1. About this policy
This Cookie policy explains how Stockio uses cookies and similar technologies on Stockio.com. It forms part of our Privacy policy, which explains how we handle personal information more generally and the rights you have.
2. What cookies and similar technologies are
Cookies are small text files a website asks your browser to store. They let a site recognise your browser on later page views or visits. Cookies set by the site you are visiting are first-party cookies; cookies set by another domain are third-party cookies. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser, while persistent cookies remain until they expire or you delete them.
Similar technologies work in comparable ways and are covered by this policy too:
- Scripts and tags: small pieces of code that send information about a page view or interaction to an analytics service;
- Pixels and web beacons: tiny images or requests used to record that a page or email was opened;
- Local and session storage: space in your browser that a site can use to remember information;
- Server logs: records our servers keep automatically of each request they receive; and
- Device fingerprinting: combining device characteristics to recognise a browser. We do not use fingerprinting.
3. How Stockio uses them
Stockio has no accounts, no sign-in and no shopping cart, so we need very few cookies. We use cookies and similar technologies for two purposes only: to measure how the site is used and to deliver and secure the site. We do not use them for advertising, retargeting or to follow you across other websites, and we do not sell the information they collect.
4. Categories we use
Strictly necessary
These are needed for the site to work and be secure, for example to route your request, balance traffic and block malicious bots. Our hosting and content-delivery providers may set short-lived security cookies or use server logs for this. They cannot be switched off in our systems, although you can block cookies in your browser.
Analytics and performance
These help us understand how many people visit, how they arrive, which pages and tools they use, what they click and where errors occur, so we can improve the site. They include first-party analytics cookies that store a randomly generated identifier to distinguish browsers and sessions, and scripts that send page-view and interaction events. We also use cookie-free visitor statistics that store nothing on your device. Reports we see are aggregated.
Functionality
We do not currently use cookies to remember preferences such as language or theme.
Advertising and social media
We do not use advertising cookies, retargeting pixels, social-media tracking pixels or embedded social widgets. Sponsor placements on Stockio are plain links with no tracking pixels.
5. Technologies on our pages
| Technology | Category | Purpose | Stored on your device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analytics cookies (first-party) | Analytics | Count visits and sessions, tell new from returning browsers, measure traffic sources and page interactions | Yes, persistent, up to 2 years |
| Analytics script | Analytics | Sends page views, clicks, scroll depth, device type, approximate location and errors to our analytics service | Works with the cookies above |
| Cookie-free visitor statistics | Analytics | Aggregated counts of pages, referrers, countries, devices, page speed, clicks and errors | No |
| Hosting and security | Strictly necessary | Deliver pages, prevent abuse and keep the site available | Possibly, short-lived session cookies |
| Web font delivery | Strictly necessary | Loads the site's typefaces; the provider receives your IP address and browser information | No cookies requested |
| Website icon service | Strictly necessary | Shows the small logos next to listings on our Resources pages; the provider receives your IP address and browser information | No cookies requested |
Cookie names and exact expiry periods are set by the providers and can change. You can see the cookies stored for Stockio.com at any time in your browser's site settings or developer tools.
6. Third-party websites and affiliate links
When you follow a link from Stockio, including affiliate links and listings on our Resources pages, the destination website may set its own cookies, for example to credit Stockio for a referral, remember you or show you advertising. Those cookies are controlled by that website under its own cookie and privacy policies, not ours.
7. Your choices
You can control and delete cookies at any time. Blocking analytics cookies or scripts will not stop our tools or guides from working.
- Browser settings. Block all or third-party cookies, delete existing cookies, or allow cookies only for sites you choose. Help pages: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and the settings of your mobile browser.
- Tracking protection and extensions. Built-in tracking protection (for example in Firefox, Safari, Brave or Edge) and content-blocking extensions can stop analytics scripts from loading.
- Private browsing. Private or incognito windows discard cookies when closed.
- Industry opt-out tools. If you see advertising on other sites, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada, DAA (US) and Your Online Choices (EU) let you opt out of interest-based ads from participating companies. Stockio does not use these ads.
If you block or delete cookies, analytics may count your next visit as new. Strictly necessary server logs and cookie-free statistics may still be recorded, because they are needed to deliver and secure the site and do not identify you.
Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control
Stockio does not currently change its behaviour in response to “Do Not Track” browser signals, because there is no agreed standard for them. We do not sell personal information or share it for targeted advertising. You can block analytics using any of the methods above.
8. Consent
By continuing to use Stockio after being given notice through this policy, you consent to the use of cookies and similar technologies as described here, where the law allows consent to be given this way. You can withdraw consent at any time by deleting cookies and blocking them in your browser. Privacy rules differ between countries; if the law where you live requires your prior opt-in consent for non-essential cookies, please use the controls in section 7 until we ask for that consent directly.
9. Changes
We may update this policy when we add, change or remove services, or when the law changes, for example if we introduce an advertising network or embedded videos. We will update the “Last updated” date above and, where the law requires it, ask for your consent before new non-essential cookies are used.
10. Contact
Questions about cookies or tracking: privacy@stockio.com. Stockio, British Columbia, Canada.