What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our website. They help us understand how readers interact with Skinvitaminessence, enabling us to improve your browsing experience and provide relevant content.

This policy explains the types of cookies we use, how we deploy them, and how you can manage your preferences.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as page navigation, security features, and access to secure areas. Without these cookies, the site cannot operate correctly.

Duration: Session or persistent (up to 1 year)

Performance Cookies

These cookies collect anonymous data about how readers use our site—such as which articles are visited most, page load times, and error messages. This information helps our editorial team understand content performance and optimize the user experience.

Duration: Persistent (up to 2 years)

Functional Cookies

These cookies remember your preferences and choices—such as language settings, text size, or bookmarked articles—to personalize your reading experience on subsequent visits.

Duration: Persistent (up to 1 year)

Marketing & Analytics Cookies

These cookies track your interaction with our content to help us deliver relevant reading material and understand editorial effectiveness. They are used by third-party analytics services and may be shared with partners to improve our publication quality.

Duration: Persistent (up to 2 years)

How We Use Cookies

Enhancing User Experience: Remembering your reading history and preferences
Content Performance: Analyzing which articles and topics resonate most with our readers
Site Security: Preventing fraud and protecting against unauthorized access
Editorial Improvement: Understanding audience behavior to guide content strategy
Targeted Content Delivery: Suggesting relevant articles based on reading patterns

Active Cookies on Our Site

Cookie Name	Type	Purpose	Duration
PHPSESSID	Essential	Session management and user authentication	Session
svt_language	Functional	Stores your language preference	1 year
svt_font_size	Functional	Remembers your text size preference	1 year
_ga	Performance	Google Analytics user identification	2 years
_gid	Performance	Google Analytics session tracking	24 hours
_gat	Performance	Throttles Google Analytics request rate	1 minute
svt_bookmarks	Functional	Stores your saved articles	1 year
svt_reading_history	Functional	Tracks recently viewed articles	6 months
svt_editorial_prefs	Functional	Stores content category preferences	1 year

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

Browser Control

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies or alert you when a cookie is being sent. Please note that blocking essential cookies may impact site functionality.

Cookie Consent Banner

When you first visit Skinvitaminessence, a consent banner appears allowing you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can adjust these preferences at any time through our cookie settings panel.

Opt-Out Options

You may opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. For marketing-related cookies, you can use your browser's "Do Not Track" feature, though not all third parties honor this signal.

Important: Disabling essential cookies may prevent you from accessing certain features of our site. We recommend keeping essential cookies enabled while adjusting only performance and marketing cookies as needed.

Third-Party Services

Skinvitaminessence uses the following third-party services that may deploy their own cookies:

Google Analytics

Measures audience engagement and site traffic patterns. Privacy Policy

Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

Optimize image and media delivery for faster loading times.

Web Hosting Services

Maintain site security and server performance.

Your Privacy and Data Protection

We are committed to protecting your privacy in compliance with applicable data protection regulations, including GDPR. Cookie data is handled securely and is never sold to third parties without your explicit consent.

Personal information collected through cookies is used only for the purposes outlined in this policy. You have the right to access, rectify, or request deletion of your data at any time. For detailed information about how we handle personal data, please review our full Privacy Policy.

We regularly review and update our cookie practices to ensure compliance with current regulations and respect for reader privacy.

Questions About Our Cookie Policy?

If you have questions or concerns about how Skinvitaminessence uses cookies, or if you'd like to request changes to your cookie preferences, please contact our editorial team.

Skinvitaminessence Editorial Office

Esplanadi 79
Turku, Finland

For content feedback: [email protected]

Policy Updates

We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or applicable regulations. Material changes will be communicated to you through this page with an updated "Last Updated" date.

Your continued use of Skinvitaminessence following any policy updates constitutes your acceptance of those changes.