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What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide a better user experience, and give website owners useful information.

Grace Nuggets (gracenuggets.co.za) uses cookies and similar technologies to ensure the website functions correctly, to improve your experience, and to understand how visitors interact with our content.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes:

Essential Cookies Always Active

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually set in response to actions you take, such as logging in, filling in forms, or setting your privacy preferences.

Cookie	Purpose	Duration
`PHPSESSID` / `APP_SESSION`	Maintains your session while browsing (login state, forms)	Session
`cookie_consent`	Stores your cookie consent preferences	365 days
`csrf_token`	Protects against cross-site request forgery attacks	Session

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This data helps us improve our content and user experience.

Cookie	Purpose	Duration
`visitor_id`	Anonymous unique visitor identifier for analytics	365 days
`visit_count`	Tracks how many times you have visited the site	365 days
`first_visit`	Records the date of your first visit	365 days

Privacy note: Analytics cookies can only access information such as pages you visit on our site and your general geographic region derived from your IP address. They do not collect personal information unless you voluntarily provide it (e.g. by filling in a form).

What Information Can Cookies Access?

Cookies can only store information that:

You provide voluntarily — such as your name or email address when you fill in a form or subscribe to our newsletter.
The server already knows — such as your IP address, the pages you visited on our site, your browser type, and the referring website.

Cookies cannot:

Access other files on your computer
Read information from other cookies set by other websites
Install software or malware
Collect personal data unless you provide it

Security & Authentication

We use essential cookies to:

Authenticate users — When you log in to the admin, editor, or writer dashboard, a session cookie keeps you signed in securely.
Prevent CSRF attacks — A security token cookie helps ensure that form submissions originate from our website and not from a malicious third party.
Secure sessions — Session cookies are configured with HttpOnly, Secure (on HTTPS), and SameSite=Lax attributes for maximum protection.

Managing Cookies

When you visit Grace Nuggets for the first time, a banner will ask you to accept cookies. By clicking "Accept Cookies", you consent to all cookie categories listed above.

You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

View what cookies are set
Delete individual or all cookies
Block cookies from specific or all websites
Block third-party cookies

Please note: Blocking essential cookies may prevent parts of the website from functioning correctly.

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