COOKIE POLICY

Effective Date: 07 April 2025

This Cookie Policy explains how GoldRates.com uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control their use.

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1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They allow websites to remember your actions and preferences over time.

There are different types of cookies:

• Session cookies: Temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser.
• Persistent cookies: Remain until they expire or are deleted manually.
• First-party cookies: Set by the website you are visiting.
• Third-party cookies: Set by external services (e.g., analytics, ad networks).

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2. Why We Use Cookies

GoldRates.com uses cookies to:

• Ensure the website functions properly
• Remember your preferences (e.g., location or language)
• Improve performance and user experience
• Analyze traffic and visitor behavior
• Deliver personalized advertising through services like Google Ads

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3. Google Ad Cookies

We partner with Google and other advertising networks to display ads on our website. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior interactions with our site and other sites on the internet.

These cookies may be used for:

• Personalizing ads
• Limiting ad frequency
• Measuring ad performance
• Preventing fraud and abuse

To manage or opt out of personalized advertising from Google, visit: https://www.google.com/settings/ads

For more information about how Google uses cookies in advertising, see: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

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4. Controlling Cookies

You can control cookies through:

• Browser Settings: Adjust your preferences to accept, reject, or delete cookies.
• Cookie Consent Tools: If presented with a cookie banner on our site, use it to customize your consent.
• Ad Personalization Settings: Opt out of Google ad personalization via the settings above.

Disabling some cookies may affect your experience and limit access to certain features.

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5. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in the technologies we use or legal requirements. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

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6. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this policy, please contact us at: info@goldrates.com.