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Cookie Policy

Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains in plain language how Appcrazy uses cookies and similar technologies on your device. We want you to be fully informed about what cookies are set when you visit our Site, why we use them, and how you can manage your preferences.

When you first visited our Site, you should have seen a cookie consent notice. This policy provides more details about that process and our cookie-related practices. If you’re not familiar with cookies, don’t worry — we’ll break down the basics below.

By continuing to use our Site with cookies enabled, you are agreeing to our use of cookies under this policy. However, you remain in control: you can adjust your cookie settings any time (we explain how in the “Your Choices” section).

What Are Cookies and Why Do We Use Them?

Cookies are small text files that websites save on your browser or device when you visit. They’re like short-term memory for the web. Cookies can have a variety of functions: - Remembering Information: Cookies can store your preferences (like language or font size) so that you have a consistent experience across pages and visits. - Analytics: Cookies help us understand how people use our Site — for example, which pages are popular and how users navigate. They act as a “user ID” (an anonymous one) that lets analytics software know that the same person is clicking from page A to page B. - Advertising: Cookies enable us and our ad partners to serve ads that might be relevant to you and to avoid showing the same ad over and over. They also help measure if an ad was effective (for instance, if you clicked on an ad and later took some action on our Site, a cookie can help connect those dots).

On Appcrazy, we use both first-party cookies (set by our own Site) and third-party cookies (set by external services we use). Here are the main reasons we use cookies: - Essential functionality: Some cookies are necessary for our Site to function properly. For example, if you submit your consent choices, we use a cookie to save those so we know what you’ve allowed or declined. - Performance and analytics: We want to know how our site is performing and how users are engaging with it. This helps us improve content and design. For this, we use analytics tools (like Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity) which set cookies to collect usage data (number of visitors, time spent on pages, etc.). - Advertising and funding our content: We display ads via Google AdSense and possibly other ad networks. Cookies are used in the advertising process to show appropriate ads and to measure things like ad impressions and clicks. Also, since we bring visitors through advertising campaigns on platforms like Bing and Yahoo Japan, cookies help track the success of those campaigns (so we know if an ad we ran led you to our site and what you did afterward).

Importantly, not all cookies are created equal. Some are strictly necessary, others are optional. We respect your choices for the optional ones.

Categories of Cookies We Use

We classify our cookies (and the related technologies) into a few categories to make it easier to understand:

Below, we provide specific examples of cookies in each category that may be in use on Appcrazy:

Strictly Necessary Cookies: - Consent Storage Cookies: When you interact with our cookie consent banner, our CMP (Consent Management Platform) sets a cookie (e.g., euconsent-v2 or similar) to save your preferences. This ensures that your choices (like opting out of analytics) are respected on future page loads. It also prevents the banner from constantly reappearing once you’ve made a decision (unless we’re required to ask again after a certain time). - Security Cookies (Cloudflare): We use Cloudflare to protect our Site. Cloudflare may set cookies such as __cf_bm to apply bot management. This cookie is strictly to distinguish bots from humans and mitigate attacks. It’s necessary for keeping our Site safe and available. - Session Management Cookies: If our Site had login functionality (currently it doesn’t for general users), session cookies would keep you logged in. As is, we might use a session cookie just to enable basic browsing functions or remembering simple info temporarily during your visit (for example, if you add something to a hypothetical “favorites” list, a cookie might remember the items until you leave).

These necessary cookies are usually first-party (coming from Appcrazy directly) and are not used for marketing.

Analytics/Performance Cookies: - Google Analytics (_ga, gid, etc.):These cookies collect information about how visitors use our Site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the Site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors, where visitors have come from, and the pages they visited. For example,ga gives you a unique ID so that when you move from page to page, Google knows it’s the same user doing so (thereby counting one user rather than multiple). But we don’t know who you are — we just see a statistic like “1 user visited three pages”. - Microsoft Clarity (_clck, clsk, etc.):Clarity cookies help capture how users interact with our Site through session recordings and heatmaps. Cookies likeclsk connect multiple page views into a single session recording, and _clck persists a user ID to recognize repeat visits. Clarity provides valuable feedback on UI/UX (like if people are clicking something non-clickable, indicating confusion). All data is anonymized; we see behavior but not personal details.

If you opt out of analytics, these cookies will not be set or used. We load analytics scripts only after consent (in regions where required by law, which we treat basically as everywhere for best practice).

Functionality Cookies: - This category is currently minimal for us. It could include something like a cookie to remember if you prefer a light or dark theme (if our Site had a theme toggle), or to remember your chosen language (if we offered multiple languages). Another example is a cookie to recall if you’ve already seen a particular tutorial or pop-up so we don’t show it to you again. - Our use of Google’s consent tool might set a cookie CONSENT or similar on our domain to note if you interacted with any Google-related prompt (like reCAPTCHA or something). - At present, beyond consent and necessary function, we are not heavily using cookies to customize content or features for return visitors. Should that change, we’ll update this policy.

