Privacy & Your Info
Our Super Simple Cookie Guide! 🍪
Welcome! This friendly guide explains exactly how Linkysoft uses cookies on our website. We want to show you what they are, why we use them, and how easily you can manage them!
This guide goes perfectly with our main Privacy Guide, which talks all about how we keep your personal info completely safe.
1. What are cookies, anyway?
A cookie is just a tiny little text file that our website saves right on your computer or phone! It helps our site remember cool things about your visit, like if you're logged in, your favorite language, or if you already closed a popup! We also use a few similar tools that do the exact same thing, but to keep it super simple, we just call them all 'cookies'.
Some cookies are made directly by us, and others come from trusted helpers we use to see how fast and fun our site is. Some cookies only stay while you have the website open, and others stick around a bit longer to remember your choices for next time!
2. How we use cookies to help you
We only use cookies when they actually help make things better! Here are the three simple types we use:
| Type of Cookie | What it does for you! | Can I turn it off? |
|---|---|---|
| The Essentials | These keep the site running safely! They help you log in, fill out forms securely, and stop the site from breaking. | No, these are completely needed to make sure the site works great and stays totally safe for you. |
| Your Favorites | These remember your personal choices, like your language and whether you love dark mode or light mode! | Yes! But if you turn them off, the site will forget your awesome settings. |
| Site Helpers | These help us see what parts of our site are the most popular, so we can make it even better for you! | Yes! Turning these off won't stop the site from working perfectly. |
And the absolute best part? We NEVER use cookies for annoying ads, and we never track you for advertising!
3. Cookies from our trusted friends
Sometimes we use helpful tools from other trusted companies—like a tool to make sure the site is running super fast, or a map to show you where we are! These trusted friends might set their own cookies, but we make sure they respect your privacy and only use the info to help our site.
4. You are the boss of your cookies!
You are in total control! Here are two super easy ways to manage your cookies:
- Right here on our site: Whenever we ask if you want to use extra cookies, you can click yes or no, and you can always change your mind later!
- In your web browser: Every web browser lets you see, stop, and delete cookies in its settings menu. You can block them all, but remember that blocking the "Essential" ones might make some parts of our site stop working perfectly.
Just a quick pro tip: If you clear your cookies, your browser will forget your fun choices like dark mode, so we might have to ask you again next time!
5. "Do Not Track" requests
Some web browsers have a cool "Do Not Track" feature. Right now, there isn't a standard rule for how websites should handle it. But don't worry! We don't track you across the web or use any ad cookies anyway, so there really isn't anything bad to switch off here!
6. Updates to this guide
If we ever add new cookies to make the site even better, we will update this page and change the date at the top. If it's a huge change, we will definitely make sure you know about it!
7. Any questions?
We love helping out! If you want to know more about how we use cookies, just send a friendly email to [email protected] or use our contact page. We are always so happy to chat!