Cookies Policy

This Cookies Policy explains how Hopaqi uses cookies and similar technologies on our website dedicated to home composting of organic waste and odor-free methods for private gardens.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners. Cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our content about composting organic waste, sustainable gardening practices, and eco-friendly home solutions.

These files contain information that is transferred to your device's hard drive, allowing our website to recognize your device and remember certain information about your preferences or past actions on our composting resource platform.

2. How We Use Cookies

Hopaqi uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience and to provide you with relevant information about home composting techniques, odor-free methods, and organic waste management for private gardens. Our cookies serve several important purposes:

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Our website uses both session cookies and persistent cookies:

• Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser. They help us track your journey through our composting guides during a single browsing session.
• Persistent Cookies: These remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them. They help us recognize you as a returning visitor and remember your preferences for composting information.
• First-party Cookies: Set directly by Hopaqi to improve your experience on our composting resource website.
• Third-party Cookies: Set by external services we use, such as analytics providers, social media platforms, and advertising networks.

4. Specific Cookies We Deploy

Below are examples of the types of cookies you may encounter on our website:

• Google Analytics: Helps us understand visitor behavior, popular composting topics, and website performance metrics.
• Social Media Cookies: Enable you to share our composting guides and gardening tips on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
• Preference Cookies: Remember your settings such as language selection, measurement units for composting ratios, and display preferences.
• Security Cookies: Authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials, and protect user data related to composting community accounts.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. Here's how you can manage cookies:

• Browser Settings: You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Check your browser's help section for specific instructions.
• Cookie Preference Center: When you first visit our website, you may see a cookie consent banner allowing you to choose which types of cookies to accept.
• Opt-out Tools: You can opt-out of targeted advertising cookies through industry opt-out platforms such as the Digital Advertising Alliance or Network Advertising Initiative.
• Do Not Track: Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" feature that signals to websites that you don't want to be tracked. We respect these signals where technically feasible.

Please note that blocking certain cookies may impact your experience on our website and limit access to some features related to personalized composting recommendations and saved preferences.

6. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics, deliver advertisements about composting products and sustainable gardening solutions, and enhance website functionality. These third parties may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites.

We work with trusted partners who are committed to data protection and privacy. However, we do not control the cookies set by third parties, and we encourage you to review their privacy policies for more information about their data practices.

7. Cookies and Personal Data

Some cookies may collect personal data, such as your IP address, browsing behavior on our composting resource pages, and device information. We treat all data collected through cookies in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws, including GDPR and other relevant regulations.

We implement appropriate security measures to protect cookie data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to transparent data handling practices.

8. Updates to This Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or for other operational reasons. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date.

We encourage you to review this Cookies Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies and protect your information while you explore our composting guides and organic waste management resources.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Cookies Policy or our use of cookies on our composting resource website, please don't hesitate to contact us: