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Cookie Policy
How Salty Reef uses cookies and similar technologies.
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by the websites you visit. They help sites remember your preferences, understand how the site is used, and improve your experience. We also use similar technologies such as localStorage for saving your cookie preferences.
2. How We Use Cookies
SaltyReef.net uses cookies and similar technologies to keep the site secure and functional, remember your cookie preferences, measure traffic and content performance, and support our newsletter and marketing campaigns.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
- Essential cookies — Required for the site to work, including security (Cloudflare), navigation, and any login sessions. These cannot be turned off.
- Analytics cookies — Help us understand which pages, destinations, and articles are most useful. We use these to improve content and user experience.
- Marketing cookies — Help us measure the performance of newsletter signups, referral traffic, and offers. These may be set by advertising or email platforms.
4. Current Cookies on SaltyReef.net
Today, the site sets only essential first-party cookies needed for hosting and security. When we enable Google Analytics or advertising tools, those providers may set analytics and marketing cookies. We will only load those scripts if you have not opted out of the relevant category.
| Cookie / Provider | Purpose | Category |
|---|---|---|
| __cf_bm | Cloudflare bot management and security | Essential |
| __dpl | Hosting platform session/deployment routing | Essential |
| saltyreef_cookie_consent_v1 | Stores your cookie preference choices | Essential |
| Google Analytics (planned) | Page views, traffic sources, content performance | Analytics |
| Advertising pixels (planned) | Measure newsletter signups and referral traffic | Marketing |
5. Third-Party Services
We rely on trusted third parties — including Beehiiv for our newsletter, Cloudflare for security and delivery, and Supabase for our database and auth — which may set their own cookies subject to their own privacy policies. Partner listing images may also load from the partner's own website.
6. Managing Your Preferences
You can update your cookie choices at any time by clicking Cookie Settings in the footer, or by visiting our Privacy Policy for more information. You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling essential cookies may affect how parts of the site function.
7. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
Under applicable U.S. state privacy laws, you have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information for targeted advertising. You can exercise this right through the Cookie Settings link in the footer by turning off Analytics and Marketing cookies.
8. Updates
We may update this Cookie Policy as our tools and practices evolve. Continued use of the site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
9. Contact
Cookie or privacy questions may be directed to Brian@SaltyReef.net.