Cookie Policy
Last Updated: April 15, 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to DesignLeap ("we," "our," or "us"). This Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website. This policy provides you with clear and comprehensive information about the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you visit a website. They're widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies enhance user experience by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences over a period of time.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, DesignLeap) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics).
3. Types of Cookies We Use
We use different types of cookies for various reasons. Depending on their function and purpose, cookies may be classified as:
3.1 Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation, access to secure areas of the website, and remembering your preferences. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and they can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.
3.2 Performance Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. They help us improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
3.3 Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for, such as watching a video or commenting on a blog.
3.4 Targeting/Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator's permission.
4. Specific Cookies We Use
| Cookie Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _session_id | Essential | Used to maintain your session while navigating the website | Session |
| _csrf_token | Essential | Used to help protect against cross-site request forgery attacks | Session |
| cookieconsent_status | Essential | Stores your cookie consent preferences | 1 year |
| _ga | Performance | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users | 2 years |
| _gid | Performance | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users | 24 hours |
| _gat | Performance | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | 1 minute |
| user_preferences | Functionality | Remembers your site preferences | 1 year |
| _fbp | Advertising | Used by Facebook to deliver advertisements | 3 months |
5. Managing Cookies
You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.
5.1 Browser Controls
Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose to accept or decline cookies through your browser controls. Each browser is different, so check the 'Help' menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
5.2 Cookie Management Tools
We provide tools on our website that allow you to control the cookies we use. You can access these tools through the "Cookie Settings" button in our cookie consent banner or in the footer of our website.
5.3 Third-Party Opt-Out Tools
For advertising cookies, you can also visit the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/ or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance's site at http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/.
6. Third-Party Analytics and Advertising
We partner with third parties to either display advertising on our website or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our third-party partners may use technologies such as cookies to gather information about your activities on this website and other sites in order to provide you with advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests.
We use Google Analytics, which is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
You can opt-out of having your activity on the website made available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout).
7. Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" feature that lets you tell websites that you do not want to have your online activities tracked. At this time, we do not respond to browser "Do Not Track" signals, but we continue to review new technologies and may adopt a standard once one is created.
8. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
9. More Information About Cookies
If you want to learn more about cookies, or how to control, disable, or delete them, please visit http://www.aboutcookies.org for detailed guidance.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us through our website's contact form.