What Are Cookies and Local Storage?
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit them. These files contain information that helps websites remember your preferences, improve functionality, and provide a better browsing experience.
Local Storage
Local Storage is a web browser feature that allows websites to store data directly in your browser. Unlike cookies, Local Storage data doesn’t expire automatically and can hold larger amounts of information. This technology enables us to save your test results, guide progress, and preferences more efficiently.
Both cookies and Local Storage may contain various types of information, including:
- Your language preferences and settings.
- Access info for premium content.
- Data you enter in tests and guides.
- Analytics data about how you use the website.
How We Use Cookies and Local Storage
At The Spiritual Seek (https://spiritualseek.com), we use cookies and Local Storage responsibly to enhance your experience while respecting your privacy. We categorize our data storage into three main types:
1. Necessary Cookies
These cookies and Local Storage data are essential for our website to operate properly and cannot be disabled. They enable core functionality, including:
- Ensuring our personality tests function correctly and provide you with a seamless experience.
- Saving your progress in the 30-day guides so you can continue where you left off.
- Maintaining your session as you navigate through our website.
- Remembering your cookie preferences and consent choices.
- Providing essential security features and preventing malicious activities.
- Basic website functionality such as page navigation and form submissions.
Without these cookies and Local Storage, our website and services, particularly our personality tests and 30-day guides, would not work as intended.
2. Functional Cookies
These cookies and Local Storage enhance your browsing experience by remembering your preferences and providing personalized features:
- Personalization: Remember your language preferences, display settings, and customization choices.
- Enhanced Features: Enable advanced functionality like interactive elements and improved user interface components.
- User Experience: Store preferences for layout, themes, or other user-selected options to improve your visit.
- Session Enhancement: Maintain your progress through multi-page processes and forms.
3. Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how our website is used and improve our services. They are not necessary for basic functionality:
- Statistical Cookies: We use third-party analytics services like Clarity Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website, which pages are most popular, and how we can improve user experience.
- Performance Tracking: Monitor website performance, loading times, and identify technical issues.
- Usage Statistics: Collect anonymous information about visitor behavior patterns to help us optimize our content and services.
- Third-Party Integrations: Enable features from external services that may enhance your experience but are not essential for core functionality.
Your Cookie and Storage Choices
We respect your privacy and give you full control over your cookie preferences:
- Necessary Cookies & Storage: These cannot be disabled as they are essential for our website’s basic operation and security. This includes Local Storage used for saving test results and guide progress.
- Functional Cookies & Storage: You can choose to enable or disable these cookies. Disabling them may limit some enhanced features but won’t prevent you from using our core services.
- Analytics Cookies: You have complete control over these cookies and can disable them at any time without affecting your browsing experience.
Managing Your Preferences:
- Use the “Manage Cookie Preferences” button above to customize your settings at any time.
- Your preferences are remembered for one year and can be changed whenever you wish.
- You can also manage cookies through your browser’s settings (see instructions below).
- Note: Browser settings can block cookies but not Local Storage used for essential features.
How to Manage Cookies in Your Browser
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can:
- View which cookies are stored on your device.
- Delete existing cookies.
- Block cookies from being set.
- Set preferences for specific websites.
- Clear Local Storage data (note: this will remove your test results and guide progress).
Chrome:
- Click Menu (three dots) → Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data;
- Choose your preferred cookie settings;
- For Local Storage: Settings → Privacy and security → Site Settings → View permissions and data stored across sites.
Firefox:
- Click Menu (three lines) → Settings → Privacy & Security;
- Under “Cookies and Site Data,” choose your settings;
- Click “Manage Data” to view and delete Local Storage.
Safari:
- Click Safari → Preferences → Privacy;
- Choose your cookie preferences;
- Go to Safari → Preferences → Advanced → Show Develop menu, then Develop → Show Web Inspector → Storage to manage Local Storage.
Edge:
- Click Menu (three dots) → Settings → Cookies and site permissions;
- Select “Cookies and site data”;
- Click “See all cookies and site data” to manage stored information.
Important: Please note that clearing Local Storage will delete your saved test results, 30-day guide progress, and personalized settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect your browsing experience and limit some features of our website.
Cookie Consent and Data Processing
- First Visit: When you first visit our website, you’ll see a cookie consent banner allowing you to accept all cookies or customize your preferences.
- Consent Duration: Your consent choices are stored for one year, after which you may be asked to renew your preferences.
- Withdrawal of Consent: You can withdraw or modify your consent at any time using the preference management tool on this page.
- Legal Basis: We process necessary cookies based on legitimate interest for website functionality, while functional and optional cookies require your explicit consent.
- Data Storage: Local Storage data remains on your device until you manually clear it or until it’s updated by our website.
More Information
For detailed information about how we collect, use, and protect your personal data, please review our Privacy Policy at: https://spiritualseek.com/privacy-policy/
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, Local Storage usage, or our data practices, please contact us through the contact form provided on our website.
This Cookie Policy is part of our commitment to transparency and your privacy rights. We are committed to protecting your privacy while providing you with the best possible experience on our website.
Last Updated: September 30, 2025