This policy explains how I Love Cars Today Media uses cookies and similar technologies on ilovecarstoday.com. It works alongside our privacy policy. We keep our use of cookies modest on purpose — we're an independent, reader-supported site, not an ad network.
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files a website stores on your device so it can remember things between pages and visits. Similar technologies — like local storage and tiny analytics scripts — do comparable jobs. Some cookies are set by us ("first-party") and some by the service providers we rely on ("third-party").
The cookies we use
- Essential cookies. These make the site work: remembering items in your shop cart, keeping you securely signed through checkout, applying your cookie choices, and protecting against fraud and abuse. The site can't function properly without them, so they don't require consent.
- Analytics cookies. These help us understand how readers use the site — which articles are read, how people arrive, and where things break — usually in aggregated form. We use this to improve our coverage and fix problems, not to build a marketing profile of you.
What we don't do
We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies to follow you around the web, and we do not sell cookie data or share it with ad networks for targeting. That's a direct extension of how we run the whole publication: no sponsored content, no affiliate links, no paid placement, and no quiet data business behind the scenes.
Your choices and browser controls
You're in control. Every major browser lets you view, block, and delete cookies through its settings — usually under "Privacy" or "Cookies and site data." You can block third-party cookies, clear cookies on exit, or refuse them entirely. Helpful guides exist for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge in each browser's support pages. Note that blocking essential cookies may break parts of the site, such as the shop cart and checkout.
Consent
Where required, we'll ask for your consent to non-essential (analytics) cookies before setting them, and you can change or withdraw that choice at any time through our cookie controls or your browser. Essential cookies are set without consent because the site needs them to function. If you keep using the site with analytics enabled, we treat that as your agreement to this policy.
Updates
We may revise this policy as our tools change; the posted version is current. Questions about cookies? Reach us through our contact page.