What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit our website. They help us provide you with a better experience by remembering your preferences, understanding how you use our site, and delivering personalized content.
Types of Cookies We Use
Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as:
- Security and authentication
- Remembering your login status
- Cookie consent preferences
- Page navigation and access to secure areas
These cookies cannot be disabled as they are required for the website to work.
Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting anonymous information about:
- Pages visited and time spent on each page
- How you found our website
- What you click on while using our site
- Device and browser information
We use Google Analytics to collect this information. This helps us improve our website and provide a better experience for all users.
Advertising Cookies (Meta Pixel)
These cookies measure the reach of our campaigns on Facebook and Instagram by recording page visits. Where consent is required, they stay off unless you accept them in the cookie banner; elsewhere they load by default. See the Meta Pixel section below for details.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can manage your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the cookie icon in the bottom right corner of our website. You can choose to:
- Accept all cookies
- Reject non-essential cookies
- Customize your preferences for each cookie category
You can revisit your choice at any time:
Browser Controls
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can:
- View what cookies are stored on your device
- Delete some or all cookies
- Block cookies from being set
- Set preferences for certain websites
Note that blocking cookies may impact your experience on our website and limit some functionality.
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. We do not control these cookies. For more information about third-party cookies, please visit the respective privacy policies:
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. This service may set cookies to collect anonymous usage data. With Google Signals enabled, Google may also set advertising cookies to provide aggregated demographics and cross-device reporting; we do not use this data for ad personalization or remarketing.
Meta Pixel
We use the Meta Pixel to measure the reach of our campaigns on Facebook and Instagram. When you accept cookies in the banner, this service may set cookies and send page-visit information to Meta. Visitors who reject cookies are never tracked by it, and where consent is required it stays off until the banner is accepted.
YouTube
We embed YouTube videos on some pages (e.g., game highlights). YouTube may set cookies when you watch these videos.
Google reCAPTCHA
We use Google reCAPTCHA to protect forms from spam and abuse. This service may set cookies to distinguish humans from bots.
Sentry
We use Sentry for error monitoring and performance tracking. This helps us identify and fix issues quickly.
Rollbar
We use Rollbar for error monitoring. It reports JavaScript errors so we can identify and fix issues quickly.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at contact@scoutbasketball.com.