Cookie Policy

1. Purpose of this policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Rankforge Search and the providers supporting this website may use cookies and similar technologies when a visitor browses the site or submits a project inquiry. It should be read together with the Privacy Policy. The technologies actually present can depend on the Shopify configuration, theme, installed applications, consent settings, analytics settings, security services, and embedded content in use at the time of a visit.

2. What cookies are

A cookie is a small text file that a website or service stores through a browser. Cookies can remember a session, maintain security, store a preference, support a form, or help measure how a website is used. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, software development kits, pixels, tags, and identifiers stored or read through a device or browser.

Some technologies last only for the current browser session. Others remain until their configured expiration date or until the visitor clears them. Some are set directly by the website domain, while others can be set or read by a third-party provider whose service is used on the website.

3. Strictly necessary technologies

Strictly necessary technologies support functions such as page delivery, load balancing, security, fraud prevention, network management, privacy choices, accessibility, and form operation. The website may not work correctly without them. Where permitted by law, these technologies may operate without optional consent because they are required to provide the website or a requested function.

Shopify and connected infrastructure may set necessary technologies for storefront operation and security even when this website does not operate a public ecommerce checkout.

4. Preference and functional technologies

Functional technologies may remember choices such as interface preferences, consent settings, language, region, or display behavior. Their purpose is to provide a more consistent experience. If disabled, the website may still operate, but a preference may need to be selected again or a feature may not behave as expected.

5. Analytics and performance technologies

If analytics are enabled, analytics technologies may process information about visits, approximate region, device and browser type, referring pages, navigation, page performance, and interaction events. We may use aggregated or limited analytics to understand whether pages load correctly, which information visitors use, and where the website experience can be improved.

Analytics data does not establish a visitor’s search engine ranking and is not used to guarantee any SEO result. Depending on the provider and configuration, analytics data may be processed by a third party under that provider’s terms and privacy policy.

6. Advertising technologies

Rankforge Search does not operate an advertising network and does not sell backlink or ad-network services. We do not intentionally use a project inquiry to create unrelated third-party advertising audiences. If an advertising or cross-site tracking technology is added to the website in the future, it should be identified through the applicable consent interface and used in accordance with relevant law.

7. Third-party content and services

A third-party service—such as hosting, security, analytics, scheduling, video, map, font, or embedded content—may set or read its own technology when present. Third parties determine their own processing purposes and retention rules. Rankforge Search does not control a third party’s browser technology, and visitors should review the provider’s privacy information where appropriate.

The absence of a provider from this policy does not necessarily mean that the provider is not part of the technical delivery chain. Platform providers can update infrastructure and technology names over time.

8. Consent controls

Where the website displays a cookie or privacy preference tool, visitors can use it to accept, reject, or configure the categories offered. A choice generally applies to the browser and device used to make it. Clearing browser storage, using private browsing, changing devices, or using another browser may require the choice to be made again.

Withdrawing optional consent affects future use of optional technologies. It does not invalidate processing that occurred before withdrawal or remove information that must be retained for security, legal, or recordkeeping reasons.

9. Browser controls

Most browsers allow users to view, block, or delete cookies and to restrict site storage. Instructions vary by browser and device. Blocking all cookies can prevent essential website functions from working, including security controls, form behavior, and saved privacy preferences.

Browser-based “Do Not Track” signals are not interpreted consistently across the industry. Where a legally recognized opt-out preference signal is required and technically supported, the configured website providers may process it in accordance with applicable law and their implementation.

10. Retention

Cookie duration depends on its purpose and provider. Session technologies usually expire when the browser session ends. Persistent technologies may remain for days, months, or longer according to their configuration, unless removed sooner. Analytics and security records derived from a technology may be retained separately from the browser file in accordance with the provider’s and Rankforge Search’s legitimate operational, security, and legal needs.

11. Changes to website technologies

The set of technologies may change when the theme, hosting configuration, consent tool, security services, analytics, or installed applications change. This policy describes the categories and purposes used for the website but is not a static technical scan. Visitors should review any live consent panel for the most current controls exposed by the website configuration.

12. Policy changes

We may update this Cookie Policy when technology, provider, service, or legal requirements change. The date at the top identifies the current posted version. Changes apply prospectively unless otherwise required by law.