Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, remember your preferences, and provide information to website owners. Cookies cannot harm your device and do not contain viruses or malware.

2. How We Use Cookies

Hosting HD Premium uses cookies for the following purposes:

• Essential cookies: Required for the website and control panel to function. These cannot be disabled as they are necessary to provide the service.
• Performance cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting anonymous usage statistics. This allows us to improve our site.
• Functional cookies: Remember your preferences (such as language and region) to provide a more personalised experience.
• Analytics cookies: We use analytics tools to measure website traffic, popular pages, and user behaviour patterns in aggregate form.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

• Session cookies: Temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser. Used to maintain your logged-in session in our control panel.
• Persistent cookies: Remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them. Used to remember your preferences on return visits.
• First-party cookies: Set directly by Hosting HD Premium.
• Third-party cookies: Set by third-party services we use, such as analytics providers. These parties have their own privacy policies.

4. Specific Cookies We Use

• hhp_session — Session authentication cookie. Essential. Expires at end of browser session.
• hhp_prefs — Stores your site preferences. Functional. Expires after 1 year.
• _ga, _gid — Google Analytics cookies for anonymous traffic analysis. Expires after 2 years / 24 hours respectively.
• cf_clearance — Cloudflare security cookie for DDoS protection. Essential. Expires after 1 year.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can control and manage cookies in several ways:

• Browser settings: Most browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies through their settings menu. Note that disabling essential cookies may affect how our services function.
• Our cookie banner: When you first visit our website, you can accept or decline non-essential cookies through the banner displayed at the bottom of the page.
• Opt-out tools: You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

6. Do Not Track

Some browsers support a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want to be tracked. We currently honour DNT signals by limiting analytics cookie collection when a DNT signal is detected.

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at privacy@hostinghdpremium.com.