THEVIBEPRESIDENT

COOKIE POLICY

Last updated November 14, 2025

This Cookie Policy explains how Ivan Ambla ("I," "me," "my," "we," "us," and "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit my website at https://thevibepresident.com/ ("Website"). It describes the use of cookies, your rights to control their usage, and mentions that sometimes cookies may collect personal information or become personal information when combined with other data.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?
  2. WHY DO WE USE COOKIES?
  3. HOW CAN I CONTROL COOKIES?
  4. ANALYTICS AND CUSTOMIZATION COOKIES
  5. HOW CAN I CONTROL COOKIES ON MY BROWSER?
  6. OPT OUT OF TARGETED ADVERTISING
  7. OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
  8. TARGETED ADVERTISING
  9. POLICY UPDATES
  10. CONTACT INFORMATION

1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Website owners widely use cookies to make their websites work efficiently, provide reporting information, and improve website functionality.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, me, Ivan Ambla) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

2. WHY DO WE USE COOKIES?

We use cookies for several reasons:

  • For technical reasons (essential/strictly necessary cookies): These cookies are essential for the website to function properly and cannot be disabled in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.
  • To understand how visitors use our website: We currently use cookies to analyze website traffic and understand user behavior through Google Analytics, which helps us improve the user experience and provide relevant content.
  • For future advertising and customizations: We reserve the right to use cookies in the future to customize content and deliver advertisements based on your interests through Google Ads. Any such use will require your explicit consent and we will update this policy accordingly.

3. HOW CAN I CONTROL COOKIES?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager found on the website or notification banner.

Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.

You can also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, 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.

4. ANALYTICS AND CUSTOMIZATION COOKIES

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and where possible, anonymized (including IP address anonymization). If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site.

Current analytics cookies we use:

  • Name: _ga
    Purpose: Unique ID to track website usage
    Provider: .thevibepresident.com
    Service: Google Analytics 4 (Service Privacy Policy)
    Type: http_cookie
    Expires: 14 months
    Note: IP addresses are automatically anonymized by Google Analytics 4
  • Name: _ga_#
    Purpose: Distinguish users, calculate visits and sessions
    Provider: .thevibepresident.com
    Service: Google Analytics 4 (Service Privacy Policy)
    Type: http_cookie
    Expires: 14 months

Future advertising cookies (not currently in use):

If we implement Google Ads or other advertising services in the future, additional cookies may be used for ad personalization and targeting. These would include cookies such as _gcl_au (Google Ads conversion tracking), IDE (Google DoubleClick), and similar. Any such implementation will require your explicit consent through our cookie consent banner, and this policy will be updated to reflect the specific cookies in use.

5. HOW CAN I CONTROL COOKIES ON MY BROWSER?

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, limiting cookies may impact your experience using our website. Here are links to instructions for managing cookies in popular browsers:

6. OPT OUT OF TARGETED ADVERTISING

Note: We do not currently use targeted advertising cookies. However, if we implement advertising services in the future, you will be able to opt out of targeted advertising by:

7. OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

In addition to cookies, we may use other tracking technologies, such as "web beacons" or "tracking pixels." These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when someone has visited our website. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within our website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to improve site performance, and to measure website analytics. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.

If we implement email marketing or advertising campaigns in the future, we may use these technologies to understand whether you have come to our website from an online advertisement or opened an email that we have sent you. Any such implementation will be disclosed in updates to this policy.

8. TARGETED ADVERTISING

Current Status: We do not currently use third-party cookies to serve targeted advertisements. We only use Google Analytics for website analytics purposes, with all advertising-related features disabled.

Future Implementation: We reserve the right to implement targeted advertising services (such as Google Ads) in the future. If we do so, third-party cookies may be used to serve advertisements based on your visit history to our website and to show you relevant advertisements on other websites you visit. Any such implementation will:

  • Require your explicit consent through our cookie consent banner
  • Be clearly disclosed in an updated version of this Cookie Policy
  • Provide you with clear opt-out mechanisms and preference controls
  • Not share your personal information with third parties without your consent, except as described in our Privacy Policy

9. POLICY UPDATES

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.

10. CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us at amblaivan@gmail.com.