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Cookie Policy

Endemism.org may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the site, remember preferences, measure traffic, support security, and serve advertising. This policy explains the main types of cookies that may be used and the choices available to visitors.

What cookies are

Cookies are small data files that a website or third-party service can store through a web browser. They can help a website remember information between page requests or visits.

Similar technologies may include local storage, pixels, web beacons, device identifiers, or other mechanisms used to store or read information from a browser or device.

How cookies may be used

Cookies used in connection with Endemism.org may support basic site functions, security, preference storage, traffic measurement, consent management, and advertising.

The exact cookies present during a visit can vary according to the visitor’s location, browser settings, consent choices, and the third-party services active at that time.

Not every visitor receives the same cookies. Some technologies are activated only when a particular service is used or when the visitor has made the required consent choice.

Necessary cookies

Some cookies or local-storage items may be needed for core technical functions such as security, consent storage, session handling, fraud prevention, or delivery of requested site features.

Where a technology is strictly necessary to provide a requested service or maintain site security, it may operate without being used for advertising or behavioral profiling.

Preference cookies

Preference technologies may remember choices made by a visitor, such as consent settings or interface preferences, so those choices do not need to be entered repeatedly.

These cookies are not necessarily present on every page or for every visitor.

Measurement and analytics cookies

Measurement tools may collect information about how pages are accessed and used. This can include page views, approximate visit duration, browser type, device type, referring pages, and similar technical data.

This information can be used to understand site performance, identify technical problems, and improve how content is delivered.

Advertising cookies

Endemism.org may display advertisements supplied by Google or other advertising providers. Advertising services may use cookies, local storage, web beacons, IP addresses, or other identifiers to deliver, measure, limit, or personalize ads.

Google may use advertising cookies to help select ads based on activity on Endemism.org or other websites. Whether personalized advertising can be used depends on factors including the visitor’s region, consent status, browser settings, and applicable advertising requirements.

Information about Google’s use of data on sites that use its services is available at How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.

Visitors in regions where consent is required may be shown a consent message before certain advertising or storage technologies are used.

For advertising served through Google publisher products, consent handling for users in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland may use a Google-certified consent management platform that supports the applicable advertising consent framework.

The options presented can include accepting or rejecting certain purposes, managing vendor choices, or changing previously selected preferences.

Consent choices can affect whether personalized ads are available and whether certain advertising technologies may store or access information on the device.

Personalized and non-personalized ads

Personalized ads may use information about previous activity, interests, or other permitted signals to select advertising that is more closely matched to a user.

Non-personalized ads do not use previous user behavior to select ads in the same way, although contextual information and limited technical data may still be used for functions such as ad delivery, frequency control, fraud prevention, and measurement.

Google’s requirements for publishers distinguish between personalized, non-personalized, and limited ad serving according to consent and platform conditions.

Third-party cookies

Some cookies are set or controlled by services other than Endemism.org. These can include advertising, security, measurement, or consent providers.

Third-party providers determine their own data retention, processing, and cookie practices subject to their policies and applicable law. Endemism.org cannot directly read or control every cookie created by an external service.

Endemism.org cites external scientific databases, government agencies, research institutions, and other reference sources. When a visitor follows one of those links, the destination website may set its own cookies or use other tracking technologies.

Those technologies are controlled by the external website and are not covered by this Cookie Policy.

Browser controls

Most browsers allow users to inspect, delete, block, or restrict cookies through browser settings. Some browsers also provide controls for cross-site tracking or third-party cookies.

Blocking all cookies may affect parts of a website that depend on storage for security, consent records, or preferences.

Where a consent management interface is available, visitors may be able to review or change their previous choices through that interface.

Deleting browser storage may also remove a saved consent choice, which can cause the consent message to appear again on a later visit.

Some cookies exist only for the current browser session and are removed when the session ends. Others may remain for a defined period so that preferences, consent choices, security information, or advertising functions can continue between visits.

Retention periods vary according to the provider and the purpose of the cookie.

Changes to cookie use

The technologies used on Endemism.org can change when advertising, security, measurement, or consent services are added, removed, or updated.

This policy may be revised when those changes materially affect how cookies or similar technologies are used on the site.

Questions about cookie use on Endemism.org can be submitted through the site’s contact channel. Privacy-related information about the broader handling of personal data is described separately in the site’s privacy policy.