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<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://particles.js.org/tsParticles-64.png" />
<meta
name="description"
content="Cookie Policy for tsParticles - Information about cookies and similar tracking technologies used on our website."
/>
<meta name="author" content="Matteo Bruni" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>Cookie Policy - tsParticles</title>
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.1.3/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<style>
body {
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1a1a1a 0%, #2d2d2d 100%);
color: #333;
font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;
}
.container {
background: white;
margin-top: 30px;
margin-bottom: 30px;
padding: 40px;
border-radius: 10px;
box-shadow: 0 4px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
}
h1 {
color: #0066cc;
margin-bottom: 20px;
font-weight: bold;
}
h2 {
color: #0066cc;
margin-top: 30px;
margin-bottom: 15px;
border-bottom: 2px solid #0066cc;
padding-bottom: 10px;
}
h3 {
color: #333;
margin-top: 20px;
font-weight: 600;
}
p {
line-height: 1.6;
margin-bottom: 15px;
}
table {
width: 100%;
border-collapse: collapse;
margin: 20px 0;
}
table th, table td {
padding: 12px;
text-align: left;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
}
table th {
background-color: #f0f7ff;
color: #0066cc;
font-weight: 600;
}
table tr:hover {
background-color: #f9f9f9;
}
.highlight {
background: #f0f7ff;
padding: 15px;
border-left: 4px solid #0066cc;
margin: 20px 0;
}
.cookie-type {
padding: 15px;
margin: 10px 0;
border-left: 4px solid #0066cc;
background: #f9f9f9;
}
.cookie-type.essential {
border-left-color: #28a745;
}
.cookie-type.analytics {
border-left-color: #ffc107;
}
.cookie-type.marketing {
border-left-color: #dc3545;
}
a {
color: #0066cc;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}
code {
background: #f4f4f4;
padding: 2px 6px;
border-radius: 3px;
font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<h1>🍪 Cookie Policy for tsParticles</h1>
<p class="text-muted">Last Updated: January 2026</p>
<h2>1. What are Cookies?</h2>
<p>
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you
visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the
owners of the website.
</p>
<p>
Cookies can be categorized by their duration and type:
</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Session cookies:</strong> Temporary files that are deleted when you close your browser</li>
<li><strong>Persistent cookies:</strong> Files that remain on your device until they expire or you delete them</li>
<li><strong>First-party cookies:</strong> Set directly by tsParticles</li>
<li><strong>Third-party cookies:</strong> Set by external services (Google, Facebook, Twitter)</li>
</ul>
<h2>2. Why We Use Cookies</h2>
<p>We use cookies for the following purposes:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Essential functionality:</strong> To provide core website features</li>
<li><strong>Analytics:</strong> To understand how visitors use our site (with consent)</li>
<li><strong>Marketing:</strong> To enable social sharing and display relevant ads (with consent)</li>
<li><strong>User preferences:</strong> To remember your choices and settings</li>
</ul>
<h2>3. Our Cookie Categories</h2>
<div class="cookie-type essential">
<h3>✅ Essential Cookies (No Consent Required)</h3>
<p><strong>Status:</strong> Always Active | <strong>Duration:</strong> Session to 1 year</p>
<p>
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like
navigation and access to secure areas. You cannot opt-out of these cookies.
</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Cookie Name</th>
<th>Purpose</th>
<th>Duration</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><code>tsparticles_consent</code></td>
<td>Stores your cookie preferences</td>
<td>1 year</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Session cookies</td>
<td>Maintain user session</td>
<td>Session</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Security tokens</td>
<td>Protect against CSRF attacks</td>
<td>Session</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="cookie-type analytics">
<h3>📊 Analytics Cookies (Consent Required)</h3>
<p><strong>Status:</strong> Opt-in | <strong>Duration:</strong> Up to 14 months</p>
<p>
These cookies collect information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit, how
long you spend on them, and which links you click. This helps us improve our website.
</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Cookie Name</th>
<th>Provider</th>
<th>Purpose</th>
<th>Duration</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><code>_ga</code></td>
<td>Google Analytics</td>
<td>Distinguish unique users</td>
<td>2 years</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>_gat</code></td>
<td>Google Analytics</td>
<td>Throttle request rate</td>
<td>1 minute</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>_gid</code></td>
<td>Google Analytics</td>
<td>Distinguish page views</td>
<td>24 hours</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>
<strong>Privacy Note:</strong> Google Analytics data is anonymized and we have disabled Google signals
and personalization features.
</p>
<p>
<strong>More info:</strong> <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" target="_blank">Google Privacy Policy</a>
</p>
</div>
<div class="cookie-type marketing">
<h3>📢 Marketing & Social Cookies (Consent Required)</h3>
<p><strong>Status:</strong> Opt-in | <strong>Duration:</strong> Up to 2 years</p>
<p>
These cookies are used to track your activity across websites and display ads tailored to your interests.
They also enable social media features like sharing buttons.
