Effective Date: July 14, 2025
Applies to: www.gurucrate.com
This Cookies Policy explains how GuruCrate uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze traffic, personalize content, and deliver relevant ads. You can manage or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time below on this page.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help us remember your preferences, analyze usage, and provide you with a better experience.
2. Why We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
a) Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for core website functionality, such as:
- Theme preference cookie – stores your dark or light mode setting
- Favorites cookie – remembers articles you’ve marked as favorites
These cannot be disabled as they are required for basic site functionality.
b) Analytics Cookies
We use cookies to collect anonymous visitor statistics so we can improve site performance and content.
- Google Analytics – helps us understand how users interact with our content and which pages are most visited.
c) Advertising Cookies
We may display third-party ads to support our platform. These cookies are used to:
- Show personalized or contextual ads
- Limit how often an ad is shown
- Measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns
Currently, we use:
- Google AdSense – a trusted ad network that may set cookies to personalize and manage ad delivery
3. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can manage or disable cookies at any time by visiting our Cookie Preferences page.
EU users: You may also email us to exercise GDPR rights (e.g., data deletion).
CA users: Opt out of data ‘sales’ here.”
Alternatively, you can adjust your browser settings to:
- Block cookies
- Delete existing cookies
- Receive a warning before cookies are stored
Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality and user experience.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies may be set by third-party services embedded on our site (e.g., Google). These services have their own privacy and cookie policies which we do not control. For more info:
5. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy to reflect changes in law or our cookie usage. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.
6. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or data practices, please contact:
For GDPR/CCPA Requests email support@gurucrate.com with:
- “GDPR Data Deletion Request” or
- “CCPA Opt-Out Request” in the subject line.