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Scope
This Cookie Policy explains how Westnode ("Westnode," "we," "our," or "us") uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our websites and services. This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect and use personal information.
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What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They allow websites to recognize your browser and remember information such as preferences, usage activity, or authentication status. Cookies may be session cookies (deleted when you close your browser) or persistent cookies (remain stored for a set period of time). Websites may also use similar technologies such as local storage, pixels, and scripts for comparable purposes.
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How We Use Cookies
Westnode uses cookies and related technologies to enable core website functionality, improve performance and reliability, understand how visitors interact with our websites, measure traffic and usage trends, maintain security, and prevent abuse.
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Categories of Cookies We Use
The cookies we use generally fall into the categories below, including essential cookies and analytics cookies.
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Essential Cookies
These cookies are required for basic website functionality and cannot be disabled through our systems. They may be used for security protections, network management, load balancing, and ensuring website functionality. Some infrastructure-related data may also be collected by our hosting and security providers.
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Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use our website so we can improve performance and usability. These cookies may collect information such as pages visited, time spent on pages, referring websites, general geographic region, and device and browser type.
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Google Analytics
Google Analytics helps us analyze website traffic and usage patterns. Information collected may include anonymized identifiers, browser details, and page interactions. More information about how Google processes data is available at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
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Tag Management
We use Google Tag Manager (GTM) to manage and deploy website tags and scripts. GTM itself does not collect personal information but enables the loading of other tools, such as analytics scripts, depending on site configuration and consent settings.
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Infrastructure Analytics
Our infrastructure providers may collect limited technical data related to site performance and security.
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Cloudflare
Cloudflare provides security, performance optimization, and network infrastructure services. Cloudflare may collect limited technical and traffic-related information such as IP address, request metadata, performance metrics, and security events. This data helps maintain site availability, performance, and protection against malicious traffic. More information is available at https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.
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Managing Cookies
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to view stored cookies, delete cookies, block cookies from specific sites, or block all cookies. Disabling cookies may affect some website functionality. Where required by law, we may present cookie consent options allowing you to accept or reject certain categories of cookies.
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Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technologies, legal requirements, or our services. The updated version will be posted with a revised Effective Date.