Last updated: [20 August 2025]
1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how [Your Website Name], operated by [Your Full Legal Name] (“we,” “us,” or “our”), uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website at [your-website.com]. This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service to give you a complete understanding of how we collect, use, and protect your information. By continuing to browse our website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Cookie Policy and consent to our use of cookies as described herein, subject to your cookie preferences and choices.
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website.
They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners about how users interact with their sites. We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze website traffic, personalize content, and support our affiliate marketing activities. You have control over which cookies we set, and you can modify your preferences at any time through our cookie consent banner or your browser settings.
2. What are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files that websites store on your device when you visit them. These files contain information that helps websites remember your preferences, track your activity, and provide a more personalized experience during your current visit and future visits. Cookies cannot access other files on your computer, install software, or carry viruses. They are simply text files that contain strings of information that websites use to enhance functionality and user experience.
There are different types of cookies based on their function and lifespan. Session cookies are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser, while persistent cookies remain on your device until they expire or you delete them. First-party cookies are set directly by our website, while third-party cookies are set by external services we use, such as Google Analytics or our affiliate partners. Understanding these distinctions helps you make informed decisions about which cookies you want to accept on our website.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
3.1 Essential Cookies (Strictly Necessary)
Essential cookies are fundamental to the basic operation of our website and cannot be disabled without severely impacting your ability to use our services. These cookies do not require your consent because they are necessary for the website to function properly. Essential cookies enable core functionality such as user authentication for customer accounts, security features that protect against fraudulent activity, shopping cart functionality for our ecommerce features, and session management that remembers your choices as you navigate through different pages.
These cookies also include those necessary for our WooCommerce customer account system, allowing you to log in, maintain your session, and access personalized features. They help us detect and prevent security threats, ensure proper page loading, and maintain the integrity of form submissions through our JotForm integration. Essential cookies typically expire when you close your browser or after a short period necessary to maintain functionality, and they contain only the minimal information required for technical operation.
3.2 Analytics and Performance Cookies
We use analytics cookies primarily through Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website and to continuously improve our content, layout, and user experience. These cookies collect anonymous information about your browsing behavior, including which pages you visit, how long you spend on each page, which links you click, where you came from before visiting our site, and technical information about your device and browser. This data is aggregated and anonymized, meaning we cannot identify individual users from this information.
Google Analytics cookies help us identify popular content, understand user navigation patterns, detect technical issues, and measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns and affiliate partnerships. The insights we gain from these cookies enable us to create better content, improve website performance, and provide more relevant recommendations to our visitors. These cookies require your explicit consent and can be disabled through our cookie preferences without affecting the basic functionality of our website. The data collected through analytics cookies is retained for 26 months and is processed in accordance with Google’s privacy policies and our data processing agreements.
3.3 Marketing and Advertising Cookies
Marketing cookies are used to deliver personalized content and track the effectiveness of our affiliate marketing activities. These cookies may track your visits across multiple websites to build a profile of your interests, allowing us to show you more relevant product recommendations and affiliate offers. They also help us measure the success of our affiliate partnerships by tracking which links you click and whether you make purchases through our referral links.
These cookies enable us to provide a more personalized browsing experience by remembering your preferences and interests, showing you content that is more likely to be relevant to you, and avoiding repetitive display of the same recommendations. Marketing cookies are also used by our affiliate partners to track referrals and calculate commissions when you make purchases through our affiliate links. We only set marketing cookies with your explicit consent, and you can withdraw this consent at any time through our cookie preference center. The duration of marketing cookies varies depending on the specific service provider, but you maintain full control over these preferences.
3.4 Functional Cookies
Functional cookies enhance your browsing experience by remembering your choices and providing personalized features that are not essential to basic website operation but significantly improve usability. These cookies remember your language preferences, display settings, region selection, and other customization choices you make while using our website. They also support advanced features of our ieCards plugin, allowing the system to remember your card customization preferences and provide a seamless creative experience.
Functional cookies may also remember your newsletter subscription preferences, form auto-fill information for your convenience, and your cookie consent choices so you don’t have to reconfigure these settings on each visit. While these cookies enhance your user experience, they are not strictly necessary for website operation, so we request your consent before setting them. You can disable functional cookies through your preferences, though doing so may reduce the personalization and convenience features available to you during your visit.
4. Third-Party Cookies
4.1 Google Analytics
Google Analytics is our primary website analytics service, and it uses cookies to collect anonymous data about how visitors use our website. Google Analytics cookies track information such as the number of visitors to our site, where visitors come from, which pages are most popular, how long visitors stay on our site, and general demographic information about our audience. This service uses both first-party cookies set by our domain and third-party cookies that may track users across multiple websites.
Google processes this data on our behalf according to our data processing agreement and their privacy policies. The information collected helps us understand our audience better, improve our content strategy, optimize our website performance, and make data-driven decisions about our affiliate partnerships and product recommendations. Google Analytics data is retained for 26 months and is processed in accordance with Google’s privacy policies. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by adjusting your cookie preferences on our website or by installing Google’s official browser opt-out add-on.
4.2 Affiliate Partner Cookies
Our affiliate marketing activities involve partnerships with various merchants and networks that may set their own cookies when you interact with our affiliate links. These third-party cookies are used to track referrals, attribute sales to our affiliate account, and calculate commissions when you make purchases through our recommendations. Each affiliate partner has their own cookie policies and data processing practices, which are independent of our own policies.
