Cookie & Local Storage Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how argentinavsbenin.com utilizes cookies, local storage keys, and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience, remember site settings, and support authorized monetization partners.
1. What Are Cookies and Local Storage?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or mobile device by websites you visit. Local storage is an industry-standard browser technology that allows websites to store small amounts of non-sensitive data locally on your device without transmitting it across web requests.
2. Categories of Storage Employed on This Site
Our implementation categorizes client-side data into the following distinct tiers:
| Storage Key / Cookie | Type | Purpose & Description | Retention Period |
|---|---|---|---|
theme |
Local Storage | Stores user preference for light mode or dark mode styling. | Persistent (until cleared) |
hide-sticky-ad |
Session Storage | Remembers if the user dismissed the bottom mobile banner during the session. | Session only (cleared on tab close) |
_ga |
Analytics cookie | Set by Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-HCMMD0E09N) to distinguish visits. Loaded on each page. | Up to 2 years |
__gads / __gpi |
Third-Party Cookie | Placed by Google AdSense to serve and measure advertising campaigns. | Up to 13 months |
3. Third-Party Advertising & Analytics Cookies
Google Analytics is on. Measurement ID G-HCMMD0E09N loads with the page and may set _ga cookies. It is used to count visits, not to sell a profile. You can refuse it by blocking cookies for this site or with Google’s Analytics opt-out add-on. Google’s own notice is at policies.google.com/privacy. Advertising cookies from an ad network are not switched on yet. When they are, this section has to name them before those scripts load.
4. Managing and Disabling Cookies
You have the right to accept or decline cookies at any time. You can configure your web browser settings to block all cookies, accept only first-party cookies, or notify you each time a cookie is offered. Instructions for major web browsers:
- Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data.
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Enhanced Tracking Protection.
- Apple Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data.
- Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and Site Permissions > Manage and delete cookies.
For additional information on managing your advertising preferences across major networks, visit youronlinechoices.com or the Network Advertising Initiative at optout.networkadvertising.org.
How to refuse
You can dismiss the notice, or you can clear site data for this domain in the browser. There is no account to delete. If advertising cookies are added later, the notice must change before the scripts load, and it should offer a way to refuse non-essential cookies where the law where you operate requires it. A pre-ticked box is not a plan we will use. The current build has nothing non-essential to refuse except a memory of your theme, which you can set again in one tap.
The mobile advertisement placeholder is not a third-party cookie. It is an empty box. Closing it writes a session flag so the box stays shut. That flag dies with the tab. It is not a profile and it is not shared.
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