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Cookies Policy
This policy explains which cookies and similar technologies Home, Somehow uses, why we use them and how you can accept, reject or change your choices at any time.
You can review or change your cookie choices whenever you like.
Who we are
This Cookies Policy applies to Home, Somehow, available at https://homesomehow.com. The website is owned and operated by Lorena Ballester López, who is responsible for the use of cookies on this site.
For any question about this policy, you can write to homesomehowadmin@gmail.com or use our contact page.
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device when you visit it. They can be used to make essential features work, remember your preferences, measure how a website is used and show advertising.
Some cookies are set directly by Home, Somehow (first-party cookies). Others may be set by external services that we use on the website (third-party cookies). Similar technologies, such as pixels, local storage or device identifiers, work in a comparable way, and this policy covers them too.
Cookies we use
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are needed for the website to work correctly and cannot be switched off in the consent tool. They are used to:
- keep the website secure and prevent fraudulent activity;
- make essential WordPress functions work;
- remember your cookie choices, so we do not ask you again on every page.
Analytics cookies
To understand which guides are useful and how the site performs, we may use statistics tools such as Jetpack Stats (by Automattic) or Google Analytics (by Google). Where cookies are used for this purpose, they are only set after you accept the analytics category.
These tools may collect information such as the pages you visit, how long you stay, your general device and browser type, and the website that brought you here. We use this information in aggregate to improve our content. Google Analytics, when active, uses cookies such as _ga and _ga_<container-id> to distinguish visitors and sessions.
Advertising cookies
Home, Somehow may show ads served by Google AdSense to help cover the cost of running the website. Google and its partners may use cookies and similar identifiers to:
- display ads and measure how they perform;
- limit how often you see the same ad;
- detect and prevent fraud and abuse;
- show personalized ads based on your visits to this and other websites, only if you have given your consent.
If you do not consent to personalized advertising, Google may still show non-personalized ads, which are based on general information such as the page you are reading or your approximate location.
You can learn more about how Google uses this information and manage your ad preferences here:
- How Google uses information from sites that use its services
- How Google uses cookies
- Google Ads Settings (to turn off personalized ads)
- aboutads.info (to opt out of personalized ads from other participating companies)
Functional and third-party content cookies
Some pages may include content from external services, such as videos, maps or social media posts. These providers may set cookies when the content loads or when you interact with it. Where consent is required, this content and its cookies stay blocked until you accept the corresponding category.
Cookie list
The table below shows the main cookies that can be set on Home, Somehow. The exact list may change when we add, remove or update a service. When that happens, we update this page.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
cookieadmin_consent | Home, Somehow | Stores your cookie choices | Necessary | 1 year |
_ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes visitors (only if active and accepted) | Analytics | Up to 2 years |
_ga_<container-id> | Google Analytics | Keeps session information (only if active and accepted) | Analytics | Up to 2 years |
Google advertising cookies (for example __gads, __gpi, IDE) | Google AdSense | Serve, measure and, with consent, personalize ads | Advertising | Up to 13 months |
Services that are not active on Home, Somehow do not set cookies through this website.
Your choices
When you first visit Home, Somehow, a cookie banner lets you:
- accept all cookies;
- reject all non-essential cookies;
- customize your choices by category.
Analytics, advertising and other non-essential cookies are only activated after you consent, where consent is required by law. Strictly necessary cookies remain active because the website cannot work properly without them.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time with the Cookie settings button at the top of this page or the Cookie Settings link in the website footer. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of anything done before you withdrew it.
Browser settings
Most browsers let you see, delete or block cookies in their settings. Blocking all cookies may stop some parts of the website from working correctly. You can find instructions for the most common browsers here:
Changes and contact
We may update this Cookies Policy when our cookies, plugins, analytics tools, advertising providers or legal obligations change. The latest version will always be on this page, with the date of its last update.
For more information about how we handle personal data and how you can exercise your rights, please read our Privacy Policy. If you have any question about cookies, contact us at homesomehowadmin@gmail.com.