Cookies Policy

How We Use Cookies & Tracking Technologies

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Loving Surrogates) are called “first-party cookies”. Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third-party cookies”. Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., analytics, interactive content, and advertising).

2. Why Do We Use Cookies?

We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Website and to perform statistical analytics through services like Google Analytics.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

The specific types of first and third-party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described below:

Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features, such as accessing secure areas or managing cookie consent settings.
Performance and Functionality Cookies: These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Website but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality may become unavailable.
Analytics and Customization Cookies (Google Analytics): These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Website for you.

4. Analytics: Google Analytics

Our Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users navigate and interact with the Website.

IP Anonymization & Data Protection: We have enabled IP anonymization (IP masking) on our Website. Google will truncate/anonymize your IP address within Member States of the European Union or in other countries participating in the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission to Google servers in the United States.

The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website will generally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google uses this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the Website, compile reports on Website activity, and provide other services relating to Website activity and internet usage.

For more details on Google’s privacy practices, please visit the Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

5. Detailed Schedule of Cookies Used

Below is a detailed list of the primary cookies currently deployed on lovingsurrogates.com:

Cookie Name	Provider	Type	Purpose	Duration
`_ga`	Google Analytics	Analytics	Used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier.	2 years
_ga_	Google Analytics	Analytics	Used to persist and maintain session state across website navigation.	2 years
`_gid`	Google Analytics	Analytics	Used to store and update a unique value for each page visited to group user behavior.	24 hours
`_gat`	Google Analytics	Analytics	Used to throttle request rate to Google Analytics servers to limit data collection on high-traffic sites.	1 minute
`cookie_consent`	Loving Surrogates	Necessary	Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain.	1 year
`PHPSESSID` / `session`	Loving Surrogates	Necessary	Preserves user session state across page requests (e.g., contact form processing).	Session

6. How Can You Control Cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in our Cookie Consent Banner upon visiting the site, or by adjusting your web browser controls.

A. Managing Browser Controls

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can configure your browser to decline or clear cookies:

Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Third-party cookies
Mozilla Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
Apple Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Prevent cross-site tracking / Block all cookies
Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies

B. Opting Out of Google Analytics

You can prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. To download and install the add-on, visit: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

7. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us at:

Website: https://lovingsurrogates.com .
Email: info@lovingsurrogates.com .