Cookie Policy

Last Updated: February 12, 2026

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.

OutagesNearMe.com uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site traffic, and personalize content and advertisements. By continuing to use our website, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this policy.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

2.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Purpose: Website functionality, security, and user authentication

Duration: Session or up to 1 year

2.2 Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve our website's performance and user experience.

Purpose: Website analytics, performance monitoring, and user behavior analysis

Duration: Up to 2 years

Third-Party Services: Google Analytics

2.3 Advertising Cookies (Google AdSense)

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

Purpose: Personalized advertising, ad frequency capping, and ad performance measurement

Duration: Up to 2 years

Third-Party Services: Google AdSense, Google DoubleClick

How Google AdSense Uses Cookies:

  • Google uses cookies to show you ads based on your past visits to our website and other websites
  • Google may use your browsing history to determine which ads are most relevant to you
  • Cookies help prevent the same ad from appearing too many times
  • Cookies help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns

2.4 Preference Cookies

These cookies allow our website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, such as your preferred language or region.

Purpose: Remembering user preferences and settings

Duration: Up to 1 year

3. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the service, deliver advertisements, and so on. These third parties may set their own cookies to collect information about your online activities.

Third-Party Services We Use:

  • Google AdSense: For displaying personalized advertisements
  • Google Analytics: For website analytics and performance tracking
  • Google DoubleClick: For ad serving and measurement

These third parties may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information about your use of our website and other websites. Their use of cookies is governed by their own privacy policies, not ours.

4. How to Control Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in your browser settings.

4.1 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, limiting cookies may impact your ability to use our website. Here are links to cookie settings for popular browsers:

4.2 Opting Out of Personalized Advertising

You can opt out of personalized advertising from Google and other advertising networks:

Note: Opting out does not mean you will no longer receive advertisements. It means that the advertisements you see may be less relevant to your interests.

5. Cookies We Use

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
_ga Google Analytics - Distinguishes users 2 years
_gid Google Analytics - Distinguishes users 24 hours
_gat Google Analytics - Throttles request rate 1 minute
IDE Google DoubleClick - Used for advertising 2 years
test_cookie Google DoubleClick - Tests if browser accepts cookies 15 minutes

6. Updates to This Cookie 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. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at:

Email: privacy@outagesnearme.com
Website: outagesnearme.com