Cookie Policy
This page explains which cookies and similar technologies may be used on CarefreeCredits.com and how you can control them.
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1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files stored by your browser. Similar technologies, such as local storage, can also store information on your device. They can be necessary for a website to work, or optional for purposes such as analytics, advertising and embedded media.
For full information about personal data processing, legal bases, recipients and your rights, please read our privacy policy.
2. Your choices
You can change or withdraw your privacy choices at any time on our cookie settings page or through the "Cookie settings" link in the footer.
If you visit us from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, Google may show its certified consent message for advertising choices. Your browser settings can also delete or block cookies, but blocking all cookies may affect some website functions.
3. Strictly necessary storage
Necessary storage supports basic site functions and remembers privacy choices. These items are not used to build advertising profiles.
| Name | Type | Purpose | Storage period |
|---|---|---|---|
cfc_consent_v1 | Local storage | Stores your choices for optional categories such as external media and, depending on region, advertising-related consent status mirrored from Google's message. | Until you delete it or change your choice |
cfc_no_track | Cookie | Stores your request to exclude this browser from our own cookieless statistics. | 1 year |
cfc_admin | Cookie | Admin session cookie for the private administration area. | Session or until logout |
4. Google AdSense advertising cookies
We use Google AdSense to fund our free guides. Google and its partners may use cookies or similar identifiers to deliver ads, limit how often an ad is shown, measure performance, prevent fraud and, where permitted, personalize ads.
| Examples | Provider | Purpose | Typical storage |
|---|---|---|---|
__gads, __gpi, __eoi | Ad delivery, measurement, frequency capping and fraud prevention. | Up to 13 months | |
IDE | Google / DoubleClick | Ad delivery, measurement and, where allowed, personalization across sites. | Up to 13 months |
FCCDCF, FCNEC | Stores advertising consent choices from Google's consent message. | Up to 13 months |
More information is available in Google's explanation of how Google uses cookies in advertising and the Google Privacy Policy.
5. Analytics and statistics
We run our own privacy-friendly statistics without analytics cookies and without storing your IP address. You can exclude this browser from being counted on the cookie settings page.
6. External media
Some pages may contain embedded media, such as YouTube videos. We do not load those embeds automatically unless you allow external media or click to load a specific embed. Loading an embed can allow the provider to set cookies or process device information.
7. Updates to this policy
We update this Cookie Policy when we change the services or technologies used on the site. The date of the last update is shown at the top of this page.