Cookie Policy 1. What Are Cookies? Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, enhance the user experience, and provide analytical and advertising information to the site owners. 2. How STAVAGE Uses Cookies We use cookies for several purposes to ensure our platform runs smoothly and remains free to access: Essential Cookies: These are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website, such as secure login sessions and remembering your account state so you can leave comments. Performance & Analytics Cookies: These help us understand how visitors interact with STAVAGE. We use this data to see which editorials are trending, monitor site speed, and improve our overall user experience. Advertising & Targeting Cookies: STAVAGE partners with third-party advertising networks, including Adsterra, to display banner and native advertisements. These third-party networks use cookies to track your browsing habits across different websites in order to deliver personalized ads that may be of interest to you. 3. Third-Party Cookies In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the service and deliver advertisements. Our advertising partners (like Adsterra) have their own privacy policies regarding how they use the data they collect. 4. How to Control Your Cookies You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject non-essential cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by modifying your web browser controls. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website, though your access to some functionality and areas of our website (like persistent logins for commenting) may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information. For further questions regarding our use of cookies or tracking technologies, please contact us at tharushagame12@gmail.com.