Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how EVsBuzz.com (“we”, “us”, “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies (collectively, “cookies”) when you visit https://evsbuzz.com (the “Site”). It explains what these technologies are, why we use them, the third parties that may place cookies through our Site, and your choices for managing them. This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and our GDPR Consent Policy.

1. What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that a website you visit stores on your computer, smartphone or tablet. Cookies are widely used to make websites work, to make them work more efficiently, and to provide information to the owners of the site. We also use related technologies such as local storage, session storage, pixels, tags, software development kits (SDKs) and similar identifiers. References to “cookies” in this policy include all of these technologies.

2. Why we use cookies

We use cookies for the following broad purposes:

• Strictly necessary — to make the Site work (e.g. load-balancing, security, remembering whether you are logged in).
• Functional / preference — to remember choices you make (e.g. language, theme, region, cookie-consent state).
• Performance & analytics — to understand how the Site is used and improve it (e.g. Google Analytics).
• Advertising — to deliver, frequency-cap, measure and personalise ads via Google AdSense, Google Ad Manager and other ad networks. This includes the use of the Google DoubleClick / DART cookie and similar identifiers, where permitted by your consent.
• Embedded media & social plug-ins — when we embed video (e.g. YouTube), audio, social posts or other third-party widgets, those services may set their own cookies.

3. Categories of cookies we use

4. Google AdSense, Ad Manager & the DART cookie

EVsBuzz.com is monetised in part through Google AdSense and Google Ad Manager. As required by Google’s publisher policies:

• Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this Site.
• Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this Site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, the YourAdChoices / DAA opt-out (US), the EDAA opt-out (EU), or by enabling browser-level Do-Not-Track / Global Privacy Control signals where supported.
• Where required (EEA, UK, Switzerland), we use a Google-certified IAB Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF v2) compatible Consent Management Platform (CMP) to obtain, record and pass on your consent under the EU User Consent Policy and ePrivacy Directive — see our GDPR Consent Policy.
• Where required (California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, etc.), we honour opt-out signals such as the Global Privacy Control (GPC) as a valid request to opt out of “sale” or “sharing” of personal information.

5. Your choices

You can control cookies in several ways:

1. Our cookie banner — On your first visit (and any time afterwards by clicking the “Cookie Settings” link in the footer) you can accept, reject or fine-tune non-essential cookies. Strictly-necessary cookies cannot be switched off as the Site will not function without them.
2. Browser settings — Most browsers let you block or delete cookies and clear local storage. See Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge for instructions.
3. Mobile device controls — On iOS use Settings → Privacy → Tracking; on Android use Settings → Google → Ads → Reset advertising ID / Opt out of ads personalisation.
4. Industry opt-outs — Google Ads Settings, DAA WebChoices, NAI, EDAA Your Online Choices.

6. Do Not Track & Global Privacy Control

Some browsers send a “Do Not Track” (DNT) header. The web industry has not agreed on what websites should do when they receive a DNT signal, so we do not currently respond to DNT. Where required by US state law, we treat the Global Privacy Control (GPC) as a valid opt-out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information.

7. Children

EVsBuzz.com is not directed at children under 13 (or the applicable age in your jurisdiction), and we do not knowingly use cookies to build profiles of minors. See our Privacy Policy for more detail.

8. Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. We will post the updated version here and revise the “Last reviewed” date at the top. Material changes will be notified by an on-site banner.