Editorial Guide & Resource

Cookie Policy

Last updated: January 2024

This Cookie Policy explains how Lustrous Hair Support uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on lustroushairsupport.info to enhance your browsing experience.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit a website. They help websites remember your preferences and information about your visit, enabling a more personalized and efficient browsing experience.

We use cookies to better understand how readers interact with our editorial content, improve site functionality, and deliver relevant information about our articles and resources.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as site navigation, page loading, and access to secure areas.

Purpose: Security, site stability, user session management
Consent Required: No — these are automatically active

Performance & Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect anonymous information about how readers use our site — which pages are visited, article engagement, and reading patterns. This helps our editorial team understand what content resonates with our audience.

Purpose: Anonymous usage analytics, site performance monitoring
Consent Required: Yes — can be declined

Functional Cookies

These cookies remember your preferences and choices, such as language selection, article bookmarks, or reading history, to personalize your visit to our editorial platform.

Purpose: User preferences, personalized content experience
Consent Required: Yes — can be declined

Marketing & Advertising Cookies

These cookies track user behavior across different websites to display relevant advertisements and measure campaign effectiveness. They help support our platform through targeted advertising partnerships.

Purpose: Ad targeting, campaign measurement, cross-site tracking
Consent Required: Yes — can be declined

How We Use Cookies

Site Navigation: To ensure smooth browsing and maintain your session as you explore our editorial content
Content Analytics: To track which articles receive the most attention and how readers engage with our guides and resources
Personalization: To remember your reading preferences and deliver content recommendations tailored to your interests
Advertisement Display: To show relevant ads that support our editorial mission and fund quality content creation
Security: To protect against fraud and maintain the integrity of our platform

Cookie List

Cookie Name	Type	Duration	Purpose
_lhs_session	Essential	Session	Maintains user session and site functionality
_ga	Analytics	2 years	Google Analytics — anonymous user identification
_ga_*	Analytics	2 years	Google Analytics — session tracking and page views
lhs_prefs	Functional	1 year	Stores user language and content preferences
lhs_bookmarks	Functional	1 year	Saves bookmarked articles for quick access
_gid	Analytics	24 hours	Google Analytics — daily user session identification
IDE	Marketing	1 year	Google — user interest and ad personalization
fr	Marketing	90 days	Meta/Facebook — ad measurement and analytics
lhs_consent	Essential	1 year	Records your cookie consent preferences

How to Manage Your Cookies

Cookie Consent Settings

When you first visit Lustrous Hair Support, you'll see a cookie consent banner. You can:

Accept All Cookies: Enable all non-essential cookies for full functionality
Reject Optional Cookies: Use only essential cookies; decline analytics and marketing
Customize Choices: Select which types of non-essential cookies to allow

Browser-Level Cookie Management

You can also control cookies directly through your web browser settings:

Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
Edge: Settings → Privacy and Search → Clear browsing data

Note: Disabling certain cookies may affect your browsing experience. Essential cookies cannot be disabled, as they are necessary for the site to function. You can decline analytics and marketing cookies without impacting core functionality.

Third-Party Cookies

Lustrous Hair Support partners with third-party services that may set cookies on your device:

Google Analytics: Provides anonymous audience insights and content performance data
Google Ads: Enables targeted advertising to support our editorial platform
Meta/Facebook: Tracks ad performance and user engagement across platforms

Each third-party provider has its own privacy policy. We encourage you to review their terms to understand how they collect and use data.

Your Privacy Rights

If you are in the European Union or similar jurisdictions, you have the following rights under GDPR and related privacy laws:

Right to Access: Request a copy of the data we hold about you
Right to Correction: Ask us to correct inaccurate data
Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data (subject to legal requirements)
Right to Withdraw Consent: Change your cookie preferences at any time via our consent banner
Right to Object: Opt out of marketing and analytics cookies

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected] with details of your request.

Questions About This Cookie Policy?

If you have questions about how we use cookies or would like to discuss your privacy, our editorial team is here to help.

Lustrous Hair Support
Station Road 71
Leeds, England

Email: [email protected]

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. When significant changes occur, we will notify you by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and, if necessary, by displaying a prominent notice on our site.

Your continued use of Lustrous Hair Support after changes become effective constitutes your acceptance of the updated Cookie Policy.