When you click on an affiliate link, you may be redirected to the merchant’s website where they will set their own cookies according to their privacy policies and terms of service. These cookies help ensure that we receive proper credit for referrals and commissions, but they are controlled by the respective merchants and affiliate networks. We encourage you to review the privacy policies and cookie practices of any websites you visit through our affiliate links to understand how they collect and use your information.,
4.3 Email Marketing Cookies
Our email marketing service, Brevo, may set cookies when you interact with our newsletter signup forms or when you visit our website after clicking links in our marketing emails. These cookies help us track the effectiveness of our email campaigns, understand which content resonates with our subscribers, and provide personalized follow-up content based on your interests and engagement patterns.
Brevo’s cookies also help us maintain accurate subscriber lists, track email delivery and engagement metrics, and prevent abuse of our email marketing systems. The data collected through these cookies is processed according to Brevo’s privacy policy and our data processing agreement with them. You can control these cookies through your cookie preferences, and you can unsubscribe from our marketing emails at any time using the unsubscribe links provided in each message.
4.4 Form and Chatbot Cookies
Our JotForm integration uses cookies to enhance the functionality of our contact forms and chatbot features. These cookies may remember information you’ve previously entered in forms to make future interactions more convenient, track form completion rates to help us optimize our user experience, and prevent spam and abuse of our contact systems. JotForm’s cookies also support advanced features such as form analytics, user session tracking, and conditional logic that personalizes form experiences based on your responses.
The chatbot functionality may use cookies to maintain conversation context, remember your preferences for future interactions, and provide continuity in your support experience. These cookies are controlled by JotForm according to their privacy policy and data processing practices. You can manage these cookies through your preferences, though disabling them may affect the functionality and convenience of our forms and chatbot features.
5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
5.1 Cookie Consent Banner
When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner that allows you to choose which types of cookies you want to accept. This banner provides clear options for accepting all cookies, accepting only essential cookies, or customizing your preferences by cookie category. You can review detailed information about each type of cookie before making your decision, and you can change your preferences at any time by accessing our cookie preference center.
The consent banner is designed to comply with GDPR and ePrivacy regulations, ensuring that you have meaningful choice and control over your cookie preferences. Your consent choices are stored locally on your device and will be remembered for future visits until you change them or clear your browser data. We respect your choices and will only set the cookies that you have explicitly consented to, with the exception of essential cookies that are necessary for website functionality.
5.2 Browser Settings
You can also manage cookies directly through your web browser settings, which gives you comprehensive control over cookie acceptance, storage, and deletion. Most modern browsers allow you to block all cookies, accept only first-party cookies, or selectively control cookies on a website-by-website basis. You can typically find cookie settings in your browser’s privacy or security sections, where you can view stored cookies, delete existing cookies, and configure future cookie handling preferences.
However, please be aware that disabling cookies entirely may significantly impact your browsing experience on our website and many others. Essential functionality, such as user accounts, form submissions, and security features, may not work properly without cookies. We recommend using our cookie preference center for the best balance of privacy control and website functionality, as it allows you to disable non-essential cookies while maintaining the core features you need.
5.3 Changing Your Preferences
You can modify your cookie preferences at any time by accessing our cookie preference center, which is typically accessible through a link in our website footer or by clicking on our cookie notice if it appears on your screen. The preference center allows you to review your current settings, learn more about each type of cookie we use, and make changes to your consent choices. Changes to your preferences take effect immediately and will be applied to your current browsing session and future visits.
If you decide to withdraw consent for certain types of cookies, we will stop setting those cookies immediately, though cookies that were already set before you changed your preferences may remain on your device until they expire or you delete them manually. We make it easy to adjust your preferences as your needs and comfort level with data collection change over time, and we never penalize users for choosing more restrictive cookie settings.
6. Cookie Retention and Deletion
Different types of cookies have different lifespans depending on their purpose and the technology used to create them. Session cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser, while persistent cookies remain on your device until they reach their expiration date or you manually delete them. Essential cookies typically have shorter lifespans and are renewed as needed to maintain website functionality, while marketing and analytics cookies may persist for longer periods to provide meaningful insights and personalized experiences across multiple visits.
You can delete cookies at any time through your browser settings, and doing so will remove all stored cookie data from your device for our website. However, keep in mind that deleting cookies will also remove your preference settings, meaning you may see our cookie consent banner again on your next visit and will need to reconfigure any personalized settings. We automatically respect cookie expiration dates and do not attempt to extend cookie lifespans beyond their intended duration.
7. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our cookie practices, the introduction of new technologies, updates to legal requirements, or modifications to the third-party services we use. When we make material changes to this policy that significantly affect how we use cookies or your rights regarding cookie management, we will notify you by posting the updated policy on our website with a new “last updated” date and, where appropriate, through other communication channels such as email notifications.
We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about our cookie practices and any changes that may affect you. Your continued use of our website after any updates to this policy indicates your acceptance of the revised terms. If you do not agree with any changes to our Cookie Policy, you should adjust your cookie preferences or discontinue using our website.
8. Legal Compliance
This Cookie Policy has been designed to comply with applicable privacy and data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the ePrivacy Directive, and German data protection legislation. We are committed to respecting your privacy rights and providing you with meaningful control over how cookies are used when you visit our website. Our cookie practices are regularly reviewed and updated to ensure ongoing compliance with evolving legal requirements and industry best practices.
We maintain records of your cookie consent choices as required by law and can provide information about our cookie processing activities upon request. If you have concerns about our cookie practices or believe we are not complying with applicable privacy laws, you have the right to contact the relevant data protection authority in your jurisdiction. However, we encourage you to contact us first so we can address your concerns directly and work together to resolve any issues.
9. Contact Information
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, wish to exercise your data protection rights, or need assistance with any privacy-related matters, please don’t hesitate to contact us. You can reach us by email at salam@halacards.com. We are committed to addressing your concerns promptly and transparently, and we will respond to all privacy-related inquiries within one month as required by GDPR.
If you are located outside the European Union and we are required to have an EU representative for data protection purposes, you can contact us.