1. What Cookies and Similar Technologies Are
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website. Similar technologies include localStorage, sessionStorage, and pixels. They can be used to remember preferences, support security, or measure how a site is used.
2. Server-Side Click-Tracking Cookies
Our click-tracking server sets cookies in HTTP responses when you visit the website, including on an initial visit. Cookies can therefore be set even though the static page code does not create them.
The tracking system uses the following cookies together to associate visits and referral clicks for traffic measurement and advertising attribution:
_vid— click-tracking system cookie; browser lifetime: 30 days._sm— click-tracking system cookie; browser lifetime: 30 days._ft— click-tracking system cookie; browser lifetime: 30 days._rt— click-tracking system cookie; browser lifetime: 30 days.
The lifetime runs from when a cookie is set. These cookies are used for measurement and attribution, rather than being necessary to read the articles. Cookie identifiers and associated click records can be linked to referral and campaign information. The 30-day browser lifetime does not mean that server-side records or information already received by a partner are automatically deleted after 30 days.
3. Click Identifiers and Partner Links
On our advertising page, clicking the video preview or a video button opens a partner website. If the current page URL contains gclid (a Google click identifier) or utm_* campaign parameters, the page adds them to the outgoing video link. The redirect system also passes a tracking click identifier to the partner in that link. The partner and any tracking service handling the redirect can receive these values to attribute the referral to its source.
URL parameters are not cookies. Blocking or deleting cookies does not by itself remove these parameters from outgoing links. The partner website may use its own cookies and processes data under its own privacy and cookie policies.
4. Other Technologies
Pages request fonts from Google Fonts, which receives connection information when the fonts load. See our Privacy Policy for information about technical data, service providers, retention and your rights.
5. Consent and Browser Controls
Non-essential tracking cookies require prior consent where applicable law requires it. Reading this policy or continuing to browse does not constitute consent. The current website does not provide an on-page cookie consent control.
You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Deleting cookies removes the browser copies; it does not erase records already held by a tracking system or partner, and cookies can be set again on a later visit unless blocked. Browser controls are not a substitute for a website obtaining consent where required. To ask about your data, request deletion or withdraw any consent you have given, contact us at hello@herarbor.com.
6. Changes and Contact
We will update this policy when our use of cookies or tracking technologies changes.
For questions about this Cookie Policy, contact us at hello@herarbor.com.