Cookie Policy 

Last Updated: August 3, 2025

This Cookie Policy explains how Thinking Bay uses cookies and similar technologies on our website https://thinkingbay.com/ to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site usage, and deliver personalized advertisements through services like Google AdSense. This policy provides details on what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit our Website. They help us remember your preferences, understand how you interact with our site, and provide tailored content or advertisements. Other technologies, such as pixel tags or web beacons, may also be used for similar purposes.

Types of Cookies We Use

We use the following types of cookies on our Website:

  • Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the Website to function properly, such as maintaining your session or enabling core features. They cannot be disabled as they are critical to the Website’s operation.
  • Analytics Cookies: These cookies, such as those used by Google Analytics, help us understand how visitors use our Website, including which pages are visited and how much time is spent on the site. This data is used to improve our Website’s performance and user experience.
  • Advertising Cookies: We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our Website. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Website or other websites. These cookies enable personalized advertising tailored to your interests.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes:

  • To ensure the Website functions correctly and provides a seamless user experience.
  • To analyze Website usage and performance, helping us improve our content and services.
  • To deliver relevant advertisements through Google AdSense and its partners, based on your browsing behavior across our Website and other sites.
  • To remember your preferences, such as language settings or cookie consent choices.

Google AdSense and Third-Party Cookies

Our Website uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google and its third-party partners use cookies, such as the DoubleClick cookie, to serve ads based on your browsing history. These cookies collect information about your visits to our Website and other sites to provide ads that are relevant to your interests.

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings or by opting out of third-party vendors’ use of cookies for interest-based advertising at aboutads.info. For more information on how Google uses data, see Google’s Privacy Policy.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

When you first visit our Website, we may display a cookie consent banner informing you of our use of cookies. By continuing to use our Website, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this Cookie Policy. You can manage or revoke your consent at any time through the following methods:

  • Browser Settings: Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. Instructions for managing cookies can be found in your browser’s settings (e.g., Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge). Note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our Website.
  • Opt-Out Tools: Opt out of personalized ads via Google’s Ads Settings or aboutads.info.
  • Cookie Consent Management: If we provide a cookie management tool on our Website, you can use it to customize your cookie preferences.

For more information about cookies, visit cookiechoices.org.

Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, third-party cookies may be set by Google AdSense and other service providers, such as Google Analytics, to support analytics and advertising. These third parties may collect and process data as outlined in their respective privacy policies, which we encourage you to review.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will notify you of significant changes by posting the updated policy on our Website with a revised “Last Updated” date.

Contact Us

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

  • Email: contact@thinkingbay.com

Thank you for visiting https://thinkingbay.com/. We are committed to transparency and respecting your privacy preferences.