Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy
This policy explains which cookies and similar technologies PaletteReveal and its partners may set in your browser, why, and how you can change or withdraw your consent at any time.
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files saved by your browser when you visit a website. They allow the site (or third parties working with it) to remember information across pages and sessions — login state, language preference, shopping cart contents, ad personalization, and so on.
Modern websites also use related browser-storage technologies — localStorage, sessionStorage, and pixel beacons — that serve similar purposes. Where this policy says "cookies", it covers all of them.
2. The categories we use
European law (the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive) groups cookies into categories. PaletteReveal uses only two:
2.1 Strictly necessary cookies (no consent required)
These are essential to make the site work. Without them, the site can't render or function correctly. We use these whether you accept or reject the optional categories.
| Name | Set by | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
pr_cookie_consent | PaletteReveal | Stores your accept/reject choice for advertising cookies | Persistent (until cleared) |
Cloudflare anti-abuse cookies (e.g. __cf_bm) | Cloudflare | Bot mitigation, DDoS protection, rate-limiting abusive traffic | 30 minutes – 1 hour |
2.2 Advertising / personalization cookies (consent required)
If you click Accept on our cookie banner, Google AdSense and its partners may set cookies that personalize the ads shown to you, measure ad performance, and prevent the same ad from being shown too often. If you click Reject, we signal Google to deliver only non-personalized ads (no cross-site tracking for ad targeting).
| Name (examples) | Set by | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
__gads, __gpi, IDE | Google AdSense | Ad personalization, frequency capping, measurement | 13 months |
NID, SOCS | User preferences across Google services | 6–24 months |
For the full list of Google ad cookies and their purposes, see Google's cookie policy.
3. What we DON'T use
- No analytics tracking cookies. We don't use Google Analytics or any first-party tracking analytics on this site at the moment.
- No social-media tracking pixels. No Facebook Pixel, no LinkedIn Insight Tag, no TikTok Pixel.
- No fingerprinting. We don't use canvas, audio, or font fingerprinting to identify you across sessions.
- No data brokers. We don't share cookie data with third-party data brokers or audience-buying networks beyond Google AdSense.
4. How to manage your consent
On PaletteReveal
The cookie banner appears at the bottom of the page on your first visit and offers two clear choices: Accept or Reject. Your choice is saved in your browser's local storage as pr_cookie_consent with the value accepted or rejected.
To change your mind: clear the pr_cookie_consent entry from your browser's site data for palettereveal.com and the banner will reappear.
How to clear it depends on your browser:
- Chrome / Edge: F12 → Application tab → Local Storage → palettereveal.com → delete
pr_cookie_consent - Firefox: F12 → Storage → Local Storage → palettereveal.com → right-click row → Delete
- Safari: Develop menu → Show Web Inspector → Storage → Local Storage → delete the entry
Or simply clear all site data for palettereveal.com via your browser's privacy settings.
At the source (Google)
You can also opt out of personalized ads system-wide:
- Google Ads Settings — opt out of Google's personalized advertising
- aboutads.info / DAA — opt out of personalized advertising from many networks at once (US/Canada)
- Your Online Choices — same, EU version
In your browser
You can configure most browsers to block third-party cookies entirely, which prevents the AdSense category from being set even if you click Accept. The trade-off is that some sites won't work correctly with this enabled.
5. International users
If you visit from outside the EU/UK/EEA, the consent banner still appears but the legal framework that requires it (GDPR / ePrivacy) doesn't apply to you in the same way. We show it globally so the experience is consistent and your privacy is respected regardless of jurisdiction.
California residents have additional rights under the CCPA/CPRA — see Section 5 of our Privacy Policy.
6. Changes to this policy
If we add new categories of cookies (for example, if we start using analytics or run a separate marketing pixel), we'll update this page and re-prompt for consent before any such cookie is set.
7. Contact
For cookie or privacy questions, write to [email protected].