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Cookie Policy

Last Updated On: August 31, 2025

1. Introduction and Scope

This Cookie Policy provides a detailed explanation of what cookies are, how We use them on Intelladex.com (the “Service”), the types of cookies We use, the information We collect using cookies, how that information is used, and how You can control Your cookie preferences.

This document is designed to be read in conjunction with our main Privacy Policy, which provides broader information about our data processing practices. Our use of cookies is a key component of how we operate and improve our Service. Your understanding and control over this technology is of the utmost importance to us.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small, simple text files that are downloaded and stored on your device (such as a computer, smartphone, or tablet) by your web browser when you visit a website. They are not programs and cannot execute code or deliver viruses. Their primary purpose is to act as a memory for the website, allowing it to recognize you and remember your preferences and past actions.

This functionality is essential for a modern, interactive web experience. Cookies enable a website to “remember” things like:

  • Items you’ve added to a shopping cart.
  • Your login status.
  • Your language or region preferences.
  • Your consent choices for privacy policies.

First-Party vs. Third-Party Cookies

  • First-Party Cookies: These are cookies set directly by the website you are visiting (in this case, Intelladex.com). We use these for essential site functionality and to understand our own analytics.
  • Third-Party Cookies: These are cookies set by a domain other than the one you are visiting. Our Service uses third-party services (such as Google Analytics and affiliate networks) that may set cookies on your device to perform their services. We do not control the settings of these cookies, and we recommend you check the third-party websites for more information about their cookie policies.

Session vs. Persistent Cookies

  • Session Cookies: These cookies are temporary and are erased when you close your browser. They are used to store temporary information, like remembering what pages you visited during a single session, to improve navigation.
  • Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device for a set period of time (specified in the cookie) or until you manually delete them. They are used to remember your preferences and settings for your future visits. For example, the cookie that remembers your consent choice is a persistent cookie so that we don’t have to ask you every time you visit.

2. How and Why We Use Cookies

We use cookies to operate, secure, and improve the user experience of our Service. The cookies we use do not run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. They are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

Our use of cookies falls into several distinct categories, each serving a specific and important function:

A. To Ensure Core Website Functionality

Some cookies are strictly necessary for the basic operation of Intelladex.com. They allow you to navigate the site and use its essential features. Without these cookies, the site would not function correctly. For example, we use a necessary cookie to remember your privacy choices from our consent banner so that we do not have to ask you on every single page visit.

B. To Understand and Analyze Our Audience

We are passionate about creating high-quality, relevant content. To do this, we need to understand how visitors interact with our site. We use Performance and Analytics Cookies (primarily from Google Analytics) to collect anonymous, aggregated data. This data helps us answer critical questions, such as:

  • Which articles and reviews are the most popular?
  • How do users find our website?
  • Are there pages on our site that are confusing or cause users to leave?
  • What percentage of our audience is visiting from mobile devices versus desktop?

By analyzing this anonymous data, we can make informed decisions about what kind of content to create, how to improve our site’s navigation, and how to optimize the user experience for all devices.

C. To Personalize Your Experience

We use Functionality Cookies to provide you with a more personal and convenient browsing experience. These cookies allow our site to “remember” choices you have previously made. For example, when you leave a comment, you have the option to save your name and email address in a cookie. The next time you visit, these fields will be pre-filled for you, saving you time and effort.

D. To Support Our Business Model (Affiliate Marketing)

Intelladex.com is a reader-supported, independent publication. To keep our in-depth research and content free for everyone, we use affiliate links. When you click a link to an AI tool we recommend, a Targeting or Affiliate Cookie is placed on your device by a third-party affiliate network.

This cookie’s only job is to record that you came from our site. If you decide to make a purchase, that cookie allows the vendor to attribute the referral to us, and we may earn a commission. This system is a fundamental part of how we fund our operations and has no influence on our editorial integrity or the outcome of our reviews, as detailed in our Disclosure Policy.

E. To Secure Our Service

We may use cookies to help detect and prevent security risks. For example, our commenting and spam prevention services (like Akismet) may use cookies to help identify and block malicious bots, protecting both our site and our users from spam and other security threats.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Our Service uses both first-party cookies (set by Us) and third-party cookies (set by our partners and Service Providers). These cookies perform various functions and can be categorized based on their purpose as follows:

A. Strictly Necessary Cookies (Always Active)

These cookies are essential for the basic operation of our website and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by You which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

  • Purpose: Functionality and Security.
  • Examples on Intelladex.com:
    • Cookie Consent Cookie: This is the most important one. It stores your consent choices (whether you accepted or rejected other cookie categories) so we don’t have to ask you on every single page. (e.g., complianz_consent_status)
    • Security Cookies: May be used to support security features, such as preventing fraudulent use of login credentials.

B. Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies allow Us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Service. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore completely anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when You have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance.

  • Purpose: Site Improvement and User Analysis.
  • Examples on Intelladex.com:
    • Google Analytics: We use this service to understand our audience. It sets several cookies (e.g., _ga, _gid) to distinguish between users and to throttle request rates. We have enabled IP Anonymization, so your full IP address is not stored.

C. Functionality Cookies

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by Us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly.

  • Purpose: User Experience and Convenience.
  • Examples on Intelladex.com:
    • Commenter Cookies: If you choose to leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name and email address in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year (e.g., comment_author_*, comment_author_email_*).
    • User Preference Cookies: May be used to remember preferences you set, such as language or region.

D. Targeting and Affiliate Cookies

These cookies are primarily used for our affiliate marketing activities. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.

