Cookie Policy

Effective date: July 13, 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how HFD may use cookies and similar technologies, including for analytics, advertising and site functionality.

What Cookies Are

Cookies are small files placed on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies may include pixels, tags, scripts, local storage or device identifiers. These technologies can help websites work properly, remember settings, measure traffic, improve performance and support advertising.

How HFD May Use Cookies

HFD may use cookies or similar technologies to:

• keep the website working properly;
• remember basic preferences;
• understand how visitors use the site;
• measure page views and performance;
• protect the site from spam, abuse or technical issues;
• support advertising, ad measurement or affiliate features.

Types of Cookies

Essential cookies help the website function and support basic security, navigation and performance.

Analytics cookies help us understand traffic and improve content.

Advertising cookies may be used by advertising partners to serve, personalize or measure ads.

Affiliate cookies may be used to track qualifying referrals if HFD participates in affiliate programs.

Embedded content cookies may be set by third-party services such as videos, maps, social media embeds or external tools.

Google Advertising Cookies

HFD may use Google AdSense, Google Ads or related Google advertising services. Google and its partners may use cookies to serve ads based on visits to HFD and/or other websites.

Google’s advertising cookies may help personalize ads, limit repeated ads, measure ad performance and support fraud prevention.

Users may opt out of personalized advertising through Google’s Ads Settings:

https://www.google.com/settings/ads

Users may also learn how Google uses information from partner sites:

https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Third-Party Cookies

Third-party services may place cookies through HFD according to their own privacy and cookie policies. HFD does not control every cookie placed by external providers.

If HFD uses third-party ad vendors or ad networks in addition to Google, those vendors may use cookies for ad serving, personalization or measurement. Where applicable, these partners may be identified through the site’s consent tools, cookie controls or policy updates.

Some users may be able to opt out of personalized advertising from participating third-party vendors at:

https://www.aboutads.info/choices

Consent and Cookie Controls

Where required by law, especially for visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, HFD may ask for consent before using cookies or local storage for advertising personalization, measurement or related purposes.

Visitors may be able to accept, reject or manage cookie categories through a cookie banner or consent management tool on the site.

You can usually manage, block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how certain website features work.

Updates

We may update this Cookie Policy as the website changes, as new tools are added or as advertising partners change.

Contact

Questions about this Cookie Policy can be sent through the Contact page.