Cookie Policy

Effective Date: May 2025

This Cookie Policy explains how Crawl Map (“we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on our website crawlmap.com (the “Site”). It also describes how you can control and manage your preferences through our consent banner and your browser settings.

This policy is part of our Privacy Policy and supports our compliance with laws including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), ePrivacy Directive, CCPA, and Google’s Consent Mode v2.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files stored on your device when you visit a website. They allow websites to recognize your browser and remember information about your visit, such as preferences or login status.

Cookies may be:

• First-party: set directly by our website
• Third-party: set by other websites or services we use

Cookies can be session-based (deleted when you close your browser) or persistent (remain on your device until expired or deleted).

2. Types of Cookies We Use

We categorize cookies into the following groups:

🔹 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the operation of the Site and cannot be switched off in our systems. They include:

• Load balancing and security
• Consent management
• Navigation and session integrity

Legal basis: Legitimate interest (required to provide the service)

🔹 Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect aggregated, anonymous data to help us understand how visitors use our Site. For example, we use:

• Google Analytics with Consent Mode v2 to respect user consent when tracking events.

Legal basis: Consent (required for use in EU/EEA)

🔹 Functionality Cookies

These cookies remember user choices and enhance your experience (e.g., remembering your location or language preference).

Legal basis: Consent

🔹 Advertising & Personalization Cookies

These cookies are set by advertising partners (e.g., Google AdSense) to build a profile of your interests and show relevant ads across the web. They may track your browsing activity across websites.

We enable these cookies only if you provide explicit opt-in consent.

Legal basis: Consent

3. Consent Management

We use a Consent Management Platform (CMP) that complies with Google Consent Mode v2 to obtain, store, and respect your cookie preferences.

• You will be shown a cookie banner when you first visit the Site.
• You can update or withdraw your consent at any time via the “Manage Cookies” link in the footer of our Site.
• Under Consent Mode, if you decline analytics or ad cookies, Google services will operate in a limited, cookieless mode.

4. Managing Cookies in Your Browser

In addition to our CMP, you can manage cookies directly in your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

• View cookies stored on your device
• Block cookies from specific websites
• Delete cookies after each session

Helpful links:

• AboutCookies.org
• Google Analytics Opt-out
• YourAdChoices (DAA)
• Network Advertising Initiative (NAI)

5. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect legal or technical changes. The “Effective Date” at the top of this page indicates when this policy was last revised. You should review this page periodically for updates.

6. Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about our use of cookies or your privacy rights, please contact us at crawlmap.com