Cookie Policy
Effective date: July 30, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how SleepWiser uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit https://sleepwiser.org.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device by a website. They help websites operate, remember preferences, maintain login sessions, improve security, and understand how visitors interact with content.
Similar technologies may include local storage, tracking pixels, scripts, and device identifiers.
How SleepWiser Uses Cookies
SleepWiser may use cookies for the following purposes:
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for important website functions, including:
- Website security
- Account login and authentication
- Password resets
- Forum participation
- Form submissions
- Spam prevention
- Shopping-cart and checkout functions
- Remembering cookie choices
Blocking essential cookies may prevent parts of the website from working correctly.
Preference Cookies
Preference cookies may remember choices such as:
- Login preferences
- Display settings
- Theme or accessibility choices
- Comment information
- Forum preferences
These cookies make future visits more convenient.
Performance and Analytics Cookies
If analytics tools are enabled, cookies may be used to understand:
- Which pages are visited
- How visitors reached the website
- General device and browser information
- Website performance and errors
- How visitors interact with website features
This information helps SleepWiser improve its content, design, and performance.
E-Commerce Cookies
SleepWiser embeds products from its Shopify store. Shopify may use cookies or similar technologies to:
- Display current product information
- Open product details
- Maintain a shopping cart
- Process checkout
- Prevent fraud
- Remember shopping preferences
- Measure store activity
Purchases and checkout are handled through Shopify and are also governed by the Shopify store’s privacy and cookie practices.
Forum and Account Cookies
The SleepWiser forum and WordPress account system may use cookies to:
- Keep users signed in
- Maintain account sessions
- Remember forum preferences
- Support moderation and security
- Prevent spam and unauthorized access
If you select “Remember Me,” your login may remain active after closing your browser.
Third-Party Cookies
Embedded content and third-party services may place their own cookies. These providers may include:
- Shopify
- WordPress services and plugins
- Asgaros Forum
- Gravatar
- Video or social-media platforms
- Hosting, caching, security, and spam-prevention providers
- Analytics or advertising providers, if enabled
SleepWiser does not directly control third-party cookies. Review each provider’s privacy and cookie policies for additional information.
Cookie Duration
Cookies may be either:
- Session cookies, which generally expire when you close your browser
- Persistent cookies, which remain until their expiration date or until you delete them
The duration depends on the cookie’s purpose and the service that placed it.
Managing Cookies
Most browsers allow you to:
- View stored cookies
- Delete cookies
- Block some or all cookies
- Block third-party cookies
- Receive a warning before cookies are stored
Browser instructions are generally available through the browser’s privacy or security settings.
Disabling cookies may affect login, forum, forms, product displays, shopping-cart, checkout, or other website functions.
Consent
Where required by applicable law, SleepWiser will request permission before using nonessential cookies. Essential cookies may operate without consent when they are necessary to provide requested website functions or maintain security.
Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers provide a “Do Not Track” setting. Because there is no universally accepted technical standard for responding to these signals, SleepWiser may not respond to every Do Not Track request.
You may still manage cookies through your browser settings or an available cookie-consent tool.
Changes to This Policy
SleepWiser may update this Cookie Policy when website features, service providers, cookies, or legal requirements change. The effective date at the top identifies the most recent revision.
Contact
Questions about cookies or privacy may be sent to:
SleepWiser
Email: support@sleepwiser.org
Website: https://sleepwiser.org