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This policy explains how Mens Strength Essentials uses cookies and similar technologies when you read our editorial content at mensstrengthessentials.info.
Last updated: June 2025
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What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit a website. They allow the website to remember certain information about your visit — such as your preferred language or which articles you have already read — making your next visit easier and more relevant.
Cookies do not contain personally identifiable information such as your name or payment details. They are widely used across the internet to make websites work more efficiently and to provide useful reporting information to site editors.
Similar technologies — such as web beacons, pixels, and local storage — may also be used for the same purposes described in this policy.
How We Use Cookies
As an editorial publication focused on men's health, fitness, and strength topics, Mens Strength Essentials uses cookies strictly to improve the reading experience and to understand how our articles are being used. Specifically, we use cookies to:
- Ensure site functionality — keeping essential features of our editorial platform operational so readers can navigate articles without interruption.
- Analyse readership patterns — understanding which articles, topics, and categories attract the most readers so our editorial team can produce more relevant content.
- Remember your preferences — storing settings such as font size or theme preference where applicable across sessions.
- Deliver contextual content — helping third-party services suggest editorially relevant articles or topic areas to readers based on browsing patterns.
- Support security — detecting unusual access patterns to protect the integrity of our platform and our readers.
We do not use cookies to track your activity across unrelated third-party websites for advertising profiling purposes beyond the scope described in this policy.
Types of Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary
These cookies are essential for the website to function. They enable core features such as page navigation, secure areas, and content loading. Without them, parts of the site cannot work properly. They cannot be switched off.
Always ActivePerformance & Analytics
These cookies collect anonymous data about how readers interact with our articles — which pages are visited most, how long readers spend on each piece, and where traffic originates. This helps our editorial team improve content quality.
OptionalFunctional
Functional cookies enable enhanced features and personalisation on the site, such as remembering display preferences or article history. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have embedded on our pages.
OptionalThird-Party
When we embed content or use external analytics tools (such as Google Analytics), those providers may set their own cookies on your device. Their use of cookies is governed by their respective privacy and cookie policies, not ours.
Third-Party ControlledCookie List
The table below lists the specific cookies currently used on mensstrengthessentials.info, including their purpose and duration.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _session | mensstrengthessentials.info | Necessary | Maintains your active browsing session while navigating between articles. | Session |
| _csrf_token | mensstrengthessentials.info | Necessary | Protects against cross-site request forgery attacks to keep the site secure. | Session |
| cookie_consent | mensstrengthessentials.info | Necessary | Remembers your cookie consent preferences so the banner does not repeat on every visit. | 12 months |
| _ga | Google Analytics | Analytics | Registers a unique ID to generate statistical data on how the reader uses our articles. | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Analytics | Registers a unique ID used to generate statistical data on readership and article performance. | 24 hours |
| _gat | Google Analytics | Analytics | Throttles the request rate to limit data collection on high-traffic pages. | 1 minute |
| mse_prefs | mensstrengthessentials.info | Functional | Stores reader display preferences (such as font size) to personalise the reading experience. | 6 months |
| mse_recently_read | mensstrengthessentials.info | Functional | Keeps a local record of recently viewed articles to help readers pick up where they left off. | 30 days |
Managing & Controlling Cookies
You have full control over the cookies stored on your device. There are several ways to manage your cookie preferences:
Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to refuse or accept cookies, delete existing cookies, and set preferences for certain websites. Refer to your browser's help documentation for instructions. Note that restricting necessary cookies may affect how the site functions.
Our Cookie Banner
When you first visit our site, a cookie consent banner allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You may update your preferences at any time by clearing the cookie_consent cookie from your browser and revisiting the site.
Google Analytics Opt-Out
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provided by Google.
Third-Party Opt-Out Tools
For broader control over interest-based tracking, you may also use opt-out tools provided by industry bodies such as the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA) or the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI).
Please note: disabling certain cookies may reduce the functionality of our editorial platform or prevent some features from working correctly. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled as they are required for the site to operate.
Third-Party Cookies
Our editorial platform integrates certain third-party services that may place their own cookies on your device. These third parties include:
- Google Analytics — for anonymous readership and article performance statistics. View Google Privacy Policy
- Embedded media providers — if we embed videos or interactive content within articles, those providers may set cookies subject to their own policies.
We have no control over third-party cookies and are not responsible for their content or privacy practices. We encourage you to read the privacy and cookie policies of any third-party services you encounter through our platform.
Children's Privacy
Our editorial content is intended for adult readers. We do not knowingly collect personal data through cookies or any other means from individuals under the age of 16. If you believe a minor has provided us with any information, please contact our editorial team immediately.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, regulation, or editorial practice. When we do, we will revise 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. Continued use of mensstrengthessentials.info after any changes take effect constitutes your acknowledgement of the revised policy.