Cookie Policy

Effective Date: May 1, 2025

This Cookie Policy explains how Individual Entrepreneur Aleksandr Prokhorov ("we," "us," "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on the website theanimeguy.com ("Site"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

This Cookie Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which provides additional details on how we process personal information.

1. What are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Individual Entrepreneur Aleksandr Prokhorov) 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 first-party and potentially third-party cookies for several reasons.

  • Current Use: Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Site to operate. These are often referred to as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. At present, our use of cookies is limited mainly to these types, potentially including those needed for basic site navigation, security features (like CSRF protection on forms), or managing server sessions.
  • Future Use: Other cookies will enable us and the third parties we work with to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Site, provide analytics, and serve advertising. This includes:
    • Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Site is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Site for you. (e.g., via Google Analytics, Yandex Metrica).
    • Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests (e.g., via Google AdSense).

3. Cookies Used on Our Site (Including Future Use)

The specific types of first-party and third-party cookies served through our Site and the purposes they perform are described below (please note that the specific cookies may vary):

  • Essential Website Cookies:

    • Purpose: These are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Site and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas or basic functionality like form submissions.
    • Who Serves: First-party (theanimeguy.com) or our hosting/platform provider.
    • How to Refuse: Because these cookies are strictly necessary, you cannot refuse them without impacting how our Site functions. You may block or delete them by changing your browser settings, as described below under "How Can I Control Cookies?".

  • Performance and Analytics Cookies (Potential Future Use):

    • Purpose: To collect information about traffic to our Site and how users use the Site. The information gathered may include the number of visitors, the websites that referred them, the pages visited, time of day visited, whether they have visited before, and other similar information. We plan to use this information to operate our Site more efficiently, gather broad demographic information, and monitor the level of activity.
    • Who Serves: Potentially Google (Google Analytics), Yandex (Yandex Metrica).
    • How to Refuse: You can refuse these by managing your preferences via a cookie consent tool (when implemented) or by using browser settings or specific opt-out tools (see "How Can I Control Cookies?").

  • Advertising Cookies (Potential Future Use):

    • Purpose: To serve advertisements on our Site through Google AdSense. These cookies track your browsing habits to enable Google and its partners to show you ads likely to be of interest to you, based on your previous browsing history. They also help measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns.
    • Who Serves: Google (AdSense / DoubleClick).
    • How to Refuse: You can opt out of interest-based advertising cookies via a cookie consent tool (when implemented), Google's Ad Settings, or industry opt-out pages (see "How Can I Control Cookies?").

4. How Can I Control Cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies (other than essential cookies).

  • Browser Controls: You can 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 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.

  • Opting Out of Third-Party Cookies:

  • Cookie Consent Tool (Future Implementation): When we implement analytics or advertising cookies that require consent (especially for users in regions like the EEA/UK), we will provide a cookie consent banner or tool on our Site. This tool will allow you to manage your preferences and consent to or reject the use of non-essential cookies.

5. Do Not Track Signals

Some web browsers offer a "Do Not Track" ("DNT") signal. At present, there is no industry-standard consensus on how websites should respond to DNT signals. Therefore, like many websites, our Site does not currently alter its practices when it receives a DNT signal. We will continue to monitor developments around DNT browser technology and the implementation of a standard.

6. Changes to This Cookie Policy

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 re-visit 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.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us using the methods described in our Privacy Policy, such as:

  • By using the contact form: https://theanimeguy.com/sys-page/2/contact/
  • By mail: Individual Entrepreneur Aleksandr Prokhorov Georgia, Adigeni region, village Varkhani, street 07, residential house, N07