1. ABOUT THIS COOKIE POLICY

This Cookie Policy explains how Forever Stamp Guide (“Forever Stamp Guide,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit or interact with ForeverStampGuide.com and its related pages, forms, and features (collectively, the “Site”).

This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, available at:

https://foreverstampguide.com/privacy-policy/

Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect personal information. This Cookie Policy provides additional information specifically about cookies, pixels, local storage, tagged links, and similar technologies.

The Site is an informational blog and contains commission-based links to StampDirect.shop. Some technologies may be used to recognize when a visitor follows one of these links and completes a qualifying action or purchase.

2. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small text files that websites place on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other device when you visit them.

Cookies allow websites to recognize a browser or device, remember certain information, maintain security, understand how visitors use a website, and provide selected features.

Cookies may collect or store information such as:

  • A unique cookie identifier;

  • IP address;

  • Browser type;

  • Device type;

  • Operating system;

  • Language settings;

  • General geographic area;

  • Pages viewed;

  • Links clicked;

  • Referring and exit pages;

  • Dates and times of visits;

  • Session duration;

  • Website preferences;

  • Login or authentication status;

  • Affiliate referral identifiers; and

  • Interactions with Site content.

3. SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

In addition to cookies, the Site and its service providers may use similar technologies, including:

  • Pixels and web beacons;

  • Local storage;

  • Session storage;

  • Software development tools;

  • Tagged or encoded links;

  • Affiliate identifiers;

  • Embedded scripts;

  • Device or browser identifiers;

  • Server logs; and

  • Email tracking technologies.

In this Cookie Policy, references to “cookies” generally include these similar technologies unless the context requires otherwise.

4. FIRST-PARTY AND THIRD-PARTY COOKIES

First-Party Cookies

First-party cookies are placed or controlled by ForeverStampGuide.com. They may be used to operate the Site, maintain security, remember preferences, support comments, or understand Site performance.

Third-Party Cookies

Third-party cookies are placed or controlled by another website or service provider.

Third-party cookies may be used by analytics providers, embedded-content providers, anti-spam services, email providers, affiliate networks, or destination websites such as StampDirect.shop.

We do not directly control cookies placed by third parties. Their use of cookies and personal information is governed by their own privacy and cookie policies.

5. SESSION AND PERSISTENT COOKIES

Session Cookies

Session cookies normally remain on your device only while your browser is open. They are generally deleted when you close your browser.

Persistent Cookies

Persistent cookies remain on your device after the browser is closed. They remain until they reach their expiration date or you delete them through your browser settings.

The lifespan of a persistent cookie depends on its purpose, provider, and configuration.

6. CATEGORIES OF COOKIES WE MAY USE

6.1 STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES

Strictly necessary cookies help the Site operate securely and provide functions requested by visitors.

They may be used to:

  • Deliver Site pages;

  • Distribute website traffic;

  • Maintain website security;

  • Detect malicious or automated activity;

  • Prevent spam and abuse;

  • Remember privacy or cookie choices;

  • Support forms;

  • Maintain administrative sessions;

  • Troubleshoot technical errors; and

  • Provide other essential Site functions.

These cookies generally cannot be disabled through a Site preference tool because the Site may not function properly without them.

You may still block them through your browser, but doing so may cause parts of the Site to stop working.

6.2 FUNCTIONAL AND PREFERENCE COOKIES

Functional and preference cookies remember choices you make when using the Site.

They may remember:

  • Language preferences;

  • Display settings;

  • Accessibility preferences;

  • Cookie choices;

  • Comment information;

  • Form settings; and

  • Other Site preferences.

If you block these cookies, the Site may not remember your selections between visits.

6.3 ANALYTICS AND PERFORMANCE COOKIES

Analytics and performance cookies help us understand how visitors use the Site.

They may collect information about:

  • The number of visitors;

  • Pages viewed;

  • Popular articles;

  • Links clicked;

  • Traffic sources;

  • Approximate geographic areas;

  • Browser and device types;

  • Time spent on pages;

  • Navigation patterns;

  • Page loading performance;

  • Technical errors; and

  • General Site interactions.

We use this information to measure readership, improve Site performance, identify technical problems, and make content easier to find and use.

Analytics information may be aggregated or de-identified. Analytics providers may also process identifiers and online activity information under their own privacy policies.

6.4 AFFILIATE AND REFERRAL TECHNOLOGIES

ForeverStampGuide.com has a commission-based affiliate relationship with StampDirect.shop.

Links from the Site to StampDirect.shop may contain an affiliate or referral identifier. This identifier helps the destination website or affiliate provider determine that a visitor arrived from ForeverStampGuide.com.

When you follow an affiliate link, the destination website or its affiliate provider may place a cookie or similar technology on your browser or device.

These technologies may be used to:

  • Recognize the referral;

  • Associate a qualifying action or purchase with the referral;

  • Calculate commissions;

  • Prevent duplicate attribution;

  • Detect fraud or abuse;

  • Measure affiliate performance; and

  • Produce referral and commission reports.

Affiliate cookies placed by StampDirect.shop or an affiliate technology provider are controlled by those parties, not by ForeverStampGuide.com.

Their duration and use are governed by the privacy and cookie policies of the destination website or provider.

Forever Stamp Guide may receive limited reporting information, such as:

  • The date and time of a referral;

  • An affiliate click identifier;

  • General device or location information;

  • Whether the referral resulted in a qualifying action;

  • The general value of the qualifying action; and

  • The commission attributed to the referral.

ForeverStampGuide.com does not directly collect your full payment-card number, billing information, shipping information, or complete order payment details through these cookies.

6.5 EMBEDDED CONTENT COOKIES

Some Site pages may include or display content supplied by other websites or services, such as:

  • Images;

  • Videos;

  • Maps;

  • Social media content;

  • Forms;

  • Fonts;

  • Security tools;

  • Comment tools; or

  • Other embedded features.

When you load or interact with embedded content, the provider may collect information and place cookies as though you had visited its website directly.

The provider may receive your IP address, device information, browser information, referring page, and information about your interaction with the embedded content.

Review the privacy and cookie policies of the relevant provider before interacting with embedded content.

6.6 EMAIL TECHNOLOGIES

If the Site offers newsletters or email updates, our email service provider may use pixels, tagged links, or similar technologies to measure:

  • Whether an email was delivered;

  • Whether an email was opened;

  • Which links were clicked;

  • The time of an interaction;

  • Device or browser information; and

  • Subscription or delivery status.

We may use this information to administer subscriptions, measure email performance, improve communications, and maintain email security.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails using the unsubscribe link included in an email or by contacting us.

6.7 ADVERTISING AND CROSS-CONTEXT TRACKING

The Site may use advertising or cross-context tracking technologies if such features are enabled.

These technologies may be used to measure advertisements, prevent repeated advertisements, understand campaign performance, or deliver content based on activity across different websites or services.

Where applicable law requires consent before these technologies are used, we will request that consent.

Where applicable law provides a right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information or processing for targeted advertising, visitors may exercise that right using an available privacy control or the contact information in Section 16.

7. WORDPRESS COOKIES

The Site may be operated using WordPress. Depending on the Site features you use, WordPress may place cookies such as the following.

WordPress Test Cookie

Typical name: wordpress_test_cookie

Purpose: Checks whether your browser supports cookies.

Typical duration: Browser session.

WordPress Authentication Cookies

Typical names:

  • wordpress_[hash]

  • wordpress_sec_[hash]

  • wordpress_logged_in_[hash]

Purpose: Authenticate registered or administrative users and maintain login sessions.

Typical duration: A browser session or a limited period if the user selects a “Remember Me” option.

These cookies generally apply to website administrators or registered users and are not ordinarily required for visitors who only read public articles.

WordPress Settings Cookies

Typical names:

  • wp-settings-[user ID]

  • wp-settings-time-[user ID]

Purpose: Remember interface and administrative preferences for logged-in users.

Typical duration: Up to approximately one year.

WordPress Language Cookie

Typical name: wp_lang

Purpose: Remembers a selected language for WordPress login or administrative screens.

Typical duration: A browser session or another limited period depending on the Site configuration.

Comment Cookies

Typical names:

  • comment_author_[hash]

  • comment_author_email_[hash]

  • comment_author_url_[hash]

Purpose: If comments are enabled and you choose to save your details, these cookies may remember your name, email address, and website so you do not need to enter them again when submitting another comment.

Typical duration: Up to approximately one year.

Cookie names may contain a unique hash or identifier and may change when WordPress, a Site plugin, or the Site configuration is updated.

8. COOKIE PREFERENCE TECHNOLOGIES

If a Cookie banner or privacy preference tool is available on the Site, it may place a strictly necessary cookie or local-storage record to remember your choices.

This record may contain:

  • Whether you accepted or rejected optional cookies;

  • The categories you selected;

  • The date of your choice;

  • A consent or preference identifier; and

  • The version of the Cookie notice presented to you.

