Cookie Policy
Last Updated: May 25, 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how Andriy Butnyak (“I”, “me”, “my”) uses cookies and similar technologies on the website https://www.abutnyak.top (the “Site”). It explains what these technologies are and why I use them, as well as your rights to control my use of them. This policy should be read together with my Privacy Policy.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information to the website owners.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Andriy Butnyak) are called “first-party cookies”. Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third-party cookies”. Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
2. Why Do We Use Cookies?
I use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Site to operate, and I refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies, if used, enable me to track and target the interests of users to enhance the experience on my Site (e.g., preference cookies, analytics cookies). Third parties may also serve cookies through my Site for analytics or other purposes, subject to your consent for non-essential cookies. This is described in more detail below.
3. Types of Cookies We May Use
The specific types of first-party and third-party cookies served through our Site and the purposes they perform generally fall into the categories described below. A detailed list of specific cookies, their providers, purposes, and duration can typically be found and managed through our Cookie Consent Management tool.
a) Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for you to browse the Site and use its core features, such as accessing secure areas or facilitating basic site navigation. Without these cookies, the Site cannot function properly. As these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the Site to you, they do not require your consent, but you can block or delete them by changing your browser settings, though this may impact Site functionality, as described under “How can I control cookies?”.
Examples of functions for these cookies include: session management, security features, and enabling core site functionalities.
b) Preference / Functionality Cookies
These cookies may be used to recognize you when you return to our Site and allow us to remember choices you make (such as your language preference or the region you are in) to provide enhanced, more personal features. They can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other customizable parts of web pages. If we use these cookies, your consent will be sought before they are placed.
If such cookies are used, their specific details will be provided through our Cookie Consent Management tool.
c) Statistics / Performance Cookies (Analytics Cookies)
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance, which pages are visited most often, and if error messages are received. The information collected is typically aggregated and anonymous and is used to improve how the website works. If we use these cookies (such as those from Google Analytics), your explicit consent will be sought before they are placed.
For example, Google Analytics cookies help us understand user interaction with the Site. For more information about Google Analytics cookies, you can see the official Google Analytics cookie usage documentation. Specific analytics cookies active on our site, if any, will be detailed in our Cookie Consent Management tool.
d) Marketing / Advertising Cookies
These cookies may be used to track visitors across websites. The intention, if used, would be to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user. They might be set through our site by advertising partners. If we use any marketing cookies, your explicit consent will be sought before they are placed.
Currently, we aim to minimize or avoid the use of marketing cookies. Any such cookies, if introduced, will be detailed and manageable through our Cookie Consent Management tool.
4. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to any first-party cookies I set, various third parties may also set cookies when you visit the Site, particularly if you interact with embedded content or use third-party services integrated with the Site. These third parties may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites.
- This can happen when you interact with embedded content on our Site (e.g., videos from YouTube/Vimeo, Google Maps, social media feeds). These services may set their own cookies to enable functionality and track your interaction.
- This also occurs if we use third-party analytics services like Google Analytics, as detailed above (subject to your consent).
I do not control the setting or data collection of these third-party cookies. I suggest you check the respective third-party websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.
5. Your Choices: How Can You Control Cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject non-essential cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences through our Cookie Consent Management tool, which should appear when you first visit our Site. This tool allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. You can typically change your preferences at any time by accessing the Cookie Consent Management tool (e.g., by clicking on a “Manage Cookie Consent” link or icon, often found in the footer of our Site).
In addition to our consent management tool, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Please note that if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our Site, or some functionalities may be impaired.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
6. Changes to This Cookie Policy
I may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies I use (or intend to use) or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about my use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about my use of cookies or other technologies, please email me at info@abutnyak.top or refer to the contact information in my Privacy Policy.