Cookie Policy
Last updated: January 2025
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device (computer, smartphone, tablet) when you visit them. Cookies allow websites to store information about your visit, remember your preferences, and provide a more personalized browsing experience. Cookies are widely used across the internet and are an essential part of how modern websites function.
There are different types of cookies: session cookies (which expire when you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which remain until they expire or you delete them). Cookies can be first-party (set by the website you are visiting) or third-party (set by external services like advertising networks, analytics providers, or social media platforms).
How MSHIU.info Uses Cookies
MSHIU.info uses cookies and similar technologies for several purposes:
- Essential Functionality: Some cookies are necessary for the website to function properly, such as remembering your tool preferences or calculation settings during your session.
- Analytics and Performance: We use cookies to understand how visitors use our site, which tools are most popular, and how we can improve the user experience. This data is aggregated and anonymized.
- Advertising: Google AdSense and other advertising partners use cookies to display ads, measure ad performance, and serve ads that may be more relevant to your interests based on your browsing history.
- Security: Cookies help us protect against abuse, fraud, and unauthorized access to our Services.
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site may not work properly without them.
Analytics Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site.
Advertising Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by Google AdSense and other advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Google AdSense Cookies
MSHIU.info participates in Google AdSense, which uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website and other websites. Google AdSense cookies include:
- DoubleClick DART Cookie: Google uses the DART cookie to serve ads to users based on their visit to our site and other sites on the Internet.
- Personalized Ad Cookies: These cookies help Google display ads that may be more relevant to your interests.
- Conversion Tracking Cookies: Used to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of third-party vendor cookies for personalized advertising by visiting aboutads.info/choices or youronlinechoices.com (for European users).
Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we use cookies from trusted third-party services:
- Google AdSense: Serves advertisements and uses cookies for ad personalization and measurement.
- Google Analytics: Provides anonymous analytics about website usage and performance.
- Google Fonts: Serves web fonts used in our design.
- Font Awesome: Serves icon fonts through a CDN.
- Cloudflare: Provides CDN and security services.
Each third-party service has its own privacy and cookie policies. We encourage you to review these policies on their respective websites.
Managing and Deleting Cookies
You have control over cookies and can manage them through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
- View all cookies that have been set
- Accept or decline cookies
- Delete existing cookies
- Block cookies from specific websites
- Clear all cookies when you close your browser
- Set preferences for first-party vs third-party cookies
Here are links to cookie management instructions for popular browsers:
Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some features on our website. Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are required for basic site operation.
Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want to be tracked. MSHIU.info respects DNT signals for our own tracking. However, third-party services like Google AdSense may respond to DNT signals according to their own policies. We recommend reviewing Google's policy on DNT signals for more information.
Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, or our practices. We will post any changes on this page and update the "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at contact@mshiu.info.