Cookie Policy

Originally Published: August 1, 2024
Effective Date: May 6, 2026
Last Updated: May 6, 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how teernight.live (“the Site,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) uses cookies and similar technologies on teernight.live. Read together with our Privacy Policy, this page tells you what cookies we set, why we set them, how long they last, and how you can control them.

1. What Are Cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your browser or device when you visit. Cookies are widely used to make websites work, work more efficiently, and provide reporting information to site owners. “Similar technologies” means tools that perform comparable functions: web beacons (1×1 pixels), local storage, session storage, IndexedDB, software development kits (SDKs) inside embedded content, device fingerprinting, and tags loaded by tag-management systems. Throughout this policy, the word “cookies” refers to all of these technologies unless we specify otherwise.

2. First-Party vs. Third-Party Cookies

  • First-party cookies are set by the Site directly. They generally support core Site functionality, security, and basic measurement.
  • Third-party cookies are set by other organisations whose code runs on our pages — for example, Google for advertising and analytics, or social platforms when you interact with embedded content. We do not control how third parties use the data they collect; please refer to their own privacy and cookie policies.

3. Categories of Cookies We Use

3.1 Strictly Necessary

These cookies are required for the Site to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually only set in response to actions you take, such as logging in, submitting a form, setting privacy preferences, or maintaining a session. Examples: WordPress session cookies (wordpress_*, wp-settings-*), CSRF/security tokens, load-balancer affinity, and your cookie-consent record itself.

3.2 Functional / Preferences

These cookies remember choices you make to give you a better experience — for example, language preference, font-size choices, or whether you have dismissed a notice.

3.3 Analytics / Performance

These cookies help us understand how visitors use the Site so we can improve it. They typically generate aggregate, statistical reports. We use Google Analytics or comparable services. Examples include:

  • _ga, _ga_* — used to distinguish users (Google Analytics 4). Typically expires after up to 13 months.
  • _gid — used to distinguish users (legacy). Typically expires after 24 hours.

3.4 Advertising / Targeting

These cookies are used to deliver advertising, measure its effectiveness, prevent the same ad from being shown to you repeatedly, and, where you have given consent, to personalise ads based on your interests and prior browsing. We work with Google AdSense, Google Ad Manager, and authorised programmatic partners. Examples include:

  • __gads, __gpi — used by Google AdSense / Ad Manager for ad delivery, frequency capping, and measurement. Typically valid up to 13 months.
  • IDE, id — set by doubleclick.net for ad targeting and measurement.
  • NID, ANID, 1P_JAR — set by Google for ad preferences and security.
  • test_cookie — used by doubleclick.net to verify cookie support.

3.5 Social and Embedded Content

If we embed videos, social media posts, or other interactive content (for example, YouTube), the third-party platform may set its own cookies on your device when the embed loads or when you interact with it. We use privacy-enhanced embeds where the option is offered (for example, YouTube’s nocookie domain).

4. Google AdSense, Google Ad Manager, and the DART Cookie

The Site is monetised in part through Google AdSense and may use Google Ad Manager to coordinate inventory across multiple demand partners. As required by Google’s publisher policies, we disclose the following:

5. Consent for Users in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland

Where required by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Directive, we ask for your consent before setting non-essential cookies. We use a Consent Management Platform (CMP) compatible with the IAB Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF) and Google’s Additional Consent specification. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time by reopening the cookie preferences manager via the link in our footer.

If you decline consent, you may still see non-personalised advertising. Non-personalised ads use page context and coarse signals (such as approximate location) instead of profile-based targeting.

6. Choices for Users in California and Other U.S. States

If you are a California resident, you have the right to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising under the CCPA/CPRA. We honor the Global Privacy Control (GPC) browser signal where technically feasible. You can also exercise this right via any “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link on the Site or by emailing support@teernight.live with the subject [Privacy].

7. How to Manage Cookies in Your Browser

You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers let you view, manage, delete, and block cookies for any site. Note that disabling cookies entirely may break parts of the Site.

8. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the technologies we use, applicable law, or our business practices. The “Last Updated” date above reflects the most recent revision.

9. Contact

For questions about this Cookie Policy, contact support@teernight.live with the subject [Privacy].