Advertising/Targeting Cookies: - Google AdSense (IDE, test_cookie): These cookies are set by Google’s advertising system (DoubleClick) when we display ads on our Site. IDE is used to provide personalized advertising (if consented) on our site and other sites. It can remember your visits and interactions and help Google show you ads that are more relevant. If you opt out of personalization, it still will be used for frequency capping and aggregated ad reporting. test_cookie is a short-lived cookie used by Google to check if your browser accepts cookies; it doesn’t do anything beyond that test and contains no identifying info. - Conversion Cookies (gcl, uet, ycl*):When you click an advertisement for our Site on a third-party platform (like a Google search ad, a Bing ad, or a Yahoo Japan ad), unique identifiers in the URL are captured and stored via cookies so we can credit the source. For example, if you came via a Google ad, a cookiegcl_aw might store the Google click ID so that if you perform a key action on our site, we know that originated from Google. For Bing, uetvid anduetsid cookies track visitor and session for similar conversion tracking. Yahoo Japan’s yclyjad holds a click ID to trace conversions from Yahoo ads. These are important for us to measure the effectiveness of our advertising spend. - Microsoft Advertising (MUID): Microsoft’s MUID cookie (which we also listed under analytics) plays a role in advertising across Microsoft properties. If we run ads that might retarget users (for example, showing an ad for our site on Microsoft’s network to someone who visited us), the MUID helps identify those users in a privacy-friendly way. We get aggregate reports, not personal data. - Other Third-Party Advertising: If in future we include other ad networks or, say, affiliate program trackers, those might use their own cookies. We’d document any significant additions here. For now, our main advertising relationships are with Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo Japan, as described.

Duration of Cookies

Cookies have varying lifespans: - Session Cookies: Last only for the browser session. Once you close your browser, these get deleted. They’re often used for things like remembering what you put in a shopping cart or simply keeping you logged in during the session. On our site, a cookie like uetsid (Bing Ads session) expires after 30 minutes of inactivity or when you close the browser — so it’s essentially session-based. -Persistent Cookies:Remain on your device for a set period or until you manually delete them. For example, Google Analyticsga lasts 2 years unless you clear it. Our consent cookie is set to around 13 months to comply with guidelines that consent should be refreshed at least yearly. Advertising cookies vary: Google’s IDE is up to 13 months in EU regions, Bing’s _uetvid is 13 months, Yahoo’s cookies we set are 90 days, etc.

We set durations that follow industry standards and legal recommendations. We don’t intend to keep cookies longer than necessary. For instance, we wouldn’t set a tracking cookie to last 10 years; that would be excessive. Many of our cookies align with common advertising cycles (1 year or less) or analytics needs.

Below is a quick reference for some key cookies and their lifespans: - Consent cookies: ~1 year. - Cloudflare cookie: 30 minutes (updated every time you load a new page, basically). - Google Analytics: ga (2 years),gid (1 day), gat (1 minute). - Clarity:clck (1 year), clsk (1 day). - AdSense: IDE (13 months EU), testcookie (15 minutes). - Bing Ads: uetvid (13 months),uetsid (24 hours). - Yahoo Ads: yclyjad (90 days). - Microsoft MUID: (13 months).

Of course, you have the power to delete any of these at any time via your browser, which overrides the stated lifespan.

Your Control and Choices

Consent Management: When you first came to our Site, we presented a cookie consent banner. This lets you accept or reject different categories of cookies. If you clicked “Accept All”, you gave us consent to use everything (analytics, ads, etc.). If you clicked “Reject All” or something similar, we only used essential cookies. There’s also typically an option to customize per category, in case you want, say, analytics but not advertising, or vice versa.

We use a Google-provided Consent Management Platform (CMP) with IAB TCF compliance (CMP ID 300). If you ever want to change your choices: - Look for a “Privacy” or “Cookies” link on our site (often in the footer or a corner). It might say “Manage Cookies” or “Update Preferences”. Clicking that will bring the consent dialog back up. - Alternatively, you can clear our site’s cookies from your browser, which will reset your consent state, and then refresh the page, and the banner will appear again as if it’s your first visit.

Browser Settings: Apart from our site’s own tools, you can control cookies through your web browser: - You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being set. However, if you set your browser to block all cookies (including necessary ones), it may affect how websites work for you (not just ours, but all sites). - Most browsers allow you to see what cookies are stored and to delete them one by one or all at once. You could, for example, search for cookies related to “Appcrazy” and remove them. - Some browsers (like Safari) block third-party cookies by default. This can automatically limit tracking. If you use Safari or Firefox with strict tracking protection, many third-party cookies on our site might already be blocked. - Browser extensions can provide finer control or visualization of cookies and trackers on each site you visit.

