Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies and similar technologies are, how they are used on the website located at https://proscost.com/ (the “Website”), and what choices you have in relation to them.

The Website is operated by Tom (referred to as “we,” “us,” or “our”). For more information about how we handle Personal Data, please also read our Privacy Policy.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website places on your computer, phone, tablet, or other device when you visit it. They are widely used to make websites work, to make them work more efficiently, to remember preferences, and to provide information to the owners of the website.

Cookies do not, by themselves, identify you personally. They typically contain a unique identifier and information about how you have interacted with a particular website. When that information is combined with other data, it may become identifiable.

Other technologies used on websites, such as web beacons (also known as pixels or clear GIFs), local storage, and device fingerprinting, can perform similar functions. For simplicity, we use the word “cookies” in this policy to refer to all of them, unless we say otherwise.

2. Why We Use Cookies

ProsCost uses cookies for several purposes:

To make the Website function properly and securely.
To remember choices you make, such as whether you have already accepted our cookie banner.
To understand how visitors find and use the Website, so that we can improve it.
To track conversions on coupon codes and affiliate links so that our partners can verify referrals.
To deliver advertising that is more relevant, where applicable.

Some cookies are placed by us (these are referred to as “first-party cookies”) and some are placed by third parties whose tools we use on the Website (these are “third-party cookies”).

3. Categories of Cookies We Use

The exact set of cookies you encounter may vary depending on the pages you visit, the consent choices you have made, and the third-party services we use at the time. Generally, the cookies we use fall into the following categories.

3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the Website to operate. They allow you to navigate pages, use security features, and remember items such as whether your browser supports certain features. Without them, the Website would not work properly.

Because these cookies are essential, they cannot be turned off through our consent banner. You can still block them in your browser, but parts of the Website may stop working if you do.

Examples of purposes: session management, security, remembering that you have submitted the contact form, load balancing.

3.2 Preference (Functional) Cookies

These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make to provide a more comfortable experience — for example, your language preference, the region you are browsing from, or whether you have dismissed a notification.

Examples of purposes: remembering display preferences, retaining cookie consent choices.

3.3 Analytics and Performance Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use the Website. They typically collect information such as the pages you visit, how long you spend on them, where you came from, and any errors you encounter. The information is used in aggregated form to improve the structure of the Website, the performance of pages, and the relevance of our editorial content.

We may use third-party analytics providers (for example, web analytics services and event tracking platforms) to gather this information. These providers act as our Service Providers, and their use of data is governed by their own privacy policies in addition to ours.

3.4 Advertising and Affiliate Tracking Cookies

ProsCost is supported in part by affiliate commissions and may also display advertising. Cookies in this category are used to:

Track when a click on a coupon code or affiliate link results in a sale, so that the relevant Service Provider can confirm the referral.
Limit the number of times you see a particular advertisement.
Measure the effectiveness of advertising and editorial campaigns.
In some cases, display advertising that is more relevant to your interests, based on your browsing activity on this Website and on other sites.

These cookies are typically placed by third parties — including affiliate networks, advertising networks, and demand-side platforms — that may combine the data with information they collect elsewhere. We do not control how those third parties use the data they collect, beyond what is set out in their own policies.

Some pages of the Website may include embedded content from third parties (for example, video players, social media share buttons, or comment systems). These third parties may set their own cookies when the embedded content is loaded, even if you do not interact with it. We do not control these cookies and recommend that you check the privacy and cookie policies of the third parties involved.

4. How Long Cookies Stay on Your Device

Cookies generally fall into two duration categories:

Session cookies are temporary and are deleted from your device when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies remain on your device until they expire (after a set period of time) or until you delete them manually.

The exact lifespan of each cookie depends on its purpose. Strictly necessary cookies are usually short-lived, while preference and advertising cookies often persist for several months.

5. Your Choices About Cookies

You have several ways to control cookies set on your device.

When you first visit the Website (and at intervals afterward), you may see a cookie banner that lets you accept or reject categories of non-essential cookies. You can change your choices at any time by reopening the banner or by clearing the cookie that stored your preference and reloading the Website.

5.2 Browser Settings

Most browsers let you view, manage, and delete cookies through their settings. You can usually choose to:

Block all cookies.
Block only third-party cookies.
Be alerted before a cookie is set.
Delete cookies that have already been set.

The relevant help pages for popular browsers are:

Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer
Apple Safari: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-sfri11471/mac
Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09
Opera: https://help.opera.com/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

If you use a different browser or a mobile device, please check the manufacturer’s documentation.

5.3 Industry Opt-Out Tools

For advertising cookies in particular, you can also use opt-out tools provided by industry associations:

Digital Advertising Alliance: https://optout.aboutads.info/
Network Advertising Initiative: https://optout.networkadvertising.org/
European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance: https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/

These tools generally rely on cookies themselves, so if you delete cookies or use a different browser or device, you may need to opt out again.

5.4 Mobile Devices

Mobile operating systems also offer settings to limit advertising tracking:

iOS: look for “Tracking” and “Apple Advertising” in your privacy settings.
Android: look for “Ads” or “Privacy” in your settings, and use the option to opt out of personalized ads or reset your advertising ID.

6. What Happens If You Disable Cookies

You can use the Website even if you disable non-essential cookies, but some features may not work as expected. For example:

Coupon code tracking may not register your click correctly, which may affect whether a Service Provider applies a discount you are entitled to.
Analytics will not record your visit, which means we will not be able to use your visit to improve the Website.
The cookie banner may appear more often, because the system relies on a cookie to remember that you have already responded to it.

If strictly necessary cookies are disabled, key features such as security checks may stop working entirely.

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, for example to reflect changes in the cookies we use, in the law, or in our business practices. The “Last updated” date at the top of the page indicates when the latest version took effect. We encourage you to revisit this page periodically.

8. Contact

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or about how cookies are used on the Website, please reach out through our Contact Us page: https://proscost.com/contact-us/