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Cookie Preferences

Understanding how we use cookies and how you can manage your preferences.

Last updated: March 15, 2025

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how Neuroana ("we", "us" or "our") uses them on the website located at neuroana.com ("the Site"), and what options you have to control them. This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Notice, which provides further detail on how we handle your personal data.

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, tablet or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used across the internet to make websites function more efficiently, provide a better browsing experience and supply information to the website operators.

Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device after you close your browser and are activated each time you revisit the website that created them. Session cookies are temporary and are deleted from your device when you close your browser. Cookies can also be categorised as "first-party" cookies, which are set by the website you are visiting, and "third-party" cookies, which are set by a domain other than the one you are visiting.

In addition to cookies, we may also use similar technologies such as web beacons, pixel tags and local storage to collect and store information about how you interact with our website.

Types of Cookies We Use

The cookies used on the Neuroana website fall into the following categories:

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our website. They enable core functionality such as page navigation, access to secure areas and basic site features. The Site cannot function properly without these cookies, and they cannot be disabled.

Examples of essential cookies we use include:

  • Session management cookies that maintain your browsing session as you navigate between pages
  • Security cookies that help detect and prevent fraudulent activity and protect the Site from malicious attacks
  • Load-balancing cookies that distribute traffic across our servers to ensure reliable performance

These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information and are typically deleted when you close your browser.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information about page views, navigation paths, time spent on pages and other usage patterns. All data collected by these cookies is aggregated and anonymised, meaning it cannot be used to identify individual users.

The insights gathered through analytics cookies allow us to:

  • Identify which pages and articles are most popular with our readers
  • Understand how visitors arrive at our Site (search engines, social media, direct visits or referral links)
  • Monitor overall site performance and identify technical issues
  • Improve the structure, content and navigation of our website based on actual usage data
  • Measure the effectiveness of our content and determine which topics resonate most with our audience

Analytics cookies are typically persistent and may remain on your device for up to two years, depending on the specific cookie.

Preference Cookies

Preference cookies, sometimes called functionality cookies, allow the website to remember choices you have made in the past, such as your preferred language, the region you are in, or customisations you have applied to your browsing experience. These cookies enable us to provide enhanced, personalised features.

Examples of preferences that may be stored include:

  • Your preferred display settings (such as theme or font size, if applicable)
  • Whether you have previously dismissed a notification or banner
  • Your cookie consent preferences so you are not prompted repeatedly

Preference cookies are typically persistent and may remain on your device for up to one year. The information these cookies collect is anonymised and cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

How to Manage Cookies

You have several options for managing cookies on your device. Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically find these options in your browser's "Settings", "Preferences" or "Privacy" menu. The following links provide guidance for the most commonly used browsers:

  • Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data
  • Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
  • Apple Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data
  • Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies

Please note that restricting or disabling cookies may impact the functionality of our website. Essential cookies cannot be turned off as they are necessary for the Site to operate correctly. If you disable analytics or preference cookies, you may not benefit from the full personalised experience our Site is designed to provide.

You can also configure your browser to notify you each time a cookie is being sent, allowing you to accept or reject cookies on a case-by-case basis. Additionally, you can delete cookies that have already been stored on your device at any time through your browser settings.

Third-Party Cookies

In some cases, third-party services that we integrate into our website may set their own cookies on your device. These third-party cookies are governed by the privacy and cookie policies of the respective service providers, not by this policy.

Third-party cookies on our Site may include:

  • Analytics services: Third-party analytics providers may set cookies to collect anonymised usage data about how you interact with our Site.
  • Content delivery networks: CDN providers may set cookies to optimise the delivery of website assets and ensure fast, reliable page loading across different geographic regions.
  • Embedded content: If our pages contain embedded content from external sources (such as videos or social media widgets), those services may set their own cookies when you interact with the embedded content.

We carefully select the third-party services we integrate and aim to work only with providers who maintain strong privacy and data protection standards. However, we do not have direct control over the cookies set by these third parties. We encourage you to review the cookie and privacy policies of any third-party services you encounter on our Site.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our use of cookies, the services we integrate, or applicable regulations. When we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.

If we make significant changes to this policy that materially affect how we use cookies or your options for managing them, we will make reasonable efforts to notify visitors through a prominent notice on our Site.

Contact

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at: