Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences over a period of time, so you do not have to keep re-entering them whenever you return to the site or browse from one page to another.

2. How We Use Cookies

PirateShipNames.com uses cookies and similar technologies for three main purposes:

• Functionality: To allow key interactive site features to work smoothly.
• Analytics: To understand how visitors use the website, which name generators are most popular, and identify technical issues.
• Advertising: To display relevant ads that help keep our tools free to use.

3. Advertising Cookies (Google AdSense)

To keep PirateShipNames.com free for everyone, we use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our site. Google and its advertising partners use cookies or similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other sites on the web.

Depending on your location, consent choices, and Google's advertising settings, ads may be personalized or non-personalized. Non-personalized ads still use cookies for frequency capping, aggregated reporting, and fraud prevention.

4. Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics to measure website traffic and aggregate usage patterns. Google Analytics places a cookie on your device that measures pages visited and time spent on pages. Google Analytics may collect information about how visitors use the website. Google processes this information according to its own privacy policies and the configuration used on this site.

5. Browser Local Storage vs. Cookies

In addition to traditional cookies, our website uses HTML5 Browser Local Storage for the saved names feature. When you click to save a generated name, that name is saved locally in your browser's storage.

Browser local storage is not a cookie. Saved names are stored directly on your own device and are not uploaded to our server as part of the save-name feature. Clearing your browser cache or site data will remove your saved names.

6. Managing and Disabling Cookies

You can manage or disable cookies through your web browser settings.

• Browser Settings: You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge).
• Ad Preferences: You can manage personalized advertising preferences by visiting Google Ad Settings.

7. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in site technologies or legal requirements. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised date.

8. Contact Information

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, reach out via our Contact Page or email us at pirateshipnames@gmail.com.