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COOKIE POLICY

TLDR (too long didn’t read):

This page provides comprehensive information about how we use cookies on our website to enhance your browsing experience, improve website performance, and deliver personalized content. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit our site. They help us understand how visitors interact with our website, allowing us to offer a smoother and more efficient user experience. Below, you will find detailed information about each type of cookie we use, their purpose, and how long they remain on your device. We are committed to respecting your privacy and providing transparency about the data we collect through cookies. For more information on how we handle your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.

(Last Updated: July 2026)

Welcome to This Geek Life! I believe in transparency and want you to know exactly how this website handles your data. So this Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can manage your preferences.

First. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files downloaded to your device when you visit a website. They help the site recognize your device and remember useful details—like your layout preferences or whether you are already logged in—so you don’t have to re-enter them every time you return. Unless, of course, you want to.

Second. How Do We Use These Cookies?

We keep our use of data minimal and intentional. We use cookies for the following specific purposes:

Essential Site Functionality

To keep the blog running smoothly, load pages quickly, and ensure visual layouts render beautifully on your screen.

Remembering Your Choices

To remember your privacy settings (such as whether you accepted or declined our cookie banner) so we do not ask you on every single visit.

Newsletter & Forms

We use MailerLite to power our newsletter signup forms. MailerLite uses cookies to track if you have already seen a signup pop-up or filled out a form, ensuring we don’t disrupt your reading experience with repetitive boxes.

In the table below, you will find detailed information about each type of cookie we use, their purpose, and how long they remain on your device.

*Remember, you can customize your cookies (choose your flavor) to only accept the essential. 

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper function of the website.

The duration for This Geek Life Blog is 30 days.

Statistics Cookies

Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper function of the website.

The duration for This Geek Life Blog is 30 days.

Marketing Cookies

Marketing cookies are used to follow visitors to websites. The intention is to show ads that are relevant and engaging to the individual user.

**We do not use marketing cookies on this site. I’m not keen on being followed around the internet so I won’t do it to you.

Next. Third-Party & Affiliate Links

Our blog features curated recommendations for home decor, fashion, and books. While we do not actively track your browsing habits across the web, we do include links to external retailers.

When you click on a link to any of the following platforms, they may place their own tracking cookies on your device to remember that you visited them from our site:

    • Amazon (Product Links)
    • Barnes & Noble
    • 2nd & Charles
    • Books-A-Million

We do not control these third-party cookies. We highly recommend reviewing the privacy and cookie policies of these individual retailers if you have questions about how they manage your data.

Fourth. How to Manage and Disable Cookies

You are entirely in control of your data. You can adjust your preferences at any time in the following ways:

    • Our On-Site Banner: You can select “Reject All” on our main cookie banner to block non-essential tracking.
    • Your Browser Settings: Every major web browser (like Safari, Chrome, Edge, or Firefox) allows you to block, delete, or restrict cookies entirely through its “Privacy” or “Settings” menu.

Please note that disabling all cookies may cause certain visual layout elements on this blog to load slower or fail to remember your view preferences. Just for full disclosure, but it won’t break or ruin your experience here!

And Last. Please Contact me Anytime!

If you have any questions about this policy or our data practices, please feel free to reach out to me at: hellothere@thisgeeklife.com

Or fill out this contact form and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can:

 

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