Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Latest News Today (accessible via freemetadata.com) uses cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website. It outlines what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to manage or disable them.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files downloaded and stored on your computer, smartphone, or tablet when you load web pages. They are widely used by online publishers to keep sites operational, remember user preferences, analyze audience trends, and deliver relevant advertisements.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
We classify the cookies utilized across our digital publication into the following functional categories:
| Category | Purpose | Essential? |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary | Essential for core platform security, page navigation, session management, and remembering form inputs. | Yes |
| Performance & Analytics | Gathers anonymous usage insights (via Google Analytics) such as page traffic, bounce rates, and popular articles to optimize platform responsiveness. | No |
| Targeting & Advertising | Deployed by ad networks (including Google AdSense) to deliver contextual and interest-based promotions, limit repetitive ads, and measure campaign effectiveness. | No |
| Functionality & Preferences | Memorizes reader selections like theme settings, region preferences, and interactive elements. | No |
3. Third-Party Advertising & Analytics Partners
Third-party vendors, including Google, utilize cookies to serve advertisements based on a user's prior visits to this website or other sites across the internet:
- Google AdSense: Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve targeted ads based on your visit to our portal and/or other digital destinations. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
- Google Analytics: We employ Google Analytics cookies to gauge reader interactions without personally identifying individual users. You may opt out across all websites via the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
- External Media & Embedded Content: Certain articles may embed videos, social widgets, or charts from third parties (e.g., YouTube, X, Vimeo), which may store their own independent tracking cookies.
4. Managing and Disabling Cookies
You have full authority to accept, restrict, or delete cookies at any time through your internet browser controls:
- Browser Settings: You can configure your browser to notify you when a cookie is placed or block them outright. Refer to the official support documentation of your browser (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, or Microsoft Edge).
- Industry Opt-Out Platforms: Readers can opt out of targeted third-party ad networks via the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA).
Please note: Disabling strictly necessary cookies may degrade certain website features and prevent interactive elements from functioning as intended.
5. Policy Updates and Inquiries
We may update this policy periodically to reflect operational, technological, or legal requirements. Any modifications will take effect immediately upon being posted with the updated date at the top.
If you have any questions regarding our use of cookies or privacy procedures, please reach us at: contact@freemetadata.com.