Cookie Policy
Last updated: January 2025
Overview
Protein Balance Basics ("we," "us," "our," or "Company") operates the proteinbalancebasics.info website. This Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our editorial platform.
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit our website. They help us understand how readers interact with our content and improve our articles and user experience.
The information on this site is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making health decisions.
What Are Cookies?
Session Cookies
Temporary cookies that exist only during your visit to our website. They are automatically deleted when you close your browser. We use these to maintain your navigation session and remember your preferences while reading our articles.
Persistent Cookies
Cookies that remain on your device for a set period. These help us remember your preferences on future visits, such as language selection or previously read articles, to provide a more personalized editorial experience.
First-Party Cookies
Set directly by proteinbalancebasics.info. These are essential for site functionality and performance analytics that help us improve our content delivery.
Third-Party Cookies
Set by external partners to enable analytics, content delivery, and security features. These cookies help us understand reader engagement patterns across our platform.
Types of Cookies We Use
1. Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility features.
- Authentication and login credentials
- Security tokens for fraud prevention
- Load balancing and site performance
- Accessibility preferences (font size, contrast mode)
2. Performance & Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how readers interact with our editorial content. We use anonymous data to measure article performance, identify popular topics, and improve our content strategy.
- Page view tracking and article engagement metrics
- Reader behavior patterns and content consumption
- Website performance monitoring
- Error tracking and debugging
3. Functional Cookies
These cookies remember your choices and preferences to enhance your personalized reading experience across visits.
- Language and region preferences
- Saved reading lists and bookmarks
- Comment history and preferences
- Theme selection (light/dark mode)
4. Content Delivery Cookies
These cookies optimize the delivery of our articles and multimedia content, ensuring fast loading times and proper formatting across devices.
- Content caching and optimization
- Multimedia streaming preferences
- CDN routing optimization
- Image and video format adaptation
Detailed Cookie List
| Cookie Name | Type | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| pbb_session_id | Essential | Session | Maintains user session for site navigation |
| pbb_user_pref | Functional | 1 year | Stores language, theme, and accessibility preferences |
| pbb_analytics | Analytics | 2 years | Tracks anonymous article engagement and page views |
| pbb_tracking_id | Analytics | 2 years | Anonymous reader journey across content |
| pbb_saved_articles | Functional | 6 months | Remembers bookmarked and saved articles |
| pbb_csrf_token | Essential | Session | Security protection against cross-site requests |
| pbb_content_cache | Performance | 30 days | Optimizes content delivery and page load speed |
| _ga | Analytics | 2 years | Google Analytics - anonymous visitor identification |
| _gid | Analytics | 24 hours | Google Analytics - session tracking |
| pbb_consent | Essential | 1 year | Records cookie consent preferences |
How We Use Cookies
Improving Editorial Content
Analytics cookies help our editorial team understand which topics resonate most with readers, which articles generate discussion, and how readers navigate through our content library. This data guides our content strategy and editorial decisions.
Enhancing User Experience
Functional cookies remember your preferences, making each visit more seamless. Whether it's your preferred language, theme, or saved articles, these cookies personalize your reading experience without requiring you to reset preferences every visit.
Site Performance & Security
Essential cookies maintain site functionality, prevent unauthorized access, protect against fraud, and ensure our platform performs optimally across all devices and connection speeds.
Content Optimization
Performance cookies optimize how articles, images, and multimedia content are delivered to you, ensuring fast loading times and proper formatting regardless of your device or internet connection.
Managing Your Cookies
Cookie Consent Control
When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie consent banner. You can accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or customize your preferences. You can change your preferences at any time using our cookie management tool.
Browser Settings
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies or alert you when a website attempts to set a cookie. However, blocking essential cookies may affect site functionality. Here's how to manage cookies in popular browsers:
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
- Firefox: Preferences → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Cookies and website data
- Edge: Settings → Privacy, search, and services → Clear browsing data
Do Not Track
If your browser supports "Do Not Track," you can enable this setting. While we respect Do Not Track signals, some cookies needed for site functionality may still be used for performance and security purposes.
Third-Party Cookie Control
You can opt out of analytics tracking through third-party services. For Google Analytics, you can use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Cookies & Data Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. Most cookies we use collect only anonymous, aggregated data that cannot identify you personally. This information helps us understand general reading patterns and improve our editorial content without tracking individual readers.
If you choose to create an account or interact with our website in ways that provide personal information (such as email for newsletters), that data is handled according to our Privacy Policy. Cookies may store encrypted references to your account, but they don't contain sensitive personal information.
We comply with applicable data protection regulations, including GDPR and CCPA. Your cookie preferences are respected, and we provide transparent information about how cookies are used on our platform.
Third-Party Services
Our website uses third-party services to enhance content delivery, analytics, and user experience. These services may set their own cookies:
Google Analytics
Provides anonymous analytics about how readers interact with our content. Learn more: Google Privacy Policy
Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
Optimize how articles and media are delivered globally for faster loading times and better performance across regions.
Security & Anti-Fraud Services
Protect our platform from malicious activity and ensure safe access for all readers.
Accessibility Tools
Enable accessibility features such as text-to-speech, screen reader optimization, and readability enhancements.
These third-party services have their own privacy policies. We recommend reviewing their policies to understand how they handle your data.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date.
Your continued use of our website following publication of changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated Cookie Policy. We encourage you to review this policy regularly to stay informed about how we use cookies.
Questions About Cookies?
If you have questions about our use of cookies, concerns about your privacy, or feedback about our editorial platform, our team is here to help.
Contact Us:
Protein Balance Basics Editorial Team
Avenue Victor Hugo 106
Paris, France
For content questions and feedback: [email protected]
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