A Cookie preference record may remain for up to approximately 12 months or another period determined by the Site’s consent-management configuration.

After it expires, the Site may ask you to make your Cookie choices again.

9. HOW LONG COOKIES REMAIN ON YOUR DEVICE

Cookie duration depends on the type, purpose, provider, and configuration of the Cookie.

Typical durations may include:

  • Browser session;

  • Several hours;

  • Several days;

  • Several weeks;

  • Several months; or

  • Up to approximately two years.

Strictly necessary cookies are generally retained only as long as needed to provide their function.

Preference cookies may remain long enough to remember your selection for future visits.

Analytics cookies may remain for a longer period to distinguish new and returning visits and measure trends over time.

Affiliate cookies placed by a destination website are retained according to the destination website’s or affiliate provider’s settings.

You can delete persistent cookies before their expiration date through your browser settings.

10. HOW TO MANAGE COOKIES

10.1 SITE COOKIE CONTROLS

If the Site displays a Cookie banner or privacy preference tool, you may use it to:

  • Accept optional cookies;

  • Reject optional cookies;

  • Select particular Cookie categories; or

  • Change a previous selection.

Strictly necessary cookies may remain active because they are required to operate and secure the Site.

Where applicable law requires consent for non-essential cookies, those cookies should not be activated until you provide the required consent.

10.2 BROWSER SETTINGS

Most browsers allow you to:

  • View stored cookies;

  • Delete individual cookies;

  • Delete all cookies;

  • Block third-party cookies;

  • Block all cookies;

  • Receive a warning before a cookie is placed; or

  • Configure different rules for different websites.

The location of these controls varies by browser and device. Review your browser’s help or privacy settings for instructions.

Blocking all cookies may cause some Site functions to stop working correctly.

10.3 MOBILE DEVICE SETTINGS

Mobile devices may offer additional settings for limiting tracking, resetting advertising identifiers, or controlling browser storage.

Review your device’s privacy and advertising settings for available options.

10.4 CLEARING COOKIES

Deleting cookies may remove saved preferences, sign you out of websites, reset Cookie choices, and cause websites to treat your next visit as a new session.

After deleting cookies, you may need to make your privacy choices again.

11. GLOBAL PRIVACY CONTROL

Global Privacy Control, or GPC, is a browser-based opt-out preference signal.

Where applicable law requires us to recognize a valid GPC signal, we will treat the signal as a request to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information for the browser or device sending the signal.

A GPC signal generally applies only to the browser or device from which it is sent.

You may need to enable GPC separately on each browser or device you use.

12. DO NOT TRACK SIGNALS

Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting.

There is currently no single universally accepted standard governing how websites should respond to Do Not Track signals. For this reason, the Site may not respond to Do Not Track signals.

A Do Not Track signal is different from a legally recognized opt-out preference signal such as Global Privacy Control.

13. SALES, SHARING, AND TARGETED ADVERTISING

We do not sell personal information in exchange for money.

However, some privacy laws define “sale,” “sharing,” or “targeted advertising” broadly.

Depending on the technologies used, allowing an analytics, advertising, or affiliate provider to receive cookie identifiers, device identifiers, or online activity information may be considered a sale, sharing, or targeted advertising under an applicable law.

Where applicable, you may request to opt out by using an available Site privacy control or by contacting us using the information in Section 16.

We do not knowingly use cookies to sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16 years of age.

14. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

The Site is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13 years of age.

We do not knowingly use cookies to collect personal information online from children under 13.

If we learn that a child under 13 has provided personal information through the Site, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

A parent or guardian who believes a child has provided information may contact us using the information in Section 16.

15. CHANGES TO THIS COOKIE POLICY

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in:

  • The cookies or technologies used by the Site;

  • Site features or service providers;

  • Affiliate arrangements;

  • Privacy practices;

  • Technical requirements; or

  • Applicable laws and regulations.

When we update this Cookie Policy, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of the policy.

If a change materially affects your privacy choices, we may provide additional notice through the Site, a Cookie banner, or another appropriate method.

16. CONTACT US

For questions about this Cookie Policy, Cookie preferences, affiliate technologies, or privacy rights, contact Forever Stamp Guide using the information below.

Email: support@foreverstampguide.com

Telephone: +1 (907) 519-1155

Mailing Address:

3165 Douglas Highway
Juneau, Alaska 99801
United States

Please include “Cookie Policy Request” in the subject line of an email or on the outside of mailed correspondence.