Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

Last Updated: August 12, 2026

What Cookies Are

A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your computer, tablet, or phone. It lets the site recognize your device on your next visit and remember details such as your preferences or whether you have already dismissed a notice. Related technologies — pixels, web beacons, and local storage — work in a similar way, and this policy covers them too.

Why Iladish Uses Them

Cookies help us run iladish.com smoothly, understand what our readers enjoy, and fund the site through advertising so that the stories stay free to read.

The Categories We Use

Strictly Necessary

These make the basics work: loading pages, keeping the site secure, balancing server traffic, and remembering your cookie choices. The site cannot function without them, so they are always active.

Performance and Analytics

These count visits and show us which stories are read most, how long people stay, and where they arrive from. The reports are aggregated and help us decide what to write next.

Functionality

These remember choices you make — language, region, or display settings — so you do not have to set them again each time.

Advertising and Targeting

These are placed by our advertising partners to select which ads you see, cap how often you see the same one, and measure how campaigns perform. Refusing them does not remove advertising; it simply makes it generic rather than personalized.

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies come from companies we work with rather than from us. That includes our advertising provider and its partners, our analytics provider, and embedded content such as social media buttons or video players. These companies set their own cookies under their own privacy policies, and we do not have access to what they store. Details of our advertising partner's practices are set out in the Ezoic section of our Privacy Policy.

How Long Cookies Last

• Session cookies: erased as soon as you close your browser.
• Persistent cookies: stay on your device until their expiry date passes or you delete them manually. Expiry periods vary by purpose, typically from a few days to two years.

Managing Your Preferences

You are in control. If you were shown a consent notice when you arrived, you can reopen it at any time and change what you allow. You can also manage cookies directly in your browser:

• Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Third-party cookies
• Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Settings > Privacy > Manage Website Data
• Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions

Most browsers also offer a private or incognito mode that clears cookies when the window closes. Bear in mind that blocking everything may break parts of the site.

Opting Out of Interest-Based Ads

Industry tools let you opt out of personalized advertising across many companies at once. You can use the Digital Advertising Alliance page at youradchoices.com, and general guidance on cookies is available at allaboutcookies.org. Mobile devices also include an advertising-ID reset or opt-out setting.

Updates to This Policy

As our tools change, this policy will change with them. Revisions are posted here along with a new "Last Updated" date.

Contact Us

If anything about our use of cookies is unclear, email contact@iladish.com.