Opt-Out Tools: - Google Analytics Opt-Out: Google offers a browser add-on that you can install to prevent Google Analytics from collecting data on any site. If you’re very privacy-conscious and don’t want to rely on websites’ consent implementations, this tool (available for Chrome, Firefox, etc.) will ensure GA doesn’t run. - Advertising Industry Opt-Outs: In certain jurisdictions, there are opt-out websites such as the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) opt-out page or the Digital Advertising Alliance’s YourAdChoices, where you can broadly opt out of interest-based advertising from participating companies. Keep in mind, opting out usually means those companies will still serve you ads (they have to, to keep content free), but those ads will be generic rather than tailored. Also, the opt-out typically works by placing an opt-out cookie, so if you clear cookies, you’ll need to opt out again. - Device Settings: On mobile devices, you can usually limit ad tracking through your device’s privacy settings. For instance, Apple’s iOS has a “Limit Ad Tracking” setting, and Android has an “Opt out of Ads Personalization” setting. These control whether apps (and to some extent web content) can use your device’s ad identifier to track you.

Impact of Disabling Cookies: - Necessary cookies: If you somehow disable these (like forcing all cookies off in your browser), some parts of our Site may not work correctly. For example, if the consent cookie can’t be set, the site might continuously think it needs to ask for consent, leading to potentially repetitive banners. - Analytics cookies: If you disable or opt out of analytics, that’s completely fine by us. Your site experience won’t change; we’ll just miss out on your data point in our aggregated stats. Over large numbers, losing a few data points doesn’t harm our understanding significantly, so feel free to opt out if you’re not comfortable. - Advertising cookies: Opting out might actually make little noticeable difference in the short run; you’ll still see ads, but perhaps they’ll be less aligned with your interests. You might see more ads that are generic or possibly irrelevant to you. Also, without cookies, you might see the same ad repeatedly (because frequency capping might not work perfectly without them). However, some users prefer random ads to the feeling of being tracked — that’s totally your call.

Do Not Track (DNT): As mentioned, DNT signals are not uniformly honored by all sites because no common standard has been agreed. Our approach is to rely on our consent banner for choices, so we currently do not respond specifically to DNT header signals by turning off tracking automatically. If you prefer not to be tracked, the most effective method is to use the consent tools or browser settings described.

Cookie List

For transparency, here’s a simplified list of the main cookies and their details as used on our Site (some of this might recap from earlier sections but it’s nice to have a list):

(There may be other minor cookies or changes over time, but these cover the major ones as of the latest update of this policy.)

Similar Technologies

Cookies aren’t the only way to track or recognize visitors. We also may use other, similar technologies: - Web Beacons/Pixels: These are tiny graphic images (sometimes just 1x1 pixel in size) that contain a unique identifier. They’re embedded invisibly on web pages or in emails. On our Site, they work in conjunction with cookies to monitor user behavior (like letting analytics know that a page was viewed). For example, when we send a data request to Google Analytics, there isn’t a physical “cookie” sent but rather a pixel hit with info that ties back to the cookie ID. - Local Storage & Session Storage: Modern browsers have local storage which allows websites to store data more persistently than cookies (and in larger amounts), as well as session storage which lasts only until the browser tab is closed. We currently don’t specifically use local storage for tracking, but our CMP or other scripts might use it to store certain preferences or data as needed. - SDKs (Software Development Kits): If we ever have a mobile app or something, SDKs are the app equivalent of cookies. This is more applicable to mobile app environments than our website, so not relevant for now. - Fingerprinting: We do not engage in browser fingerprinting (which is collecting various device attributes to create a unique ID). That technique sometimes bypasses cookies, but it’s quite invasive and not something we partake in. Services we use, like Cloudflare, might do a mild form of fingerprinting purely to distinguish bots vs humans, but that information isn’t used beyond security.

Changes to This Policy

We may update our Cookie Policy to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of the policy. Significant changes might be communicated through additional notices (like a pop-up on the site or a notification in the consent banner).

Examples of changes that might occur: - We start using a new analytics service or ad partner which introduces new cookies – we’d add those to the policy. - There’s a change in law (say, Andorra or EU updates cookie consent requirements) – we’d adjust our practices and explain them here. - We decide to reduce or eliminate certain cookies (for instance, if we drop a service, we’d remove it from the list).

By continuing to use our Site after we’ve posted an updated Cookie Policy, you are agreeing to the new terms. If you do not agree, you can adjust your browser settings to limit cookies and/or not use the Site.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or the choices you have, please don’t hesitate to contact us:

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation regarding cookies. Our goal is to be transparent and fair, balancing our need to improve our Site and fund our content with your right to privacy. If something in this policy is unclear or if you have suggestions, we’re all ears.

For more information about how we handle your personal data (beyond just cookies), please see our Privacy Policy. And for our terms of use, see our Terms and Conditions.

Thank you for visiting Appcrazy and for taking the time to read our Cookie Policy!