1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites may place on your device when you visit them. They can help websites remember information, operate correctly, understand how visitors use the site and provide certain features.

Cookies may be temporary or persistent. Temporary cookies, sometimes called session cookies, generally expire when you close your browser. Persistent cookies may remain on your device for a specified period or until they are deleted.

Cookies may also be set by the website you are visiting ("first-party cookies") or by third-party services operating on or through the website ("third-party cookies").

2. How We May Use Cookies

Depending on the features and services active on Sovereign Annals, cookies and similar technologies may be used for purposes such as:

• Operating and maintaining the website.
• Remembering certain preferences or settings.
• Understanding how visitors use the website.
• Measuring website performance.
• Improving website content and functionality.
• Supporting security and preventing abuse.
• Supporting advertising and monetization where applicable.
• Managing consent and privacy preferences where applicable.

3. Strictly Necessary Cookies

Some cookies or similar technologies may be necessary for the website to operate properly or to provide features requested by visitors.

These technologies may support functions such as security, basic website operation, remembering technical preferences or displaying pages correctly.

Because these technologies may be necessary for the operation of the website, they may not always be optional where applicable.

4. Analytics Cookies

We may use analytics technologies to understand how visitors interact with Sovereign Annals, such as which pages are visited, how visitors navigate the website and how the website performs.

If Google Analytics 4 or another analytics service is activated, information collected through that service will be processed according to the applicable privacy and consent settings.

Analytics services may use cookies, device identifiers or similar technologies to provide statistical information about website usage.

5. Advertising Cookies

If advertising services such as Google AdSense are activated on Sovereign Annals, Google and other advertising providers may use cookies and similar technologies to serve, measure, limit or personalize advertising, depending on applicable settings and consent requirements.

Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites on the Internet.

Google may use advertising cookies to help Google and its partners serve advertisements based on a user's visits to this website and other websites, subject to applicable settings and requirements.

The availability and use of personalized advertising may depend on your location, your consent choices, applicable laws and the configuration of the advertising service.

6. Third-Party Advertising Providers

When advertising services are active, advertisements on Sovereign Annals may be provided by Google and, where enabled through the applicable advertising platform, by other third-party vendors or advertising networks.

These third-party providers may use cookies, web beacons, pixels, IP addresses or similar technologies in connection with advertising, measurement, fraud prevention or other permitted advertising functions.

The specific advertising providers that may serve ads can depend on advertising settings, the geographic location of the visitor, available advertising demand and the services enabled on the site.

When third-party advertising providers other than Google are enabled, Sovereign Annals will provide the applicable disclosures and information required by the relevant advertising platform and applicable law.

Google maintains information about its advertising technology providers and partners through its advertising and consent systems. Where applicable, users may review information about participating providers through the relevant Google consent or advertising interfaces.

7. Personalized Advertising and Your Choices

If personalized advertising is available, advertising providers may use information associated with cookies or similar technologies to make advertising more relevant based on a user's previous activity, subject to applicable consent requirements and privacy settings.

Users may have options to manage advertising personalization through Google's advertising settings:

Google Ads Settings

Users may also find information about opting out of certain third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at:

AboutAds.info — Your Ad Choices

Opting out of personalized advertising does not necessarily mean that you will stop seeing advertisements. You may continue to receive non-personalized or contextual advertising.

8. Third-Party Cookies and Services

Some features of the website may be provided by third parties. Depending on which services are active, these third parties may use cookies or similar technologies.

Examples may include analytics, advertising, embedded content, security, social media or other website functionality.

Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and terms. We recommend reviewing the privacy information provided by those services when applicable.

9. Similar Technologies

Cookies are not the only technologies that may be used to recognize or understand activity on a website.

Depending on the services implemented, similar technologies may include pixels, tags, local storage, device identifiers, web beacons or other technologies used for website functionality, analytics, security, advertising or measurement.

10. Google Services

Sovereign Annals may use Google services in connection with website operation, measurement, search, advertising or consent management.

These services may include Google Search, Google Search Console, Google Analytics 4, Google AdSense, Google Privacy & Messaging, Google Consent Mode or other Google services, depending on which services are actually activated.

If Google products are used for advertising or measurement, Google may collect and process information through technologies such as cookies, web beacons, IP addresses or other identifiers, as described in Google's applicable policies.

For information about how Google uses data when you use sites or apps that use its services, please see:

How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services

11. Consent and Privacy Preferences

Where consent is required by applicable law, we may ask visitors for permission before using certain non-essential cookies or similar technologies.

Depending on the services active on the website, consent may be managed through a consent-management system or another mechanism designed to communicate your privacy choices to relevant services.

Where applicable, supported Google services may receive consent signals so that their behavior can be adjusted according to the privacy choices communicated by the visitor.

Your choices may include accepting or declining certain categories of cookies or changing your preferences where a preference-management feature is available.

12. How You Can Control Cookies

Most modern web browsers allow you to control, block or delete cookies through their settings.

The available controls vary depending on the browser and device you use. You can generally find cookie controls in the privacy or security settings of your browser.

If you disable certain cookies, some website features may not work correctly or may become unavailable.

13. Browser Cookie Controls

Information about managing cookies is available from the support pages of major browsers, including:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Microsoft Edge

14. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

Some browsers and devices provide privacy signals such as Global Privacy Control (GPC) or similar mechanisms.

The way such signals are recognized or handled may depend on the technologies and consent-management systems active on the website and the requirements applicable to the visitor.

We do not represent that every browser or privacy signal is automatically recognized unless the relevant functionality has been implemented.

15. Cookies and Our Privacy Policy

Cookies and similar technologies may involve information that is addressed in our Privacy Policy.

For more information about how Sovereign Annals may collect, use, retain and protect information, please read our Privacy Policy.

16. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the technologies, services, legal requirements or functionality used on Sovereign Annals.

When this policy is updated, the "Last updated" date at the end of this page will also be updated.

17. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies and similar technologies, you can contact Sovereign Annals.