What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide a better browsing experience, and give website owners useful information about how their site is being used.
How We Use Cookies
Proximity Protect uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website. We categorize them into four types:
🔒 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable core features like security, session management, and accessibility. You cannot opt out of these cookies as the site cannot function without them.
Examples: authentication tokens, session IDs, CSRF protection, cookie consent preferences.
⚙️ Functional Cookies
These cookies enable personalized features and remember your preferences (such as language, region, or display settings) to provide a more tailored experience. Disabling them may limit some functionality.
Examples: language preferences, theme settings, recently viewed items.
📊 Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve the site and your experience.
Examples: Google Analytics, page view tracking, click heatmaps.
📣 Marketing Cookies
These cookies are used to track visitors across websites to display relevant advertisements. They help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns and limit the number of times you see an ad.
Examples: Google Ads, Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag.
Your Choices
When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner that allows you to:
- Accept All — Enable all cookie categories.
- Reject Non-Essential — Only strictly necessary cookies will be used.
- Customize — Choose exactly which categories you'd like to enable.
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Preferences" link in the footer of any page.
How Long Do Cookies Last?
Session cookies are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them. Our consent preference is stored locally and does not expire unless you clear your browser data or the policy version changes.
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. We do not control these cookies. Please refer to the respective third-party privacy policies for more information on how they use your data.
Managing Cookies in Your Browser
Most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings. You can block or delete cookies, though this may impact the functionality of some websites. Consult your browser's help documentation for instructions.
Data Protection
We store cookie consent records securely for audit and compliance purposes. The data we collect includes an anonymous visitor identifier, your consent choices, the date/time of consent, and a browser user agent string. We do not link this data to your personal identity unless you are a registered user.
For more information about how we handle your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. When we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. If significant changes are made, we will re-prompt you for consent by updating the consent version, which will reset your stored preferences.
Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at info@proximityprotect.com.