Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Introduction: Our Philosophy on Cookies
In the digital publishing landscape, data plays a crucial role in delivering a sophisticated and responsive user experience. At go.sanepo.com, we utilize cookies not as a means of intrusive tracking, but as a tool to enhance the functionality of our website, understand our audience, and sustain our journalistic operations.
This policy provides a comprehensive overview of what cookies are, how we use them, and the control you have over your digital footprint on our platform. Your use of this website constitutes your consent to the use of cookies as described herein.
What Are Cookies?
A cookie is a small text file containing a modest amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your device’s hard drive. These files are inert; they cannot be used to execute code or deliver viruses. Their primary purpose is to help a website recognize a returning user, remember their preferences, and improve their overall experience.
Cookies can be categorized as:
- First-party cookies: Set directly by the website you are visiting (
go.sanepo.com). - Third-party cookies: Set by a domain other than the one you are visiting (e.g., by our analytics or advertising partners).
How We Use Cookies
We employ cookies for several strategic purposes, all aimed at improving the quality of our service and content:
1. Essential & Functional Cookies
These cookies are fundamental to the operation of our website. They enable core functionalities such as page navigation, remembering your display preferences (like light/dark mode), and ensuring the security of our platform. The site cannot function optimally without them.
2. Performance & Analytics Cookies
To produce high-quality journalism, we need to understand what our audience values. We utilize first-party and third-party analytics cookies (such as those from Google Analytics) to collect aggregated, anonymous data on:
- How visitors interact with our site (e.g., which articles are most popular).
- The geographic and demographic composition of our audience.
- The technology our visitors use (e.g., browser type, device).
This information is vital for our editorial strategy, helping us make informed decisions about our coverage and improve website performance. This data is not used to personally identify you.
3. Advertising Cookies (Google AdSense)
As a publication funded by advertising, we partner with third-party networks, primarily Google AdSense, to display advertisements. These partners use cookies to make advertising more relevant and effective.
- Google AdSense, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on
go.sanepo.com. - This includes the use of the DoubleClick DART cookie, which enables Google and its partners to serve personalized advertisements based on your visit to our site and other sites across the Internet.
- These cookies collect non-personally identifiable information and track your browsing activity to build a profile of your interests, allowing them to show you ads that are more likely to be of interest to you.
go.sanepo.com does not have access to or control over the information collected by these third-party advertising cookies.
Your Consent and How to Manage Cookies
You have complete control over your cookie preferences. Most modern web browsers are set to accept cookies by default, but you can modify your settings to block some or all cookies.
- Browser Settings: You can manage cookies directly within your web browser’s settings. You can delete existing cookies, block new cookies, and set notifications for when a cookie is being placed. Please consult the “Help” section of your browser for specific instructions.
- Opting Out of Personalized Advertising: To specifically opt out of Google’s use of cookies for personalized advertising, you can visit Google’s Ads Settings.
- Industry Opt-Out Tools: You can also visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page or the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page to manage your preferences for a wider range of advertising networks.
Please be aware that disabling or blocking certain cookies may impact the functionality and user experience of go.sanepo.com and other websites you visit.
Policy Updates
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our operational practices. Any changes will be posted on this page, and we encourage you to review it periodically.