This page explains the cookies and similar technologies used on airfriers.org and the choices you have over them. It supplements our Privacy Policy, which describes the broader handling of personal information.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file a website asks your browser to store on your device. When you come back to the site, the browser sends the cookie back, which lets the site remember things like your settings or whether you've already accepted a notice. Other technologies — such as localStorage, web beacons, and pixel tags — do similar things; this policy treats them all together as "cookies".
How we group cookies
We classify the cookies set on this site into three categories.
1. Essential cookies
These are needed for the site to load and behave correctly: things like remembering that you've dismissed a banner, or keeping a session alive while you navigate. Without them, basic functionality breaks. Essential cookies don't require consent under most cookie laws.
2. Analytics cookies
We use Google Analytics to measure aggregate traffic — which pages are read, how readers arrive, and which guides need updating. Where the tooling supports it, IP addresses are anonymised before storage, and we do not use Analytics to identify individual visitors.
You can opt out of Google Analytics across all sites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
3. Advertising cookies
The Site uses Google AdSense, which together with its third-party advertising partners may set cookies to:
- Decide which ads to show.
- Limit how often you see the same ad ("frequency capping").
- Measure ad performance and detect invalid clicks.
- Where allowed and consented to, personalise ads based on your visits to this and other sites.
Google describes the cookies it uses for advertising — including DoubleClick / "IDE" and similar identifiers — at policies.google.com/technologies/ads and policies.google.com/technologies/types.
Choices and opt-outs
You can manage cookies in several ways, depending on how granular a control you want.
Browser settings
Every major browser lets you block all cookies, block third-party cookies only, delete cookies on close, or clear them on demand. The browser maker's help pages explain how:
Most browsers also support "Do Not Track" and Global Privacy Control signals; we respect them where applicable law treats them as a valid opt-out.
Google's own controls
For ads served by Google specifically, you can change personalisation through:
- Google Ads Settings — turn off personalised ads for your Google account.
- My Activity — review and delete activity Google has stored.
Industry opt-out tools
For broad opt-outs that cover many advertising vendors at once:
These tools work by setting their own opt-out cookies, so clearing your cookies will normally clear the opt-out as well — you may need to re-do it.
Consent in the EEA, UK, and similar regions
If you visit from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, or another region with comparable rules, non-essential cookies are only set after you give consent through our cookie banner or your browser's controls. You can withdraw or change that consent at any time using the same controls.
Consent in California and other US states
US privacy laws (CCPA, CPRA, and similar state laws) give residents the right to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising. The advertising-cookie behaviour described above may qualify as "sharing" under those laws. To exercise the opt-out, use the controls listed in the previous section, or send a request to [email protected].
Consequences of refusing cookies
Blocking essential cookies will break parts of the Site. Blocking analytics cookies has no effect on what you see — it only stops us from counting your visit. Blocking advertising cookies means ads will still appear, but they will not be personalised based on your browsing history; they may be less relevant.
Changes to this policy
When we change which cookies are used or update opt-out information, we revise this page and update the "Last updated" date. Continuing to use the Site after a change means you accept the updated policy.
Contact
For cookie- or privacy-related questions, email [email protected]. For everything else, see the contact page. The full Privacy Policy covers data handling beyond cookies.