Cookie Policy - 99 Wellness Lessons

Cookie Policy

Merkaba Solutions Limited ("us", "we", or "our") uses cookies on https://99wellnesslessons.com (the "Service"). By using the Service, you consent to the use of cookies.

Our Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies, how third-parties we may partner with may use cookies on the Service, your choices regarding cookies, and further information about cookies.

Important Notice: As an affiliate marketing website, we use cookies to track your interactions with product recommendations and affiliate links. This helps us earn commissions when you make purchases and allows us to provide you with relevant content and offers.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of text sent to your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Service or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Service more useful to you.

Cookies can be:

  • "Persistent" cookies: These remain on your device for a set period of time or until you delete them. They help us remember your preferences and actions.
  • "Session" cookies: These are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser. They help us track your journey through our website during a single visit.

How We Use Cookies

When you use and access the Service, we may place a number of cookie files in your web browser. We use cookies for the following purposes:

  • To enable certain functions of the Service
  • To provide analytics and track website performance
  • To store your preferences and settings
  • To enable advertisements delivery, including behavioral advertising
  • To track affiliate link clicks and conversions
  • To attribute product purchases to our referrals
  • To measure the effectiveness of our product recommendations
  • To deliver personalized content and product suggestions

Types of Cookies We Use

The cookies we use on https://99wellnesslessons.com may be categorized as follows:

1. Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They let you move around https://99wellnesslessons.com and use essential features like secure areas.

Without these cookies, we cannot provide the requested services.

We use Strictly Necessary cookies to:

  • Identify you as being logged in to https://99wellnesslessons.com (if applicable) and to authenticate you
  • Make sure you connect to the right service when we make any changes to the way it works
  • Ensure security and prevent fraudulent activity
  • Remember your cookie consent preferences
Cookie Name Purpose Duration
PHPSESSID / session_id Maintains your session state Session
cookie_consent Stores your cookie preferences 1 year

Note: Accepting these cookies is a condition of using https://99wellnesslessons.com. If you prevent these cookies, we can't guarantee how the website will perform during your visit.

2. Performance Cookies

These cookies collect information about how you use https://99wellnesslessons.com, such as which pages you visit and if you experience any errors. These cookies don't collect information that could identify you personally and are only used to help us improve how the website works.

We use Performance cookies to:

  • Carry out web analytics and provide statistics on how the website is used
  • Perform affiliate tracking: Provide feedback to affiliated entities that one of our visitors clicked on their affiliate links or made a purchase
  • Obtain data on the number of users who have viewed a product or service
  • Track which product links are clicked most frequently
  • Measure how long users spend reading product reviews
  • Help us improve the website by measuring any errors that occur
  • Test different designs and layouts
  • Understand user engagement with wellness content
Cookie Name Provider Purpose Duration
_ga, _gid, _gat Google Analytics Track website usage and user behavior 2 years / 24 hours
_fbp Facebook Track visits from Facebook ads 3 months

Some of our performance cookies are managed for us by third parties.

3. Functionality Cookies

These cookies are used to provide services or to remember settings to improve your visit and personalize your experience.

We use Functionality cookies for such purposes as:

  • Remember settings you've applied such as layout, text size, preferences, and colors
  • Remember if we've already asked you if you want to fill in a survey
  • Remember your reading preferences for wellness topics
  • Remember which articles you've already read
  • Show you when you're logged in to https://99wellnesslessons.com (if applicable)
  • Provide and show embedded video content
  • Remember your location for relevant product recommendations

Some of these cookies are managed for us by third parties.

4. Targeting and Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to track your visit to https://99wellnesslessons.com, as well as other websites, apps, and online services. They track the pages you have visited and the links you have followed, which allows us and our advertising partners to display targeted ads to you.

Affiliate Marketing Note: These cookies are essential for our affiliate business model. They help us understand which products interest you and show you relevant offers. They also ensure we receive proper commission when you make purchases through our recommendations.

We may use Targeting cookies to:

  • Display targeted ads within https://99wellnesslessons.com and on other websites
  • Show you relevant product recommendations based on your interests
  • Deliver personalized wellness content
  • Measure the success of our advertising campaigns
  • Retarget visitors who have shown interest in specific products
  • Track cross-device behavior to provide consistent experience
  • Limit the number of times you see the same advertisement
Cookie Name Provider Purpose Duration
IDE, DSID Google (DoubleClick) Display targeted advertisements 1-2 years
fr Facebook Deliver and measure Facebook ads 3 months
_pinterest_ct_ua Pinterest Track Pinterest ad performance 1 year

5. Affiliate Tracking Cookies

As an affiliate marketing website, we use specialized cookies to track your interactions with our affiliate links. These cookies are crucial for our business operations.

