This Cookie Policy explains how Bilgiyol uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit https://bilgiyol.com/.
This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
By using Bilgiyol, cookies may be stored on your device where permitted by applicable law. Where consent is required, we will ask for your permission before using non-essential cookies.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other device when you visit them.
Cookies can help websites function properly, remember preferences, understand how visitors use the website, measure performance, and provide advertising.
Some cookies remain on your device only while your browser is open, while others may remain for a longer period until they expire or are deleted.
2. How Bilgiyol Uses Cookies
Bilgiyol may use cookies and similar technologies for purposes including:
• Operating and maintaining the website
• Remembering visitor preferences
• Improving website functionality
• Understanding how visitors use our website
• Measuring traffic and website performance
• Preventing spam, fraud, and security threats
• Measuring advertising performance
• Displaying relevant advertisements
• Providing personalized advertising where permitted
• Supporting third-party services integrated into our website
3. Types of Cookies We May Use
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are necessary for certain parts of the website to function properly.
They may be used for website security, managing sessions, remembering privacy choices, preventing abuse, and providing basic website functionality.
Because these cookies are necessary for the operation of the website, they may not always require consent where permitted by applicable law.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies may help remember choices you make when using Bilgiyol.
For example, they may remember certain preferences or settings to provide a more convenient browsing experience.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
Bilgiyol may use analytics cookies to understand how visitors interact with the website.
These cookies may help us understand information such as:
• Which pages are visited
• How visitors arrive at the website
• How long visitors remain on certain pages
• Which devices and browsers are used
• How visitors interact with website content
We may use this information to improve our website, content, performance, and user experience.
Advertising Cookies
Bilgiyol may use third-party advertising services, including Google AdSense.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on a visitor’s previous visits to Bilgiyol or other websites. Google’s advertising cookies may also enable Google and its partners to provide personalized advertising where permitted.
Advertising cookies may be used to:
• Display advertisements
• Measure advertising performance
• Prevent advertising fraud and abuse
• Limit how often an advertisement is displayed
• Understand interactions with advertisements
• Provide personalized advertisements where permitted
4. Google AdSense
Bilgiyol may participate in the Google AdSense advertising program.
Google and its advertising partners may use cookies and similar technologies in connection with advertisements displayed on Bilgiyol.
Google may use information collected through advertising technologies to provide, personalize, and measure advertisements according to applicable settings, consent choices, and laws.
Visitors may manage personalized advertising preferences through Google’s advertising settings.
Additional information about Google’s use of data and advertising technologies is available through Google’s Privacy & Terms and AdSense resources.
5. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies used when visiting Bilgiyol may be placed by third-party services rather than directly by Bilgiyol.
Third-party services may include:
• Advertising providers
• Analytics providers
• Social media platforms
• Video or media providers
• Embedded content providers
• Website security and performance services
These third parties may use cookies according to their own privacy and cookie policies.
Bilgiyol does not directly control cookies placed independently by third-party services.
6. Embedded Content
Bilgiyol articles may contain embedded content from other websites, including videos, images, social media posts, maps, or other services.
When you interact with embedded content, the third-party provider may place cookies on your device or collect information about your interaction.
These cookies are controlled by the relevant third party and are subject to that provider’s privacy and cookie policies.
7. WordPress Cookies
Bilgiyol uses WordPress to operate the website.
WordPress and website plugins may use cookies to provide website functionality.
For example, cookies may be used when visitors leave comments, log in, save preferences, or interact with certain website features.
If you leave a comment, you may be given the option to save information such as your name, email address, or website in cookies so that you do not need to enter the information again when leaving another comment.
8. Cookie Consent
Where required by applicable law, Bilgiyol may display a cookie or privacy consent message before certain cookies are stored or used.
Visitors may be given options such as:
• Accept all cookies
• Reject non-essential cookies
• Manage privacy preferences
• Choose advertising preferences
• Withdraw or modify consent
For Google AdSense publishers serving personalized ads to visitors in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, Google currently requires use of a Google-certified Consent Management Platform integrated with the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework.
9. Managing Cookies
You can manage or delete cookies through your web browser.
Most browsers allow you to:
• View stored cookies
• Delete individual cookies
• Delete all cookies
• Block cookies
• Block third-party cookies
• Receive notifications before cookies are stored
The exact settings depend on the browser and device you use.
Blocking certain cookies may cause some parts of Bilgiyol to function differently or become unavailable.
10. Personalized Advertising
Where personalized advertising is used, advertising providers may use information from cookies and similar technologies to select advertisements that may be more relevant to visitors.
Where legally required, consent will be obtained before cookies or other local-storage technologies are used for advertising purposes that require consent.
Visitors may be able to manage their advertising preferences through the consent options presented on Bilgiyol and through advertising-provider settings.
11. How Long Cookies Remain
The length of time a cookie remains on your device depends on the type of cookie.
Session cookies generally remain until you close your browser.
Persistent cookies may remain on your device for a specified period or until you manually delete them.
Third-party providers determine the duration of cookies they place through their services.
12. Changes to This Cookie Policy
Bilgiyol may update this Cookie Policy periodically.
Updates may be made because of changes to our website, advertising services, analytics tools, technologies, legal requirements, or privacy practices.
When this policy is updated, the “Last updated” date at the top of this page may also be changed.
We encourage visitors to review this Cookie Policy periodically.
13. Contact Us
If you have questions regarding this Cookie Policy or the use of cookies on Bilgiyol, please contact us through the contact information available on our website.
Website: https://Bilgiyol.com
Email: info@bilgiyol.com
