Cookie Policy | chequeWriting

Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how chequeWriting ("we," "our," or "us") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website at chequewriting.com (the "Site"). It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which provides more detail on how we handle personal data. Where applicable law requires consent, visiting the Site does not by itself mean that you consent to non-essential cookies; those technologies will be controlled by the choices offered through our consent interface.

AdSense ad requests and advertising cookies are disabled during our current site-review period. The advertising sections below describe what will apply if we enable ads on eligible content pages. Before personalized ads are served in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we will deploy a Google-certified consent management platform and honor the choices collected through it.

We are committed to being transparent about the technologies we use and giving you control over your data. This policy describes each type of cookie we use, what it does, and how you can manage your preferences.

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, remember your preferences, and provide information to the website owners.

Cookies can be "first-party" (set by us directly) or "third-party" (set by our trusted partners and service providers). They can also be "session" cookies (which are deleted when you close your browser) or "persistent" cookies (which remain on your device for a set period or until you manually delete them).

In addition to cookies, we may also use similar technologies such as web beacons (also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs) and local storage. These technologies function similarly to cookies and help us collect information about how you interact with our Site.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes:

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are set in response to actions made by you, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.
Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.
Functional Cookies: These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
Targeting Cookies: These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners, including Google AdSense, to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on our site and other sites across the web.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our website. Without these cookies, the Site cannot function properly.

Session cookies: Used for maintaining user sessions and keeping you logged in as you navigate between pages. These are deleted when you close your browser.
Security cookies: Used for protecting against fraud, abuse, and unauthorized access. These help ensure the integrity of your account and our services.
CSRF tokens: Used to prevent cross-site request forgery attacks, ensuring that requests made to our server come from legitimate users.

Performance Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, helping us improve the user experience.

Analytics cookies: Used to understand how visitors interact with our website, including the number of visitors, the pages they visit, and the time they spend on each page. All data collected by these cookies is aggregated and anonymized.
Load balancing cookies: Used to distribute traffic across multiple servers, ensuring our website remains responsive and available even during periods of high traffic.

Functional Cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, personalized features.

Preference cookies: Used to remember your settings and choices, such as your preferred currency format or display options for our cheque writing tools.
Language cookies: Used to remember your language preference so that the Site displays content in your chosen language on subsequent visits.
Recently used values: Used to remember recently entered cheque amounts for your convenience when using our conversion tools. This data is stored locally and is not transmitted to our servers.

Targeting Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests.

Advertising cookies: Used to deliver relevant advertisements based on your browsing history and interests. These cookies track your activity across different websites to help advertisers show you ads that are more likely to be of interest to you.
Social media cookies: Used to enable sharing content on social platforms. These cookies may track your browsing activity across different sites.
Google AdSense cookies: Google AdSense uses cookies to serve advertisements based on your prior visits to our website and other websites on the internet. These advertising cookies may collect information such as your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and whether you clicked on an ad. Google uses this information to serve personalized (interest-based) and non-personalized ads. For more details about how Google uses your data, see our Privacy Policy Third-Party Advertising section and Google's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Third-Party Cookies

When you visit our Site, third-party services may place cookies on your device. These include:

Google AdSense: Places cookies to serve interest-based advertisements and measure ad performance. Google's advertising cookies enable it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our Site and other sites on the internet. You can learn more about how Google uses cookies for advertising at https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
Cloudflare: May set cookies for security, performance, and bot detection purposes. These help protect our Site from malicious traffic and ensure fast page load times.
Analytics providers: May set cookies to collect anonymized usage data that helps us understand how visitors interact with our Site.

We do not control the cookies set by third-party services. Each third-party has its own cookie and privacy policies, and we encourage you to review them.

Managing Cookies

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can:

Delete cookies from your device at any time through your browser settings
Block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse all or some cookies
Set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the opportunity to decide whether to accept it
Use browser extensions that help you manage and block unwanted cookies

Please note that if you choose to block or delete cookies, you may not be able to access certain areas or features of our website. Essential cookies cannot be disabled as the Site cannot function without them.

Opting Out of Personalized Advertising

You can opt out of personalized advertising from Google and other participating companies by visiting the following resources:

Google Ads Settings: https://adssettings.google.com — Manage your ad preferences and opt out of interest-based advertising from Google.
Network Advertising Initiative (NAI): https://www.aboutads.info — Opt out of personalized advertising from participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance.
European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA): https://www.youronlinechoices.eu — Opt out of behavioral advertising from European advertising networks.

These tools allow you to manage your ad preferences and disable interest-based advertising across participating ad networks. Please note that opting out of personalized advertising does not mean you will no longer see ads — it means the ads you see will not be tailored to your interests.

Do Not Track

Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want to be tracked. Because there is currently no industry standard for how to respond to DNT signals, our Site does not currently respond to DNT signals. However, you can use the opt-out tools described above to manage how your information is used for advertising purposes.

We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, changes in technology, or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. When we make changes, we will update the "date" at the top of this policy and, for material changes, provide a more prominent notice. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us. We are happy to provide additional information or address any concerns you may have about our cookie practices.