Cookie Policy
Effective as of January 2024 | Elitemanstride Editorial Platform
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our website. They help us understand how you interact with our editorial content, improve your browsing experience, and maintain your preferences. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies we use, why we use them, and how you can manage them.
Elitemanstride is an informational and editorial platform dedicated to delivering quality content. We use cookies solely to enhance your reading experience and gather insights about our audience's interests in our articles and features.
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as page navigation, security features, and access to secure areas of the site. Without these cookies, the website cannot operate effectively.
Duration: Session or persistent | Consent required: No
Performance & Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how readers interact with our articles, which content topics are most popular, and how visitors navigate through our editorial platform. This information helps our editorial team create better content for our audience.
Duration: Up to 24 months | Consent required: Yes
Preference & Functionality Cookies
These cookies remember your reading preferences, such as your preferred language, article categories of interest, font size preferences, and theme settings. They ensure your experience remains consistent across visits to our platform.
Duration: Up to 12 months | Consent required: Yes
Marketing & Targeting Cookies
These cookies help us promote relevant articles and editorial features to you based on your reading history and interests. They may be set by our advertising partners to help display content that aligns with your preferences as a reader.
Duration: Up to 24 months | Consent required: Yes
Social Media Cookies
When you interact with social sharing buttons on our articles, social media platforms may set cookies to track your engagement. These help measure how our content is shared and discussed on social platforms.
Duration: Varies by platform | Consent required: Yes
How We Use Cookies
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Improving Content Delivery
Understanding which articles resonate with our readers helps our editorial team produce more relevant and engaging content.
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Personalizing Your Experience
Cookies allow us to remember your preferences, making future visits more convenient and tailored to your interests.
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Analyzing Platform Usage
We analyze how readers navigate our platform to optimize site structure, article organization, and user interface.
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Ensuring Security
Essential cookies protect your session and prevent unauthorized access to your account and browsing data.
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Measuring Content Performance
Analytics cookies help us track article performance, reader engagement rates, and trending topics across our platform.
How to Manage Cookies
Cookie Preferences
When you first visit our site, you'll see a cookie consent banner. You can:
- Accept all cookies by clicking "Accept All"
- Decline non-essential cookies by clicking "Decline"
- Customize your preferences by clicking "Manage Preferences"
Browser Settings
You can control cookies through your browser settings:
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
- Firefox: Preferences → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
- Edge: Settings → Privacy, search, and services → Clear browsing data
Third-Party Tools
You can use browser extensions and tools like Your Online Choices (www.youronlinechoices.eu) to manage third-party advertising cookies across multiple websites.
Note: Disabling essential cookies may affect the functionality of our website. Non-essential cookies can be disabled without impacting core features, though your personalized experience may be reduced.
Cookie List
Below is a detailed list of cookies we use on Elitemanstride:
| Cookie Name | Type | Duration | Purpose |
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| session_id | Essential | Session | Maintains user session and security |
| csrf_token | Essential | Session | Prevents cross-site request forgery attacks |
| _ga | Analytics | 2 years | Google Analytics - tracks user engagement |
| _gid | Analytics | 24 hours | Google Analytics - distinguishes users |
| user_preferences | Preference | 12 months | Stores reader content preferences and theme settings |
| content_interests | Preference | 12 months | Remembers article categories of interest |
| language_pref | Preference | 12 months | Retains preferred language setting |
| utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign | Analytics | Session | Tracks referral source and campaign performance |
| fbp, fr | Marketing | 3 months | Facebook pixel - content promotion and analytics |
| __sharethis__ | Social Media | 1 year | ShareThis - tracks article sharing |
| cookie_consent | Essential | 2 years | Records your cookie consent preferences |
Third-Party Cookies
We work with trusted third-party partners to enhance our editorial platform. These partners may set their own cookies:
Google Analytics
Helps us understand how readers engage with our articles and which content performs best.
Learn more →Facebook Pixel
Used to promote relevant articles and measure how our content resonates with audiences.
Learn more →ShareThis
Enables article sharing and tracks how our content is distributed across social platforms.
Learn more →Data Privacy & Security
Your privacy is important to us. While cookies store information on your device, we ensure that:
- • We only collect data necessary to improve your reading experience and our editorial content
- • Personal identifiable information is protected with industry-standard encryption
- • We comply with relevant data protection regulations including GDPR and CCPA
- • Your data is not sold to third parties without your explicit consent
- • You have the right to access, modify, or delete your data at any time
For complete details, please review our Privacy Policy.
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