What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
How do we use cookies?
We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our website and our custom user dashboard to operate, and we refer to these as “Strictly Necessary” cookies. Other cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our website, provide customer support, or play embedded videos.
We categorize our cookies into the following four groups, which directly correspond to the consent preferences available in our Cookie Consent Modal:
1. Strictly Necessary Cookies (Always Active)
These cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site. Because they are strictly necessary to deliver the website securely and correctly to you, you cannot refuse them without impacting how our site functions. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
- Cloudflare (Security): Provides essential security routing, DDoS protection, and performance services.
- PHP Sessions: Handles server-side session management, which is essential for securely navigating the site and maintaining your login state in our custom account system.
- Consent Settings: Remembers your cookie preference choices (accept/reject) so you are not asked repeatedly.
- Captcha (Spam Protection): Protects our forms and login areas from malicious spam and automated bot submissions.
2. Analytics Cookies
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. We only set these cookies if you give us your explicit consent.
- Google Analytics: Tracks website usage and visitor behavior to help us improve our content and user experience.
3. Services / Marketing Cookies
These cookies enable external services to function properly and may track visitor interactions to improve our direct customer support and communication. We only set these cookies if you give us your explicit consent.
- Tidio (Chat): Powers our live chat widget, allowing us to offer real-time customer support. It stores session data to keep the chat active as you navigate between different pages on our site.
4. 3rd Party Video Cookies
Video cookies enable the playback of embedded multimedia content from third-party services. If you do not accept these cookies, embedded videos on our template and tutorial pages may be blocked or fail to play. We only set these cookies if you give us your explicit consent.
- YouTube Player: Enables the playback of embedded YouTube videos (tutorials, showcases) and stores video preferences.
- Vimeo Player: Enables the playback of embedded Vimeo videos.
How can I control my cookie preferences?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject non-essential cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences at any time by using our Cookie Consent Modal.
Updating your consent: You can reopen our Consent Modal at any time by clicking the “Cookie Preferences” or “Customize Consent” link, which is typically located in the footer of our website. From there, you can toggle Analytics, Services, and Video cookies on or off and click “Save My Preferences”.
Browser Controls: Alternatively, you can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies via your browser, you may still use our website, though your access to some functionality and areas of our website 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.
Updates to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us at info@themepunch.com or refer to our complete Privacy Policy for more information on how we handle personal data.
