Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites function correctly, improve performance, and provide information to site owners.

2. How We Use Cookies

Our website shivlorntharol.world uses cookies to ensure basic functionality, measure performance, and — where you have given consent — serve relevant content. We categorise cookies into three groups:

2.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to operate. They cannot be disabled. They include:

• Session management (maintaining your form state during a visit)
• Security tokens to prevent cross-site request forgery
• Cookie consent preference storage

Legal basis: Legitimate interest (no consent required — GDPR Recital 47; Norwegian ePrivacy regulations).

2.2 Analytics Cookies

With your consent, we use analytics cookies to understand how visitors interact with the Site. The data is aggregated and anonymised, and used solely to improve site content and navigation. No personal profile is built. These cookies may include third-party analytics solutions.

Legal basis: Consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)).

2.3 Marketing Cookies

With your consent, marketing cookies may be used to show you relevant product information across other platforms. These are only activated if you explicitly consent.

Legal basis: Consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)).

3. Cookie Retention Periods

• Strictly necessary cookies: Session duration or up to 12 months.
• Analytics cookies: Up to 26 months.
• Marketing cookies: Up to 12 months.

4. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You may change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings" button in the banner at the bottom of the page, or by adjusting your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Site.

Most browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies via their settings. Instructions vary by browser:

• Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies
• Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
• Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions

5. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies may be set by third-party services embedded on our pages (e.g. analytics providers). These third parties have their own privacy and cookie policies. We recommend reviewing those policies if you interact with third-party content on our Site.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy periodically. The current version will always be available at this URL.

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