Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. They help us operate the Site, remember preferences, and understand usage patterns.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

We only use the following categories of cookies:

Essential: Required for core functionality and security.

Preferences: Remember your settings (e.g., language).

Analytics (optional): With your consent, we use Umami (self-hosted) to measure usage of the Site. Umami is a cookieless analytics tool; it does not place any tracking cookies on your device. If you opt in, we set a small preference cookie (such as tlf_analytics) solely to remember your consent choice.

External media (optional): With your consent, we may load embedded content such as YouTube videos. When enabled, those providers may set their own cookies.

3. Language Preference

We may store your language preference so we can serve the appropriate language version of the Site. A language preference may be set when you visit a language-specific page (such as /de/) or explicitly choose a language using the language toggle. You can change this at any time.

4. Consent

Essential and preference cookies are used to make the Site work (and remember your language selection). Analytics cookies (Umami) are only used if you opt in via our cookie settings. You can change your choice at any time.

This means essential and preference cookies may be set without consent where they are strictly necessary for providing the Site. Optional analytics and external media are only enabled after you opt in.

We may store your consent choices in a consent cookie (for example, a cookie named `klaro`) and store per-purpose switches (for example `tlf_analytics` and `tlf_external_media`).

4.1 Cookie Settings

If a cookie settings dialog is available, you can enable or disable analytics there. If you use a browser content blocker, it may prevent the dialog from showing. In that case, analytics remains off by default.

If you use a content blocker, ad blocker, or strict privacy settings, the cookie settings dialog may be blocked or may not load correctly. In that case, optional services (analytics and external media) remain disabled by default. You can still manage cookies via your browser settings.

5. Managing Cookies

You can control cookies via your browser settings, where you can block or delete cookies at any time. Blocking essential cookies may affect Site functionality.

If cookie settings are available on the Site, you can also manage analytics consent directly through the cookie settings dialog.

6. Third-Party Cookies

Some services we use may set their own cookies. We do not control third-party cookies, and their use is governed by the providers' policies.

7. Changes

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available on this page.

8. Contact

Questions about this Cookie Policy can be sent to d.stahl@thelevifeed.com.