently.
- In your browser: most browsers let you view, block, and delete cookies. Blocking all cookies may stop sign-in from working. See your browser's help pages (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge) for instructions.
- For Google ads: visit adssettings.google.com.
Changes to this policy
We will update this page if the cookies we use change. The "Last updated" date shows the latest version.
Contact
Questions about cookies? Email contact@review4buy.com.