1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you visit websites. They are widely used in order to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies enhance user experience by allowing websites to remember your preferences and understand how you use the site.
Cookies can be either "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
The Online Compliment Generator uses the following types of cookies:
2.1 Essential (Necessary) Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be switched off in our systems. 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, logging in, or filling in forms. They do not store any personally identifiable information.
2.2 Performance (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 to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
2.3 Functionality Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly.
2.4 Targeting (Advertising) Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.
3. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons, including to:
- Make our website work as you would expect
- Remember your settings during and between visits
- Improve the speed/security of the site
- Allow you to share pages with social networks
- Continuously improve our website for you
- Personalize your experience
- Understand how our site is being used
- Deliver relevant advertising to you based on your interests
Specifically, we use cookies to:
- Remember if you have accepted our cookie policy
- Remember your language preferences
- Remember any compliments you've saved or generated
- Maintain your session if you're logged in to an account
- Track how you use our site so we can make improvements
- Allow you to share content with social networks
4. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Service and deliver advertisements on and through the Service.
4.1 Analytics Providers
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our users use the site. Google Analytics sets cookies to collect information such as how often users visit our site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to our site.
4.2 Social Media Platforms
Our site includes features from social media platforms, such as the Facebook "like" button, which may collect your IP address and page you are visiting, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. These features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our site.
4.3 Advertising Partners
We partner with third-party ad networks to either display advertising on our website or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our ad network partners use cookies to collect information about your activities on this and other websites to provide you with targeted advertising based upon your interests.
5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
When you first visit our site, you will be presented with a cookie banner that allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the "Cookie Settings" button in the footer of our website.
Most web browsers also allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
5.1 Browser Settings
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser. Be aware that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
Here are links to instructions for managing cookies in common browsers:
5.2 Opting Out of Third-Party Cookies
For more information about how to opt out of third-party cookies used for targeted advertising, you can visit:
6. List of Cookies We Use
The following table provides more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them:
6.1 Essential Cookies
| Name |
Provider |
Purpose |
Expiration |
| PHPSESSID |
onlinecomplimentgenerator.com |
Preserves user session state across page requests. |
Session |
| cookieConsent |
onlinecomplimentgenerator.com |
Stores the user's cookie consent state. |
1 year |
| userLanguage |
onlinecomplimentgenerator.com |
Stores the user's language preference. |
1 month |
6.2 Performance Cookies
| Name |
Provider |
Purpose |
Expiration |
| _ga |
Google |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
2 years |
| _gat |
Google |
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. |
1 day |
| _gid |
Google |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
1 day |
6.3 Functionality Cookies
| Name |
Provider |
Purpose |
Expiration |
| savedCompliments |
onlinecomplimentgenerator.com |
Stores compliments saved by the user. |
6 months |
| userPreferences |
onlinecomplimentgenerator.com |
Stores user preferences for the compliment generator. |
1 month |
7. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, regulation, or our business practices. Any changes will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you when you next visit our website. We encourage you to check back occasionally to stay informed of any updates to our Cookie Policy.