Cookies Policy

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They serve various purposes, from enabling basic website functionality to helping us understand how visitors interact with our content.

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to decline them if you prefer. However, disabling cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our website.

How We Use Cookies

Stellar Niche uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience, understand how our website is used, and improve our services. We use cookies only for legitimate purposes and in accordance with applicable privacy laws.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core features such as:

• Maintaining your session as you navigate between pages
• Remembering your cookie consent preferences
• Ensuring security and preventing fraudulent activity
• Enabling basic navigation and access to secure areas

Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are required for the website to operate. They do not collect personal information for marketing purposes.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting anonymous information about:

• Pages visited and time spent on each page
• How visitors arrived at our website
• Which links are clicked
• Browser type and device information
• General geographic location (country or city level)

Analytics cookies allow us to improve website structure, content, and user experience. The information collected is aggregated and anonymized, meaning we cannot identify individual users.

We use analytics cookies only with your consent, which you can provide or withdraw through our cookie banner or preference settings.

Functional Cookies

These cookies remember choices you make to provide enhanced, personalized features such as:

• Remembering your language or region preferences
• Recalling previous form inputs to save time
• Storing display preferences like text size or contrast settings

Functional cookies improve your experience but are not essential for basic website operation. We request your consent before using them.

Cookie Duration

We use both session and persistent cookies:

Session Cookies

These temporary cookies exist only during your browsing session and are deleted when you close your browser. They help maintain continuity as you navigate between pages.

Persistent Cookies

These cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you manually delete them. They remember your preferences across multiple visits and help us recognize returning visitors.

Our persistent cookies typically expire after periods ranging from 30 days to 2 years, depending on their purpose. You can view and delete these cookies through your browser settings at any time.

Third-Party Cookies

We minimize the use of third-party cookies but may employ them for specific purposes:

Analytics Services

We may use third-party analytics providers to help us understand website usage patterns. These providers set their own cookies subject to their privacy policies. We ensure any third-party services we use comply with relevant privacy regulations.

Content Delivery

Some content elements or functionality may be provided by third-party services, which may set cookies to enable proper operation. We carefully evaluate third-party services to ensure they meet our privacy standards.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have several options for controlling how cookies are used on your device:

Cookie Banner

When you first visit our website, a banner appears allowing you to accept all cookies or customize your preferences. You can access these settings at any time through the link in our footer or by clearing your cookies and revisiting the site.

Browser Settings

All modern browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings menus. You can:

• Block all cookies
• Accept only first-party cookies
• Delete cookies when you close your browser
• View and selectively delete individual cookies
• Set exceptions for specific websites

Each browser handles cookie management differently. Consult your browser's help documentation for specific instructions.

Impact of Disabling Cookies

Blocking or deleting cookies may affect website functionality. Without essential cookies, certain features will not work properly. Disabling analytics cookies does not impact your ability to use the website but prevents us from gathering data to improve user experience.

Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want your online activity tracked. Currently, there is no universal standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals.

While we respect privacy preferences, our website does not automatically respond to DNT signals. However, you can control tracking through our cookie preference settings or by managing cookies in your browser.

Cookies and Personal Data

Most cookies we use do not collect personally identifiable information. Essential and functional cookies may store anonymous identifiers to maintain sessions or preferences, but these cannot be used to identify you individually.

Analytics cookies collect aggregated, anonymized data about website usage. This information helps us improve our services but does not reveal your identity.

Any personal data collected through cookies is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws, including GDPR where relevant.

Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed toward children under sixteen. We do not knowingly use cookies to collect information from children. If you believe a child has provided information through our website, please contact us so we can remove it.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. The "Last Updated" date at the top indicates when the most recent changes were made.

Significant modifications will be communicated through our website. We encourage you to review this policy regularly to stay informed about how we use cookies.

More Information

For questions about our use of cookies or to exercise your privacy rights, contact us at:

Stellar Niche
347 Wilderness Trail
Canmore, Alberta T1W 2E8
Canada
Email: [email protected]

For comprehensive information about our data practices, please review our Privacy Policy and GDPR compliance documentation.

Useful Resources

To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, you may find these resources helpful:

• Your browser's help documentation on cookie management
• allaboutcookies.org - Independent information about cookies
• youronlinechoices.com - Information about behavioral advertising