Our editorial content is available without user registration, paid accounts, public comment sections or mandatory newsletter signups. Because of this, our use of cookies is intended to be limited, proportionate and focused on site functionality, security, performance measurement and reader experience.
No reader accounts
Readers can access editorial content without creating a personal profile or membership account.
No public comments
The site does not currently operate a public comment system or open user-generated content forum.
No sale of cookie data
We do not sell or trade cookie data, and we do not use cookies to collect sensitive personal information.
Our Approach to Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They can help a website work correctly, load pages reliably, remember basic technical settings, improve performance and understand how visitors use the site.
Some cookies are necessary for a website to function. Others may support analytics, performance measurement or service improvement. Where a cookie is not strictly necessary, FAYFO Media aims to use it in a privacy-conscious and transparent way.
We do not use cookies to identify individual readers by name, build hidden personal profiles, collect sensitive personal information, sell personal information, or track users across unrelated websites for behavioural advertising.
What Makes Our Cookie Use Limited
- We do not require readers to create accounts.
- We do not operate reader profiles, membership areas or paywalled user dashboards.
- We do not provide public comment functionality on articles.
- We do not use cookies to collect sensitive personal information.
- We do not sell or trade cookie data.
- We do not use cookies to personally identify individual readers.
- We aim to avoid unnecessary third-party tracking technologies.
Types of Cookies We May Use
The exact cookies used on the site may change as technical, analytics or editorial systems evolve. The categories below describe the types of cookies that may be used on a publisher/media site like FAYFO Media.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for the website to operate correctly. They may support page loading, navigation, security, session stability, spam protection, load balancing, content delivery or basic technical preferences.
- Purpose: to keep the website functional, stable and secure.
- Data type: technical and session-level information.
- Personal identification: not intended.
- Consent requirement: usually not required where cookies are strictly necessary.
Performance and Analytics Cookies
We may use privacy-conscious analytics to understand how the website performs and how readers interact with our content in general. This helps us improve navigation, loading speed, editorial structure, article presentation and overall reader experience.
- Purpose: to measure general site performance and improve editorial delivery.
- Examples: page views, popular sections, general traffic trends, browser type and approximate device category.
- Personal identification: not intended.
- Use limitation: we use analytics to improve the website, not to identify readers individually.
Preference Cookies
In some cases, the website may remember basic reader preferences such as language, region, display mode, font size or cookie choices. These cookies are used to make the reading experience more convenient and consistent.
Purpose
To remember simple site preferences and consent choices.
Examples
Language selection, layout choice, display mode or cookie preference settings.
Personal identification
Not intended.
Advertising and Tracking Cookies
At the time of this policy, FAYFO Media does not use behavioural advertising cookies, cross-site tracking cookies or cookie-based reader profiling for advertising purposes. We do not use cookies to follow readers across unrelated websites for targeted advertising.
If advertising technologies, programmatic ads, retargeting tools or behavioural advertising cookies are introduced in the future, we will update this policy and, where required, provide appropriate notice and consent options.
- Behavioural advertising cookies: not currently used.
- Cross-site tracking cookies: not currently used.
- Reader profiling for advertising: not currently used.
- Sale of cookie-based data: not used.
First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
First-party cookies are set directly by fayfo.com. Third-party cookies are set by external services that may support technical, security, analytics, media or embedded-content functions.
Our preference is to minimise the use of third-party technologies and avoid unnecessary external tracking. However, certain tools may be used to operate the site, understand traffic, protect the website, deliver media assets or improve performance.
If embedded content, video players, maps, social media widgets, analytics tools or external services are added to the website, those services may place their own cookies or similar technologies. We recommend reviewing the privacy and cookie policies of such third-party services when interacting with embedded content.
How Long Cookies Remain on Your Device
Some cookies are temporary and expire when you close your browser. These are often called session cookies. Other cookies may remain for a limited period unless you delete them earlier. These are called persistent cookies.
- Session cookies: usually deleted when the browser is closed.
- Persistent cookies: remain for a defined period or until deleted by the user.
- Preference cookies: may remain longer to remember your settings.
- Analytics cookies: where used, should be limited to a reasonable retention period.
Managing Cookies
You can manage, block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to see which cookies are stored, remove existing cookies, block third-party cookies, block all cookies, or receive alerts before cookies are placed.
If you block all cookies, some parts of the website may not work as expected. Essential functions such as navigation, security, page loading, spam protection or preference storage may be affected.
- You may delete existing cookies at any time.
- You may block new cookies through your browser settings.
- You may restrict third-party cookies separately in most modern browsers.
- You may use private or incognito browsing modes, subject to your browser’s limitations.
- You may use privacy tools or browser extensions, but they may affect site functionality.
Editorial Independence and Reader Trust
FAYFO Media is a publication, not a reader-profiling service. Reader trust is central to our work, and our cookie practices are intended to support a transparent, responsible and privacy-conscious publishing environment.
We use technical tools to keep the website reliable and to understand how our journalism and editorial pages are accessed. We do not seek to identify individual readers, create hidden user profiles or make editorial decisions based on personal tracking.
Relationship to Our Privacy Policy
This Cookie Policy should be read together with the Privacy Policy, which explains how FAYFO Media handles personal information, analytics, communications, service providers, data retention and user rights.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, regulation, website functionality, analytics tools, advertising systems or editorial services.
If we introduce new types of cookies or begin using cookies for additional purposes, we will update this page accordingly. The latest version of this policy will be available on this page.
Contact
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, our privacy practices or the way cookies are used on FAYFO Media, please contact us.
This Cookie Policy is intended to explain the ordinary cookie practices of FAYFO Media in clear language. It is not a substitute for legal advice and should be reviewed by qualified counsel if formal compliance review is required.
