Cookie Policy — Hormonal Health Portal | Women's Hormonal Health Portal

This Cookie Policy explains how Hormonal Health Portal Editorial (Monaco) (“we”, “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on Hormonal Health Portal. We comply with the EU ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC as amended), GDPR (Regulation 2016/679), и the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA / CPRA).

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser. We also use related technologies includinglocalStorage, sessionStorage, and URL parameters. For brevity, this policy calls all of them “cookies”.

2. How we use cookies

Cookies fall into four categories. The table below names every cookie or storage key we set, what it does, how long it lasts, and how к disable it.

Category	Examples	Purpose	Duration	Party	Opt-out
Strictly necessary	session id, klaro-consent	Maintain your session, remember your cookie preferences. Required для site to function.	Session к 12 months	First-party	Cannot disable — required for site operation
Analytics (Plausible)	No cookies set — Plausible is cookieless	Anonymous page-view counting + custom events (Affiliate Click, Quiz Step Completed, etc.) so we know which surfaces help users.	Memory-only, not persisted	First-party (self-hosted Plausible on our VPS)	Opt-out via Klaro cookie banner (default OFF)
Affiliate attribution	aff_session, sub_id	When you click an affiliate link, we pass an anonymous click ID to the destination so commission is credited to us correctly.	30 days	First-party — passed to partner via URL parameter, not third-party cookie	Opt-out via Klaro cookie banner (default ON)
Geo personalization	geo-detected-state, geo-banner-dismissed (sessionStorage, not cookies)	Optionally detect your US state to offer state-specific provider lists.	Session-only (sessionStorage cleared on tab close)	Third-party (ipapi.co IP geolocation lookup, only when opted in)	Default OFF — requires explicit opt-in via Klaro
Google Analytics 4 (if enabled)	_ga, _ga_*	Complementary analytics с funnel + cohort views. Currently not active on production.	13 months max (GA4 default)	Third-party (Google)	Opt-out via Klaro cookie banner (default OFF)

3. Managing your consent

On your first visit, the Klaro consent manager appears at the bottom of the page. You can:

Accept all categories,
Decline non-essential categories,
Configure each category individually,
Change your choice at any time from the “Cookie settings” link в the footer.

Strictly-necessary cookies cannot be disabled because the site cannot function without them. All other categories are off by default и require explicit opt-in (per GDPR Article 7).

4. Browser-level controls

You can also block or delete cookies directly в your browser:

Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
Safari: Settings → Privacy
Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions

Blocking strictly-necessary cookies will break parts of the site (login, consent saving). Blocking others will reduce the relevance of features but the site will still work.

5. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

We respect Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals. If your browser sends a GPC signal, we treat it as a CCPA opt-out for the affiliate-attribution category и suppress non-essential cookies. We do not respond to legacy Do Not Track (DNT) headers because the standard was deprecated and inconsistently implemented.

6. Third-party services

The cookies set by third parties (Google Analytics, ipapi.co geolocation) are subject к their own privacy policies:

Google: policies.google.com/privacy
ipapi.co: ipapi.co/privacy

7. Changes

We will update this Cookie Policy when we add, remove, or change any cookie. The “Effective” date at the top reflects the most recent revision. Material changes are also announced via the Klaro banner when you next visit.

8. Contact

Questions about this Cookie Policy: privacy@hormonalhealthportal.com.