  • Purpose: Affiliate Commission Tracking and Monetization.
  • How They Work: When you click on an affiliate link on our site (for example, a “Visit Website” button in a tool review), this action is recorded using a cookie. This cookie contains a unique, anonymized ID that identifies Intelladex as the source of the referral. If you then make a purchase on the vendor’s website, this cookie is used by the vendor to attribute that sale to our site, and we may earn a commission.
  • Your Control: We only use affiliate links for products and services we genuinely believe in, and our reviews are never influenced by these potential commissions. These cookies are non-essential, and you can opt-out of their use via our Cookie Consent Banner. Refusing these cookies will not affect your ability to browse our content, but it will affect our ability to fund our independent research.

4. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to the first-party cookies that are set directly by Intelladex.com, some of the functionality on our website is provided by trusted third-party companies. These third parties may set their own cookies on your device when you interact with our Service. This is known as a “third-party cookie,” as it is set by a domain other than the one you are directly visiting.

We do not control the placement, reading, or use of these third-party cookies, and your use of those third-party services is subject to the privacy and cookie policies of those companies. We have carefully selected these partners and ensured they have a strong commitment to privacy and data protection.

This section provides a detailed overview of the primary third-party services that may place cookies or process data through our Service. Your consent for the placement of any non-essential third-party cookies is always managed through our Cookie Consent Banner.

A. Analytics Cookies

We use third-party analytics services to help us understand and analyze how users interact with our content in an aggregated and anonymous manner. This information is crucial for improving our website, optimizing our content strategy, and providing a better user experience.

  • Service Provider: Google Analytics
  • Purpose: Google Analytics uses cookies to collect data about your browsing activity on our site, such as which pages you visit, how long you stay on them, and the path you take through the site. This allows us to identify popular content and areas for improvement. We have enabled IP Anonymization features, which means your full IP address is not stored by Google.
  • Data Collected: Anonymized IP address, device and browser information, general geographic location, and browsing behavior on our site.
  • More Information: To learn more about how Google uses this data, please review Google’s Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. To opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

B. Affiliate Cookies

As a review site, our business model is supported through the use of affiliate marketing. When you click on a link to an AI tool that we review, we may use a third-party affiliate network to manage that link.

  • Service Providers: This may include various affiliate networks and the AI tool companies themselves.
  • Purpose: These cookies are used to track that you came from Intelladex.com. If you make a purchase on the third-party website within a certain timeframe, this cookie allows the affiliate network to attribute that sale to us, for which we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
  • Data Collected: These cookies typically store an anonymous identifier and the source of the click (i.e., our website). They do not usually store personal information like your name or email.
  • More Information: Each affiliate program has its own privacy policy, which you should review on their respective websites.

C. Comment System & Spam Prevention

Our comment system is powered by native WordPress functionality. To protect our community from automated spam and maintain the integrity of discussions, we utilize the Antispam Bee plugin.

  • Service Provider: Antispam Bee
  • Purpose: To analyze comments and identify potential spam. A primary benefit of Antispam Bee, and a key reason we have chosen it, is its exceptional focus on privacy and GDPR compliance. By default, it is configured to process all data anonymously and locally on our server. This means, in its standard configuration, it does not send your personal information to any third-party services.
  • Data Collected: When you submit a comment, Antispam Bee analyzes the content of the comment, your IP address, and other metadata entirely within our own site’s environment to make a determination about whether it is spam.
  • More Information: You can learn more about Antispam Bee and its commitment to data privacy on its official WordPress plugin page.

D. Content Delivery & Font Cookies

To ensure our site is fast and our typography looks consistent across all browsers, we may use services that deliver content like web fonts.

  • Service Provider: Google Fonts
  • Purpose: Your browser may download fonts directly from Google’s servers to display the text on our website correctly.
  • More Information: According to Google’s official documentation, no cookies are sent by unauthenticated requests to the Google Fonts API.

5. Your Choices: How to Control and Manage Cookies

We believe in providing You with meaningful control over your privacy. You have several options to manage and control the cookies that We and our Service Providers use on the Service.

A. Our Cookie Consent Management Tool (Recommended Method)

The easiest and most direct way to control your cookie preferences on Intelladex.com is through our Consent Management Platform (CMP), which appears as a banner when you first visit our site.

  • Initial Consent: Upon your first visit, you are given the clear choice to “Accept all” non-essential cookies or to “Reject all” non-essential cookies. You also have the option to customize your choices, allowing you to consent to specific categories (e.g., Performance) while rejecting others (e.g., Targeting). Strictly Necessary Cookies do not require consent and cannot be disabled through this tool, as they are essential for the site’s operation.
  • Managing and Withdrawing Consent: Your consent is not permanent. You have the right to withdraw or change your consent at any time. You can do this by clicking on the “Manage Consent” link or icon, which is always available in the footer of our website. This will re-open the consent banner, allowing you to adjust your preferences. Any changes will take effect immediately.

B. Browser-Level Controls

In addition to our on-site tool, you can use your web browser’s settings to refuse, manage, or delete cookies. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default, but this can be changed. Please be aware 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 Service.

The following links provide instructions on how to manage cookie settings in popular browsers:

For other browsers, please consult the documentation that your browser manufacturer provides.

C. Third-Party Opt-Out Tools

For cookies related to analytics and interest-based advertising, you can also use industry-wide opt-out tools. Opting out through these platforms does not mean you will no longer see ads; it just means the ads you see will not be targeted based on your browsing activity.

D. Do Not Track Signals

Some web browsers may transmit “Do Not Track” (DNT) signals to websites with which the browser communicates. Because there is currently no industry-wide standard for how to interpret these signals, our Service does not currently respond to DNT signals. We will continue to monitor the development of a DNT standard and will reassess our approach once a final standard is established.

6. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this policy when changes are made.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies, please do not hesitate to contact our Data Protection Officer at privacy@intelladex.com.

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