Cookie Policy
Last Updated: November 3, 2025
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners.
2. How We Use Cookies
MetroWire uses cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security and accessibility.
- Analytics Cookies: We use these cookies to understand how visitors interact with our website, helping us improve our services.
- Preference Cookies: These cookies remember your preferences, such as your theme choice (light/dark mode).
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Session Cookies
These are temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser. They help us maintain your session as you navigate through our website.
Persistent Cookies
These cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them. They help us remember your preferences for future visits.
4. Third-Party Cookies
We may use third-party services that also use cookies, such as:
- Google AdSense (Advertising Cookies): We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google uses cookies (including the DoubleClick DART cookie) to serve ads based on your visits to this and other websites.
- Analytics services: To understand website usage and improve our services.
- Content delivery networks: To improve website performance and loading times.
4.1. Google AdSense Cookies
Google AdSense uses cookies and other technologies to:
- Serve personalized ads based on your interests and prior web browsing activity
- Control the frequency of ads you see
- Measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns
- Provide aggregate reports on ad impressions and interactions
- Prevent you from seeing the same ad repeatedly
Cookie Duration: Google's advertising cookies may remain active for up to 2 years or until you clear them from your browser.
Data Collected: Google may collect information including your IP address, browser type, device identifiers, referring URLs, pages viewed, and ad interaction data.
⚠️ Important Information About Personalized Ads
Google uses the DoubleClick cookie to enable personalized advertising. This means ads are selected based on your browsing history and interests. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings or by visiting aboutads.info.
5. Managing Cookies
You can control and manage cookies in various ways:
- Cookie Consent Banner: When you first visit our website, you can choose to accept or reject non-essential cookies through our cookie consent banner.
- Cookie Preferences: You can change your cookie preferences at any time using the cookie settings link in our footer.
- Browser Settings: Most browsers allow you to refuse or accept cookies. Check your browser's help section for instructions on how to:
- • Block all cookies
- • Block third-party cookies only
- • Clear cookies when you close your browser
- • View and delete individual cookies
- Google Ads Settings: Visit Google's Ads Settings to opt out of personalized advertising.
- Industry Opt-Out Tools:
⚠️ Impact of Blocking Cookies
Please note that blocking all cookies may impact your experience on our website:
- • Some features may not function properly
- • Your preferences (like theme) won't be saved
- • You may still see ads, but they won't be personalized
- • Website performance may be affected
6. Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" feature. Currently, there is no industry standard for handling Do Not Track signals, so our website may not respond to such signals.
7. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.
8. Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at:
Email: [email protected]