Cookie Policy

We use cookies to improve your experience of our website at https://www.gitguts.io. This cookie policy is part of our website’s privacy policy and covers the use of cookies between your device and our website. We also provide basic information about third-party services we may use, which may themselves use cookies as part of their service, although they are not covered by our policy.

If you do not wish to accept our cookies, you should set your browser to block cookies from https://www.gitguts.io, accepting that we may be unable to provide you with some of the content and services you want.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small piece of data that a website stores on your device when you visit, typically containing information about the website itself, a unique identifier that allows the site to recognize your web browser when you return, additional data that serves the cookie’s purpose, and the lifespan of the cookie itself. Cookies are used to enable certain features (e.g. logging in), to track site usage (e.g. analytics), to store user settings (e.g. time zone, notification preferences), and to personalize content (e.g. advertising, language). Cookies set by the website you are visiting are usually referred to as “first-party cookies” and typically only track your activity on that particular site. Cookies set by other sites and companies (i.e. third parties) are called “third-party cookies” and can be used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service.

Types of cookies and how we use them

Essential cookies

Essential cookies are crucial to your experience of a website, enabling core features such as user logins, account management, shopping carts, and payment processing. We use essential cookies to enable certain features on our website.

Analytics cookies (performance cookies)

Analytics cookies are used to track how you use a website during your visit, without collecting your personal data. Typically this information is anonymous and aggregated with information collected from all users, to help companies understand usage patterns, identify and diagnose problems or errors their users may encounter, and make better strategic decisions to improve the overall user experience. These cookies may be set by the website you are visiting (first-party cookies) or by third-party services. We use analytics cookies on our site.

Functionality cookies

Functionality cookies are used to collect information about your device and any settings you can configure on the website you are visiting (e.g. language and time-zone settings). With this information, websites can provide you with customized, enhanced, or optimized content and services. These cookies may be set by the website you are visiting (first-party cookies) or by third-party services. We use functionality cookies for selected features of our site.

Marketing / advertising cookies (targeting/advertising cookies)

Marketing/advertising cookies are used to determine which promotional content is better suited to you and your interests. Websites may use them to deliver targeted advertising or to limit the number of times a given advert is shown. This helps companies improve the effectiveness of their campaigns and the quality of the content presented to you. These cookies may be set by the website you are visiting (first-party cookies) or by third-party services. Marketing/advertising cookies set by third parties may be used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service. We use marketing/advertising cookies on our site.

Third-party cookies on our site

On our websites we may engage companies and third parties, e.g. analytics providers and content partners. We grant these third parties access to selected information in order to perform specific tasks on our behalf. They may also set third-party cookies in order to deliver the services they provide. Third-party cookies may be used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party services. Because we have no control over third-party cookies, they are not covered by our cookie policy.

Our promise to protect third-party privacy

We review the privacy policies of all our external providers before using their services, to ensure that their practices align with ours. We never knowingly introduce third-party services that endanger or violate the privacy of our users.

How you can control or opt out of cookies

If you do not wish to accept our cookies, you should set your browser to block cookies from our site. Most browsers are configured to accept cookies by default, but you can update these settings to refuse cookies entirely, or to notify you when a website tries to set or update a cookie.

If you browse websites from multiple devices, you may need to update these settings on each one.

Although some cookies can be blocked with little impact on your experience of a website, blocking all cookies may mean you lose access to some features and content on the sites you visit.