This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to control the cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store, and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.
You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website. Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us, and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy. Your consent applies to the following domains: kinkelder.com. Your current state: Consent accepted. Manage your consent.
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.
As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.
Strictly necessary: These cookies are essential for the basic functioning of the website. They enable key features like session management, load balancing, and security. Without them, the site cannot operate properly. They do not store personal information.
Performance and analytics: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting anonymous information such as page views, visitor counts, and usage patterns. This data helps us improve the site’s performance and user experience.
Advertising and targeting: These cookies track user behavior across websites to deliver personalized ads and measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. They are often set by third-party platforms like Google and Meta (Facebook).
The list below details the cookies used on our website:
| Name | Domain | Expiration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _grecaptcha | Persistant | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for generating accurate reports on the use of the website. | |
| _GRECAPTCHA | 180 days | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for generating accurate reports on the use of the website. | |
| SEARCH_SAMESITE | 3 months | This cookie is used to ensure correct data transmission to Google. | |
| SAPISID, SID, SSID, HSID | 25 days | These cookies are used by Google to store user preferences and information while viewing pages with Google Maps. | |
| APISID, SIDCC | 1 year | These cookies are used by Google to store user preferences and information while viewing pages with Google Maps. | |
| _Secure-1P^, _Secure-3P^ | 1 year | These cookies are intended to store user settings in the search engine, for advertising, and for analyzing the usage of the search engine registered by Google for its purposes. | |
| 1P_JAR, OTZ | 1 year | These cookies are intended to store user settings in the search engine, for advertising, and for analyzing the usage of the search engine registered by Google for its purposes. | |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | Current domain | Session | Maintains the session state of the visitor across page requests. |
| ARRAffinity | Azure | Session | Set by the Azure app service to ensure that the correct instance created by a user is selected to deliver subsequent requests. |
| ARRAffinitySameSite | Azure | Session | Set by the Windows Azure cloud and used for load balancing to ensure that requests from visitor pages during each browser session are forwarded to the same server. |
| Name | Domain | Expiration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ^_ga | 2 years | Registers a unique ID used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | |
| _gid | 1 day | Registers a unique ID used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | |
| _gid | 1 day | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the device and behavior of the visitor. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | |
| _hjDonePolls | Hotjar | 1 year | Set when a user completes an on-site survey. Ensures the same survey does not appear again once it is completed. |
| _hjSessionUser_ID | Hotjar | 30 minutes | Set when a user lands on a page for the first time. Retains the Hotjar user ID that is unique for that site. Hotjar does not track users across different sites. Ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID. |
| _hjSession_ID | Hotjar | 30 minutes | Contains current session data. Ensures subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same session. |
| ajs_user_id | Hotjar | 1 year | Pending. |
| ajs_anonymous_id | Hotjar | 1 year | Pending. |
| Name | Domain | Expiration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _fbp | Meta Platforms, Inc. | 3 months | Used by Facebook to deliver a range of advertising products, such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers. |
| _fbc | Meta Platforms, Inc. | 3 months | Used to identify the link users initially clicked on webpages where the Facebook pixel is installed. The Facebook ad link sometimes contains a fbclid query parameter. Upon landing, the pixel automatically stores the fbclid parameter in a _fbc cookie for that website domain. |
| _ga | 2 years | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the device and behavior of the visitor. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | |
| _ga_# | 2 years | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the device and behavior of the visitor. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | |
| _gat | 1 day | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the device and behavior of the visitor. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | |
| _gcl_au | 3 months | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors likely to convert to customers based on their online behavior across websites. | |
| ads/ga-audiences | Session | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the device and behavior of the visitor. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | |
| collect | Session | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors likely to convert to customers based on their online behavior across websites. | |
| _gcl_au | 3 months | Used by Google AdSense to experiment with advertisement efficiency on websites that use their services. | |
| AEC | 6 months | The AEC cookie ensures that requests within a browser session are made by the user and not by other sites. This cookie prevents malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without their knowledge. | |
| AID | 2 months | This Google Analytics cookie links your activity on other devices on which you’ve previously logged in with your Google account. Based on this, the ads you see across devices are coordinated and conversion events are measured. | |
| ar_debug | 3 months | Set by Google and used to store and track conversions. | |
| NID | 4 months | The NID cookie is used by Google for analytics purposes for their Google Search service and is also used to show Google ads in Google services for logged-out users. | |
| IDE | 11 months | Set by Google and used to serve Google ads on non-Google sites. | |
| ADS_VISITOR_ID | 10 days | Used to identify users who have been shown advertisements. | |
| __Secure-ENID | 3 months | Used by Google to prevent fraudulent login attempts. It also contains a Google user ID that, after successful login, may be used for statistical and marketing purposes. | |
| OSID | 1 year | This cookie is used as a Google advertising cookie. | |
| DV | 7 months | This cookie is used to store user preferences and other information. |
Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.
In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more about how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.