Cookie Policy
Updated: May 28, 2025
Introduction
At OldDogZeroTricks.com, I, Grant, am dedicated to providing a transparent and respectful experience for readers, offering insights on intentional living while prioritizing your privacy. For complete terms of website usage, please review our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.
This Cookie Policy explains the use of cookies and similar technologies on this website, their purpose, and your options for managing them. As a small, independently operated blog, I employ cookies minimally to enhance functionality and gain insights into readership trends, while ensuring you retain control over your data.
Below, I outline the types of cookies used, their sources, and how you can exercise your preferences.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored by your browser to improve your experience on a website, such as remembering preferences or tracking anonymized usage data.
They do not collect sensitive personal information but enable websites to operate efficiently and provide insights into visitor interactions. Similar technologies, such as pixels, may also be used by third-party services integrated into this blog.
Sources of Cookies
OldDogZeroTricks.com uses cookies to support essential functions and understand site performance. The WP Consent API plugin provides a consent interface, allowing you to manage cookie preferences upon visiting the site.
Essential cookies may be set to enable comment forms, storing details like your name or email (or Google Sign-in profile data, if used) to streamline future interactions.
The Site Kit by Google plugin deploys cookies for Google Analytics, which collects aggregated, non-identifiable data about site visits, such as page views, browser types, or session duration, to inform content improvements. Google Sign-in, facilitated by Site Kit, may use cookies to authenticate comments, subject to Google’s privacy policy.
Embedded content, such as posts from X, may also set cookies, governed by the respective third-party policies.
Purpose of Cookies
Cookies enhance the functionality and effectiveness of OldDogZeroTricks.com. Essential cookies ensure comment forms operate smoothly, saving you from re-entering details for subsequent comments.
Google Analytics cookies, deployed via Site Kit by Google, provide anonymized insights into readership patterns, helping me understand which topics resonate with visitors and improve the site’s content. Cookies associated with Google Sign-in facilitate secure comment authentication, ensuring a seamless experience. Any embedded content cookies serve to display external media correctly.
All cookies are used to maintain a meaningful, user-focused experience aligned with the blog’s mission of fostering connection.
Your Control Over Cookies
You have full control over cookies on this website. The CookieYes | GDPR Cookie Consent plugin alongside WP Consent API offers a consent interface upon your first visit, allowing you to accept or decline non-essential cookies, such as those for Google Analytics.
You may also manage or disable cookies through your browser settings, blocking or deleting them as preferred, without significantly impacting the site’s core functionality. For cookies set by third-party services (e.g., Google or embedded content), I recommend reviewing their respective privacy policies for additional options.
My commitment is to respect your preferences and ensure transparency in how cookies are used.
Updates to This Policy
As OldDogZeroTricks.com evolves, this Cookie Policy may be updated to reflect changes in site features, such as new plugins or analytics tools. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised date, and I encourage you to check back periodically for the latest information. Significant changes, if any, will be communicated clearly to maintain transparency.
Additional Information
For a comprehensive overview of data practices, please review the Privacy Policy, which details how personal information, including data collected via cookies, is handled. If you have questions or concerns about cookies or your data, please reach out via the contact page at OldDogZeroTricks.com. I value your trust and strive to ensure this blog remains a space for meaningful connection, not data collection.