Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used across the internet to make websites work more efficiently, provide a better browsing experience, and supply information to the owners of the site. Cookies allow websites to remember your preferences, settings, and browsing patterns, enabling a smoother and more personalized experience each time you return.

Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device until they expire or are manually deleted. Session cookies are temporary and are deleted as soon as you close your browser. Both types serve different purposes and can be set by the website you are visiting (first-party cookies) or by third-party services that the website uses.

2. How css3.com Uses Cookies

At css3.com, we take a privacy-first approach to cookies. We use the minimum number of cookies necessary to provide core website functionality and a smooth user experience. Our cookie usage falls into the following categories:

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the basic operation of our website. They enable core functionalities such as page navigation, remembering your theme preferences (dark mode), and maintaining your session state as you move between pages. Without these cookies, certain features of the website may not function properly. Essential cookies do not collect personally identifiable information and are set by css3.com directly.

Functional Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, personalized features. For example, functional cookies may store your most recently used tool settings, preferred layout options, or CSS design configurations so that you do not need to reconfigure them each time you visit. These cookies can persist across sessions depending on their purpose, but all data remains on your device.

Analytics Cookies: We may use limited analytics cookies to understand how visitors interact with our website. These cookies help us identify which tools are most popular, how long users spend on different pages, and where technical errors may occur. Analytics data is collected in aggregate and anonymized form - we do not track individual users or create behavioral profiles. We use only privacy-respecting analytics solutions that do not share data with third-party advertisers.

3. Cookies We Do Not Use

css3.com is committed to a clean, ad-free user experience. We want to be transparent about the types of cookies and tracking technologies that we explicitly do not employ on our platform:

• ●Advertising Cookies: We do not use cookies to serve targeted advertisements or to profile your interests for marketing purposes.
• ●Cross-Site Tracking Cookies: We do not use third-party cookies that track your browsing activity across different websites.
• ●Social Media Tracking Pixels: We do not embed tracking pixels from social media platforms that monitor your interactions for advertising purposes.
• ●Browser Fingerprinting: We do not use fingerprinting techniques to identify or track users based on device characteristics.

4. Local Storage and Similar Technologies

In addition to cookies, css3.com may use browser local storage and session storage to save your tool configurations, recent settings, and workspace state. Unlike cookies, local storage data is not sent to our servers with each request - it remains entirely on your device. Local storage provides larger storage capacity than cookies and is used specifically to save your work within our CSS generators and design tools.

For example, when you use our CSS Gradient Generator, your color selections, angle settings, and gradient type may be stored in local storage so that your design persists even if you accidentally close the browser tab. This data is never transmitted to our servers, never shared with third parties, and can be cleared at any time through your browser's storage management settings.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have full control over the cookies stored on your device. Most web browsers allow you to manage cookie preferences through their settings. You can typically configure your browser to block all cookies, accept all cookies, or accept only certain types of cookies. Keep in mind that disabling essential cookies may affect the functionality of css3.com and certain features may not work as expected.

To manage cookies in your browser, navigate to your browser's settings or preferences menu. In Chrome, go to Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies. In Firefox, go to Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and Site Data. In Safari, go to Preferences → Privacy → Cookies and website data. In Edge, go to Settings → Privacy, Search, and Services → Cookies.

6. Third-Party Cookies

css3.com minimizes the use of third-party services that may set cookies on your device. If we use any third-party services, such as a content delivery network or privacy-respecting analytics tool, those services may set their own cookies in accordance with their respective privacy policies. We carefully evaluate all third-party services before integration to ensure they align with our privacy-first principles.

7. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. When we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date displayed at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies. Your continued use of css3.com after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at hello@css3.com or visit our Contact page. We are happy to clarify any aspect of our cookie practices and address your concerns.