</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Cookie Name</th>
<th>Provider</th>
<th>Purpose</th>
<th>Duration</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><code>_fbp</code></td>
<td>Facebook</td>
<td>Track conversions and events</td>
<td>3 months</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>fr</code></td>
<td>Facebook</td>
<td>Deliver and measure ads</td>
<td>3 months</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>personalization_id</code></td>
<td>Twitter</td>
<td>Measure engagement</td>
<td>2 years</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Google Ad cookies</td>
<td>Google AdSense</td>
<td>Display relevant ads</td>
<td>Various</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>
<strong>Privacy Notes:</strong>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation" target="_blank">Facebook Privacy Policy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/en/privacy" target="_blank">Twitter Privacy Policy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads" target="_blank">Google Ads Privacy</a></li>
</ul>
</p>
</div>
<h2>4. How We Obtain Consent</h2>
<p>
When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner at the bottom of the screen. This
banner allows you to:
</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Accept All:</strong> Consent to all non-essential cookies</li>
<li><strong>Reject All:</strong> Decline all non-essential cookies</li>
<li><strong>Customize:</strong> Choose which categories of cookies to allow</li>
</ul>
<div class="highlight">
<strong>Important:</strong> Until you make a choice, NO third-party tracking scripts (Google Analytics,
Facebook Pixel, Twitter, or Google AdSense) will be loaded on your device.
</div>
<h2>5. How to Control Cookies</h2>
<h3>5.1 Browser Controls</h3>
<p>
You can control cookies through your web browser settings. Most modern browsers allow you to:
</p>
<ul>
<li>View cookies stored on your device</li>
<li>Delete cookies automatically when closing the browser</li>
<li>Block all cookies or specific third-party cookies</li>
<li>Set privacy preferences</li>
</ul>
<p>
<strong>Instructions for popular browsers:</strong>
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>Chrome:</strong> Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
</li>
<li>
<strong>Firefox:</strong> Preferences → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
</li>
<li>
<strong>Safari:</strong> Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
</li>
<li>
<strong>Edge:</strong> Settings → Privacy, search, and services → Cookies and other site data
</li>
</ul>
<h3>5.2 Our Cookie Banner</h3>
<p>
You can change your cookie preferences at any time using our cookie banner. Simply scroll to the bottom of
the page and click on the cookie preferences button.
</p>
<h3>5.3 Opt-Out Tools</h3>
<p>
You can also use third-party opt-out tools:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout" target="_blank">Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://youradchoices.ca/" target="_blank">Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://optout.networkadvertising.org/" target="_blank">Network Advertising Initiative</a>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="highlight">
<strong>Note:</strong> Please be aware that blocking cookies may affect website functionality and your user
experience.
</div>
<h2>6. Third-Party Service Providers</h2>
<p>
We use the following third-party services that set cookies. Please refer to their privacy policies for more
information:
</p>
<h3>Google Services</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>Google Analytics:</strong> <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" target="_blank">Privacy Policy</a> |
<a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies" target="_blank">Cookies Policy</a>
</li>
<li>
<strong>Google AdSense:</strong> <a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads" target="_blank">Ads Privacy & Terms</a>
</li>
<li>
<strong>Google Fonts:</strong> <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" target="_blank">Privacy Policy</a>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Social Media Platforms</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>Facebook:</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation" target="_blank">Data Policy</a> |
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/help/cookies" target="_blank">Cookies Policy</a>
</li>
<li>
<strong>Twitter:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/en/privacy" target="_blank">Privacy Policy</a> |
<a href="https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies" target="_blank">Cookies Info</a>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Content Delivery Networks</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>jsDelivr CDN:</strong> Used for delivering CSS/JavaScript libraries
</li>
<li>
<strong>Bootstrap CDN:</strong> Used for CSS framework
</li>
</ul>
<h2>7. Data Retention</h2>
<p>
Cookies are retained for different periods depending on their purpose:
</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Essential cookies:</strong> Until they expire or you delete them</li>
<li><strong>Analytics cookies:</strong> Up to 14 months (Google Analytics default)</li>
<li><strong>Marketing cookies:</strong> Up to 2 years (varies by provider)</li>
</ul>
<h2>8. Your Rights</h2>
<p>
Under GDPR and other privacy laws, you have the right to:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Know what cookies we use and why</li>
<li>Consent or refuse to non-essential cookies</li>
<li>Change your cookie preferences at any time</li>
<li>Request deletion of cookies</li>
<li>Withdraw your consent</li>
</ul>
<h2>9. Changes to This Cookie Policy</h2>
<p>
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the "Last
Updated" date will be revised. Please review this policy periodically to stay informed.
</p>
<h2>10. Contact Us</h2>
<p>
If you have questions about our cookie practices or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:
</p>
<div class="highlight">
<strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:info@particles.js.org">info@particles.js.org</a>
<br />
<strong>GitHub:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/matteobruni/tsparticles" target="_blank">https://github.com/matteobruni/tsparticles</a>
<br />
<strong>Response time:</strong> We aim to respond within 30 days
</div>
<h2>Related Documents</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="/privacy.html">Privacy Policy</a></li>
<li><a href="/">Home Page</a></li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-top: 40px; padding-top: 20px; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; color: #666; font-size: 0.9em;">
© 2026 tsParticles. All rights reserved.
</p>
</div>
</body>
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