COOKIE POLICY
We want to be clear about how we use cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website, https://www.mystical-messages.com/ (our “Site”). This policy explains what these cookies are, why we use them, and how you can manage your choices. **Given that a significant part of our Site’s content includes affiliate links, it’s particularly important for you to understand how cookies are used in this process. Affiliate links are special URLs that, when clicked, may send you to a third-party website where you can purchase products or services. If you make a purchase or take other qualifying actions on that third-party site after clicking our link, we may earn a commission. This is how we help support our Site and continue to provide you with valuable content.**
**What are Cookies?**
Think of cookies as tiny text files that our Site saves on your computer or phone. They help our Site remember things about your visit, like your login details or preferences. This makes your next visit smoother and helps us understand how you use our Site so we can make it better.
**Why We Use Cookies**
We use cookies for several key reasons:
* **To make our Site work properly and securely.** These essential cookies allow you to navigate our Site and use its core features.
* **To remember your choices and improve your experience.** Preference cookies help us recall your settings, such as language preferences, for a more personalized visit.
* **To understand how you interact with our Site.** Analytics cookies help us track website traffic, popular pages, and user behavior, allowing us to improve our content and design.
* **To potentially show you relevant content and advertisements.** Advertising cookies may be used to understand your interests and display more tailored information or ads, both on our Site and elsewhere.
* **Specifically for Affiliate Links:** Cookies are vital for our affiliate marketing activities. When you click on an affiliate link on our Site, a cookie is often set to track that you were referred from our website. This tracking is essential for us to receive a commission if you subsequently make a purchase or complete a specific action on the affiliate partner’s site. **This process helps us earn revenue to support our work without adding any extra cost to you.**
**Types of Cookies We Use**
* **Essential Cookies:** Necessary for the basic functionality of our Site.
* **Preference Cookies:** Remember your settings and choices.
* **Analytics Cookies:** Help us understand website usage.
* **Advertising Cookies:** May be used for targeted advertising.
* **Affiliate Cookies:** Specifically track referrals from our affiliate links to third-party websites, enabling commission payments if you make a purchase or take a qualifying action. **These cookies typically contain a unique identifier linking your click from our Site to the affiliate partner.**
**Affiliate Link Cookies in Detail**
* **Tracking Your Journey:** When you click an affiliate link on our Site, a cookie is often placed on your device. This cookie acts as a record that you were directed to the affiliate partner’s website from our Site.
* **Attribution of Sales/Actions:** If you then make a purchase or complete another specified action on the affiliate partner’s website within a certain timeframe (the “cookie duration”), the affiliate cookie allows the partner to attribute that sale or action back to our referral. This is how we earn our commission.
* **No Personal Information Shared (Initially):** The affiliate cookie placed when you click on our Site generally doesn’t contain your personal identification information from *our* Site. Its primary purpose is to track the referral. However, the affiliate partner’s website will have its own cookies and may collect personal information from you according to their own privacy policies.
* **Supporting Our Site:** The commissions we earn through affiliate links help us to cover the costs of running and maintaining our Site, allowing us to continue providing you with free and valuable content.
* **Transparency is Key:** We aim to be transparent about our use of affiliate links. The presence of these links and the associated cookies does not influence our recommendations or the information we provide. Our opinions are our own.
**Third-Party Cookies**
In addition to our own cookies, third-party services (like social media buttons or advertising networks) might also set cookies on your device through our Site. We do not directly control these cookies, and their use is governed by the respective third parties’ cookie policies.
**Managing Your Cookie Choices**
You have control over most cookies! Here’s how you can manage them:
* **Your Browser Settings:** You can manage cookies through your web browser settings. Here are links for popular browsers:
* **Google Chrome:** [Delete, allow and manage cookies in Chrome – Computer – Google Help](https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop)
* **Mozilla Firefox:** [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences)
* **Microsoft Edge:** [Manage cookies in Microsoft Edge: View, allow, block, delete and use – Microsoft Support](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/manage-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-view-allow-block-delete-and-use-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d)
* **Safari:** [https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac](https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac)
**Important Note:** Blocking all cookies might impact the functionality of our Site. Essential cookies are necessary for basic operations.
**Google Analytics Opt-Out**
You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking here: [https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout](https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout).
**Deleting Your Cookie Data**
**Updates to This Policy**
We may update this policy periodically. Please check this page for the latest version.
This Cookie Policy was last updated on April, 15, 2025.
**Contact Us**
If you have any questions, please contact us at toni@mystical-messages.com.