Cookie Policy

I am pleased to outline the cookie policy for nicholasbruneau.com.

What Are Cookies

It is a common practice for almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how I use it and why I sometimes need to store these cookies. I will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored, however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the site functionality.

For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.

How I Use Cookies

I use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Since there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features of this site, it is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not.

Disabling Cookies

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see this article for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionalities and features of this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

The Cookies I Set

  • Email newsletter-related cookies

    This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.

  • Surveys related cookies

    From time to time I offer user surveys and questionnaires to provide you with interesting insights, helpful tools, or to understand my user base more accurately. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken part in a survey or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages.

  • Forms related cookies

    When you submit data through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

Third Party Cookies

In some special cases I also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

  • This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping me to understand how you use the site and ways that I can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so I can continue to produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
  • From time to time I may test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When I am still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring that I understand which optimisations users appreciate the most.
  • As I offer consulting services it is important for me to understand statistics about how many of the visitors to my site actually contact me or subscribe to my newsletter, and as such this is the kind of data that these cookies will track. This is important to you as it means that I can accurately make business predictions that allows me to monitor my advertising and service costs to ensure the best possible price.
  • The Google AdSense service I use to serve advertising uses a DoubleClick cookie to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times that a given ad is shown to you. For more information on Google AdSense see the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.
  • I also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work, the following social media sites (including Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram) will set cookies through my website which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

More Information

Hopefully this has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren’t sure whether you need or not it is usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on this website. This Cookies Policy was created with the help of the Cookies Policy Template Generator and the Privacy Policy Template Generator.

Thank you for your understanding. Should you have any comments or questions please do not hesitate to contact me via email at: [email protected].