About This Cookie Policy

Important: This policy is a template prepared for AuthorityLinks and must be reviewed and approved by a qualified lawyer in [Jurisdiction] before publication. Bracketed items such as [Company Legal Name] must be completed with accurate details.

This Cookie Policy explains how [Company Legal Name] ("AuthorityLinks") uses cookies and similar technologies on https://authoritylinks.net. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help the site remember your actions and preferences, such as items in your cart or your login session. Similar technologies include local storage, pixels and tags. In this policy, we refer to all of them as cookies.

Cookies can be first-party, set by our website, or third-party, set by another provider such as an analytics service. They can also be session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which stay until they expire or you delete them.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for the website to work and cannot be switched off in our systems. Our shop runs on WordPress and WooCommerce, which use cookies such as the following:

• woocommerce_cart_hash and woocommerce_items_in_cart: remember cart contents.
• wp_woocommerce_session_*: maintain your shopping session.
• wordpress_logged_in_* and wordpress_sec_*: keep you signed in securely.
• A consent cookie that stores your cookie preferences.
• Security and fraud-prevention cookies set by our payment providers during checkout.

Analytics Cookies

With your consent, we use analytics cookies from [Analytics Provider, for example Google Analytics 4] to measure visits, traffic sources and how pages are used. This helps us improve the site. Analytics data is aggregated, and we configure IP truncation or similar privacy settings where available. These cookies are only set after you accept them.

Functional and Marketing Cookies

Functional cookies, with your consent, remember choices such as your preferred display currency (USD, EUR or GBP) or live chat history. Marketing cookies, with your consent, may be set by advertising partners such as [Advertising Partners] to measure campaigns and show relevant ads on other sites. We do not use marketing cookies without your permission.

Cookie List

A current list of the cookies we use, including their provider, purpose and duration, is available in our cookie settings panel and at [Cookie Table Link]. We review this list regularly, but third-party providers may change their cookies without notice.

How to Manage Your Cookie Preferences

When you first visit our site, a banner lets you accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies or choose by category. You can change your choice at any time through the Cookie Settings link in our footer.

You can also control cookies through your browser settings, including blocking or deleting them. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may stop the cart, checkout or account login from working. We also honor Global Privacy Control signals where required by law.

Updates and Contact

We may update this Cookie Policy when we change the cookies we use or when the law changes. Effective date: [Effective Date]. Questions can be sent to [Privacy Email], [Company Legal Name], [Registered Address].