Cookie Policy

Last updated: July 2025

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them on jointhetidepool.com, the different types of cookies we employ, the information we collect through them, how that information is utilized, and how you can manage your cookie settings. Cookies are small text files that store minor pieces of information on your device when you load a website in your browser. These cookies are crucial for ensuring the website functions properly, enhancing its security, providing you with a better user experience, and helping us understand how the website performs so we can identify areas for improvement.

How we use cookies: Like most online services, our website uses both first-party and third-party cookies for various purposes. First-party cookies are set directly by us and are essential for the website’s proper functioning; they typically do not collect any personally identifiable information beyond what’s needed for basic site operation. Third-party cookies are set by external services that we use, such as those that help us analyze website performance, track your interactions with our site, maintain security, deliver relevant advertisements, and generally enhance your user experience and expedite future interactions with our site. We may use services like Google for analytics and advertising purposes, and their use of data is governed by their own privacy policies.

Types of Cookies we use: We classify the cookies we use into the following categories:

  • Necessary: These cookies are absolutely essential for the basic functions of our site. They allow you to securely log in, adjust your consent preferences, and ensure the website operates correctly. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data and cannot be switched off in our systems.
  • Functional: Functional cookies enable certain additional features and functionalities, such as remembering your preferences (like language or region) or facilitating sharing website content on social media platforms, collecting feedback, or other third-party integrations.
  • Analytics: Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with our website. They help us gather information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic sources, and which pages are most popular. This data helps us measure and improve the performance of our site. We typically use Google Analytics for this purpose.
  • Performance: Performance cookies help us understand and analyze the key performance indicators of the website. This allows us to deliver a better user experience for our visitors by optimizing content and features based on performance data.
  • Advertisement: Advertisement cookies are used to provide you with customized advertisements based on the pages you have visited previously on our site and other websites. They also help us analyze the effectiveness of our ad campaigns. These cookies may track your Browse behavior across different sites to build a profile of your interests.
  • Other: This category includes cookies that are currently being analyzed and have not yet been classified into a specific category. We are working to categorize these cookies as quickly as possible.

Managing your cookie preferences: When you first visit our site, you will see a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept all cookies, reject all non-necessary cookies, or customize your preferences. You can change your cookie preferences at any time by revisiting our cookie consent tool, accessible via our website’s footer. Additionally, all major web browsers offer various methods to block and delete cookies directly through their settings. You can adjust your browser settings to manage and delete cookies as you prefer. Below are links to support documents for managing cookies in major web browsers:

If you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents for instructions on how to manage cookies. Please note that blocking or deleting certain cookies, especially necessary ones, may impact your Browse experience and limit the functionality of our website. For California residents, you also have the right to opt-out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your personal information, which may include data collected via advertising cookies. You can exercise this right through our cookie consent tool or by clicking the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link (if applicable and provided separately on our site).

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at: [email protected].