How Affiliate Tracking Cookies Work:

  1. When you click an affiliate link on our website, a tracking cookie is placed on your device
  2. This cookie contains a unique identifier that links the click to our website
  3. If you make a purchase on the merchant's website within the cookie's lifespan, we receive credit for the referral
  4. The merchant pays us a commission for generating the sale

We use Affiliate Tracking cookies to:

  • Track clicks on affiliate product links
  • Attribute sales and conversions to our referrals
  • Calculate commission payments from affiliate partners
  • Prevent affiliate fraud and ensure accurate tracking
  • Analyze which products and offers perform best
  • Optimize our content and product recommendations
Affiliate Network Cookie Duration Purpose
Amazon Associates 24 hours Track purchases from Amazon
ShareASale 30-90 days Track clicks and conversions
CJ Affiliate 30-90 days Track affiliate referrals
ClickBank 60 days Track digital product sales
Impact 30-90 days Track partner program sales

Important: If you delete cookies or block them, we may not receive credit for purchases you make through our affiliate links, even though the price you pay remains the same.

Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements on and through the Service, track affiliate conversions, and provide other services.

Categories of Third-Party Cookies:

Analytics Services

  • Google Analytics: Tracks website traffic and user behavior (Privacy Policy)
  • Other analytics providers for performance monitoring

Advertising Networks

  • Google Ads (AdWords): Delivers targeted advertisements (Privacy Policy)
  • Facebook Pixel: Tracks conversions from Facebook ads (Privacy Policy)
  • Pinterest Tag: Measures Pinterest ad performance (Privacy Policy)
  • Microsoft Advertising (Bing Ads): Delivers ads across Microsoft properties

Affiliate Platforms

  • Amazon Associates: Tracks product clicks and purchases on Amazon
  • ShareASale: Manages affiliate tracking for multiple merchants
  • CJ Affiliate (Commission Junction): Tracks conversions across partner programs
  • ClickBank: Tracks digital product sales
  • Impact: Manages affiliate partnerships and tracking
  • Various direct merchant affiliate programs

Social Media Platforms

  • Facebook/Instagram: Social sharing and advertising
  • Pinterest: Pin sharing and advertising
  • Twitter: Social sharing features

Content Delivery & Functionality

  • YouTube: Embedded video content
  • Google Fonts: Website typography
  • CDN Services: Fast content delivery

Note: These third parties have their own privacy policies and cookie policies. We encourage you to review them to understand how they collect and use your information.

How Long Do Cookies Stay on Your Device?

The length of time a cookie will stay on your device depends on whether it is a "persistent" or "session" cookie:

  • Session cookies: Deleted when you close your browser
  • Persistent cookies: Remain on your device until they expire or you delete them. Expiration periods vary:
    • Strictly necessary cookies: Up to 1 year
    • Performance cookies: 24 hours to 2 years
    • Functionality cookies: Up to 2 years
    • Advertising cookies: 1 month to 2 years
    • Affiliate tracking cookies: 24 hours to 90 days (varies by program)

Your Choices Regarding Cookies

You have several options for managing and controlling cookies:

Browser Settings

If you'd like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser:

Opt-Out Tools for Behavioral Advertising

To opt out of interest-based advertising, visit:

Mobile Device Settings

On mobile devices, you can:

  • iOS: Enable "Limit Ad Tracking" in Settings > Privacy > Advertising
  • Android: Enable "Opt out of Ads Personalization" in Settings > Google > Ads

Google Analytics Opt-Out

Install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on to prevent Google Analytics from tracking your activity.

Impact of Blocking Cookies

Please note: If you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer. Specifically:
  • Some pages might not display properly
  • You may not be able to store your preferences
  • Personalized content recommendations may not work
  • We may not receive credit for affiliate purchases you make, although this doesn't affect the price you pay
  • You may see less relevant advertisements

Cookie Consent Management

When you first visit https://99wellnesslessons.com, you will see a cookie consent banner. You can choose to:

  • Accept All: Allow all cookies including tracking and advertising cookies
  • Customize: Choose which categories of cookies to accept
  • Reject Non-Essential: Only allow strictly necessary cookies

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by accessing the cookie settings (typically found in the website footer or by clearing your cookies and revisiting the site).

Do Not Track Signals

Some web browsers have a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. Currently, our Service does not respond to DNT signals. However, you can use the opt-out tools mentioned above to control tracking and advertising.

Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or for other operational reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by:

  • Posting the new Cookie Policy on this page
  • Updating the "Last Updated" date
  • Displaying a notification on our website (for significant changes)

We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.

More Information

For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, visit:

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at:

Email: hello@99wellnesslessons.com
Company: Merkaba Solutions Limited
Website: https://99wellnesslessons.com

Last Updated: December 4, 2024