Cookie Policy — Asymmetric Stack

What Are Cookies and Why We Use Them

Cookie Categories Used on the Site

Third-Party Content and External Links

This Cookie Policy explains how asymmetricstack.com uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website. Our use of cookies is limited and primarily focuses on site functionality and non-personalized analytics.

What Are Cookies and Why We Use Them

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website. These cookies store small pieces of data. To enhance your experience, many websites use cookies to remember you and your preferences. This can be done for a single visit (session cookie) or for multiple visits (persistent cookie).

Session cookies, temporary files used during your website visit, automatically expire when you close your browser.

Persistent cookies remember your preferences on our website. They stay on your desktop or mobile device even after you close your browser or restart your computer.

They ensure a consistent and efficient experience for you while visiting the Website and Services. While you can choose to prevent cookie storage, this might restrict or affect some site functionalities.

We use cookies only for purposes essential to operating and improving the service:

Site Functionality (Strictly Necessary Cookies): To ensure the basic operation and security of the website.

Performance Analysis: To measure site traffic, understand popular content, and identify technical errors, helping us improve our information delivery. (Performance Cookies).

Preference Storage: To remember your non-personal preferences, such as your consent choices. (Functionality Cookies).

Technologies Similar to Cookies: For ease, we use the term “cookies” to cover other tracking technologies like pixels, web beacons, and local storage, which may also be used for analytical purposes.

Cookie Categories Used on the Site

Due to our non-commercial focus, we limit our cookie use to the following essential and analytical categories:

Strictly Necessary Cookies: Essential for you to browse the website and use features like secure account access. They cannot be turned off as the site will not function without them.

Performance Cookies: Measure how often you visit our sites and how you use them (e.g., page views, time spent). These cookies are for internal optimization only and are not used for targeted advertising.

Functional Cookies: Used to remember your site settings and preferences, providing a more personalized experience.

Marketing Cookies: We do not use cookies for personalized advertising, retargeting, or affiliate revenue purposes. However, third-party content (Section 3) may introduce them.

Third-Party Content and External Links

Our website disseminates information and may include embedded content (e.g., YouTube videos, social media sharing buttons, or interactive charts) from other websites. These third parties may set their own cookies on your browser when you interact with their content or follow external links.

We also incorporate social media buttons/plugins on this site. They enable you to connect with your social networks in various ways.

Social media sites like Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest, and Reddit may set cookies through our website. Social media cookies may:

a) Enhance your profile on their platform.

b) Contribute to data they use for various purposes (explained in their privacy policies).

Third-Party Responsibility: We have no control over the cookies set by these external services. We recommend reviewing the individual cookie policies of any third-party content providers whose services you use on our site.

No Affiliate Revenue: We do not generate revenue from any third-party links or cookie-based tracking.

Third Party Cookies

In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site. Google Analytics helps us analyze site usage and improve your experience. It’s a widely trusted tool for this purpose.

We use cookies to track things like time spent on site and pages visited. This helps us create engaging content you’ll enjoy. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

Disabling Cookies

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit.

Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

Your Consent and Control

Compliance Note (GDPR, UK GDPR, ePrivacy): For users in the EU/UK and other “Opt-in” jurisdictions, non-essential cookies (Performance and Functional) are blocked by default until you provide explicit consent via our cookie banner. You can withdraw your consent at any time.

In all cases, you can manage your preferences through the following methods:

Preference Center: You can adjust or revoke your consent preferences at any time by clicking the dedicated consent button (or floating icon) on our site. This provides granular control over the Performance and Functional cookie categories.

CCPA/CPRA (California Residents): We provide the legally required option to opt-out of data sharing activities via a link often titled “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information.”

We utilize a Consent Management Platform (CMP) to ensure that your consent choices are recorded, stored for audit purposes, and technically block non-essential tracking scripts until your explicit permission is given.

For a detailed, live list of all cookies currently used, please refer to the “Cookie List” section within the Preference Center.

Changes to this Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date.