Cookies Policy
We use cookies to help improve your experience of our website at https://skillexchange.xyz/. This cookie policy is part of Skill Exchange XYZ's privacy policy. It covers the use of cookies between your device and our site.
We also provide basic information on third-party services we may use, who may also use cookies as part of their service. This policy does not cover their cookies.
If you don’t wish to accept cookies from us, you should instruct your browser to refuse cookies from https://skillexchange.xyz. In such a case, we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired content and services.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small piece of data that a website stores on your device when you visit. It typically contains information about the website itself, a unique identifier that allows the site to recognize your web browser when you return, additional data that serves the cookie’s purpose, and the lifespan of the cookie itself.
Cookies are used to enable certain features (e.g. logging in), track site usage (e.g. analytics), store your user settings (e.g. time zone, notification preferences), and to personalize your content (e.g. advertising, language).
Cookies set by the website you are visiting are usually referred to as first-party cookies. They typically only track your activity on that particular site.
Cookies set by other sites and companies (i.e. third parties) are called third-party cookies They can be used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service.
Types of cookies and how we use them
Essential cookies
Essential cookies are crucial to your experience of a website, enabling core features like user logins, account management, shopping carts, and payment processing.
We use essential cookies to enable certain functions on our website.
Performance cookies
Performance cookies track how you use a website during your visit. Typically, this information is anonymous and aggregated, with information tracked across all site users. They help companies understand visitor usage patterns, identify and diagnose problems or errors their users may encounter, and make better strategic decisions in improving their audience’s overall website experience. These cookies may be set by the website you’re visiting (first-party) or by third-party services. They do not collect personal information about you.
We use performance cookies on our site.
Functionality cookies
Functionality cookies are used to collect information about your device and any settings you may configure on the website you’re visiting (like language and time zone settings). With this information, websites can provide you with customized, enhanced, or optimized content and services. These cookies may be set by the website you’re visiting (first-party) or by third-party services.
We use functionality cookies for selected features on our site.
Analytics cookies
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our site. Google Analytics sets cookies (such as _ga and _gid) to collect information about page visits, traffic sources, and user behavior in an aggregated and anonymous form. This data helps us improve the site experience.
These cookies are only loaded after you provide consent through our cookie banner.
Advertising cookies
We use Google Ads for conversion tracking and Google AdSense for displaying advertisements on our site. These services may set third-party cookies to measure ad performance, serve personalized ads based on your browsing activity, and limit the number of times you see an advertisement. Advertising cookies set by Google may be used to track you on other websites that use Google's advertising services.
These cookies are only loaded after you provide consent through our cookie banner.
Managing Your Preferences
When you first visit our site, a cookie consent banner will appear allowing you to accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or customize your preferences by category (essential, functional, analytics, and advertising). You can change your preferences at any time by clearing your browser's local storage for this site, which will cause the consent banner to reappear on your next visit.
In regions where cookie consent is required by law (such as the EU/EEA under GDPR, California under CCPA, Brazil under LGPD, and Canada under PIPEDA), no analytics or advertising cookies will be loaded until you explicitly provide consent.