Cookie Policy

Last Updated: January 1, 2025

Introduction

At maldoror.com (the "Website"), we value your privacy and aim to provide a seamless experience while respecting your data. This Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies on our Website, owned and operated by Alexander von der Neymark (@neymark). It complements our Privacy Policy and ensures compliance with global standards, including the ePrivacy Directive (EU), GDPR (EU), CCPA (California), and other applicable regulations.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, phone, or tablet) when you visit a website. They help websites function efficiently, remember your preferences, and, in some cases, collect data about your browsing behavior. We use cookies to enhance your experience while maintaining transparency about their purpose and scope.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

Currently, our Website employs a minimal approach to cookies, focusing solely on operational necessity:

Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the Website to function correctly, such as maintaining your session or ensuring navigation works smoothly. They do not track your activity beyond the Website’s basic operation. As the Website is hosted on Blogger, these may include cookies set by Google to support platform functionality (e.g., session management, security features like reCAPTCHA).
Analytics Cookies (via Blogger/Google): As the Website is hosted on Blogger, a Google platform, it may employ Google Analytics cookies to collect statistical data about visits, such as the number of visitors, pages viewed, session duration, and general device or browser information. This data helps us understand how the Website is used, improve its performance, and enhance your experience. These cookies do not identify you personally but aggregate anonymized information. If Google Analytics is active, it is managed by Google under their privacy framework (see Google’s Privacy Policy for details). Should we directly enable or modify analytics features in the future, we will update this policy and seek your consent where required by law.
No Advertising or Third-Party Tracking Cookies: Beyond potential Google Analytics cookies inherent to Blogger’s hosting, we do not use cookies for advertising, behavioral tracking across other sites, or sharing with third parties for marketing purposes.

3. Why We Use Cookies

We use cookies solely to:

Ensure Functionality: To enable core features of the Website, such as page loading and security.
Improve User Experience: To maintain continuity during your visit (e.g., remembering your session).

We do not use cookies to collect personal data for marketing, profiling, or sharing with third parties beyond what is necessary for hosting (see Section 5).

4. Legal Basis for Using Cookies

Under the ePrivacy Directive and GDPR:

Strictly Necessary Cookies: These do not require your consent as they are vital for the Website’s operation, based on our legitimate interest in providing a functional service.
Future Cookies: If we introduce non-essential cookies (e.g., for analytics or advertising), we will obtain your explicit consent via a cookie consent popup, as required by law.

5. Third-Party Cookies

Our Website is hosted on Blogger (Google), which may use its own necessary cookies to deliver content. These are managed under Google’s privacy framework, and we do not control them directly. We do not integrate third-party tracking or advertising cookies at this time.

6. How to Manage Cookies

You have full control over cookies through your browser settings:

Disable Cookies: Adjust your browser to block all or specific cookies (note that disabling necessary cookies may impair Website functionality).
Clear Cookies: Remove existing cookies from your device at any time via browser options.
Private Browsing: Use incognito mode to prevent cookies from being stored after your session.

For guidance, visit your browser’s help page (e.g., Chrome, Firefox, Safari).

7. Your Choices

Our cookie consent popup (if present) allows you to:

Accept: Agree to the use of necessary cookies.
Decline: Opt out of non-essential cookies (currently none are used).

Since we only use necessary cookies at this stage, your continued use of the Website implies acceptance. Should we introduce optional cookies, we will provide clear options to manage your preferences.

8. Updates to This Policy

We may revise this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in our practices or legal obligations. Updates will be posted here with a new "Last Updated" date. Significant changes will be announced via a notice on the Website.

9. Contact Us

For questions or concerns about our use of cookies, please contact:

Alexander von der Neymark
Email: antifaust@gmail.com
X: @neymark

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