Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the site remember your preferences, keep you signed in, understand how you use the site, and serve relevant advertising. Some cookies are set by us; others are set by third-party services we use.

Essential Cookies

Required for the site to work. They keep you signed in, remember your cart, and maintain your session. You cannot opt out of these while using the site.

Functional Cookies

Remember your preferences (such as recently viewed businesses and saved favorites) to improve your experience. Disabling them may reduce functionality.

Analytics Cookies

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors interact with the site (pages visited, session duration, traffic sources). Data is aggregated and does not identify individual users. You can opt out via Google Analytics Opt-out.

Advertising Cookies

We use Google AdSense to serve advertisements on this site. Google and its partners use cookies (including the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. This helps Google show you ads that may be relevant to your interests.

You have the following opt-out options:

• Google personalized ads: Google Ads Settings
• Industry-wide opt-out: aboutads.info/choices or NAI opt-out
• How Google uses data: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

For full details on advertising cookies, see Section 4.3 of our Privacy Policy.

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers let you refuse or delete cookies at any time. Note that blocking essential cookies will prevent you from signing in or using core features of The Local Gem.

Common browser cookie settings:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Safari
• Microsoft Edge

Questions about how we use cookies? Contact us at support@thelocalgem.com or visit our Contact page.

For our complete data practices, see our Privacy Policy.