Cookie Policy for zachkauntz.design

Effective Date: June 2, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to zachkauntz.design (the “Website”). We are a brand agency dedicated to providing top-tier design and branding services. This Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies and similar tracking technologies on our Website. It outlines what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control their use, especially in relation to the services we offer.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or to work more efficiently, and to provide reporting information.

• First-party cookies are set by us, the website owner (zachkauntz.design).

• Third-party cookies are set by parties other than us. These cookies enable third-party features or functionality on or through our website (e.g., analytics, advertising, and embedded videos).

3. Why We Use Cookies

We use cookies for several key reasons, from ensuring the technical functionality of our site to understanding how you engage with our content and brand. This helps us provide a better user experience and market our services effectively.

4. Types of Cookies We Use

Below are the specific types of first-party and third-party cookies we use on zachkauntz.design and their purposes.

a) Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for you to navigate the Website and use its core features. They are necessary for functions like our contact form to work correctly.

• What they are for: Managing your session on the site and remembering your cookie consent choices.

• How to refuse: You cannot refuse these cookies as they are essential for the Website to function. However, you can block or delete them by changing your browser settings, though this may impact your ability to use our Website.

b) Performance & Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our Website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This insight allows us to improve our site and tailor our content.

• Service Provider: Google Analytics

• What they are for: We use Google Analytics to collect statistical information about our visitors, such as the pages they visit, how long they stay on the site, and how they got here. This helps us measure and improve the performance of our content and marketing efforts.

• How to refuse: You can prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

c) Functionality Cookies

These cookies enable the Website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages, such as embedded videos.

• Service Provider: YouTube (Google)

• What they are for: We may embed videos from our official YouTube channel to showcase our work and provide valuable content. When you play an embedded video, YouTube may place cookies on your device to enable video functionality and to track viewing behaviour.

• How to refuse: To refuse these cookies, you can adjust your cookie settings through our cookie consent banner. Please note that refusing these may disable the ability to watch video content on our site. You can also manage Google's ad settings and privacy controls in your Google Account.

d) Targeting & Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you and your interests. They track your Browse habits across websites to build a profile of your interests and show you targeted ads on other sites.

• What they are for: We use these cookies to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns and to deliver targeted advertisements for our brand agency services on other platforms (e.g., social media, search engines). They help us ensure that our ads reach individuals who are most likely to be interested in our services.

• Service Providers: [You will need to list the specific advertising platforms you use here, for example: Google Ads, Meta (Facebook/Instagram), LinkedIn Ads, etc.]

• How to refuse: You can opt-out of interest-based advertising from participating companies through the following resources:

  • Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA): http://www.aboutads.info/choices/

  • Network Advertising Initiative (NAI): [suspicious link removed]

  • European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA): http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/

5. Cookies and Our Contact Form

When you submit data through our contact form, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence. This is considered a functionality cookie designed to improve your user experience.

6. How You Can Control Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. Apart from the specific opt-out links provided above, you can manage your preferences through a cookie consent banner that will appear when you first visit our site.

Additionally, 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.

7. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to revisit this page periodically to stay informed.

8. Contact Information

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this policy, please contact Zach Kauntz at hello@zachkauntz.design.