Cookie Policy

Last updated: August 30, 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how The Horror Lounge ("we," "us," "our") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on thehorrorlounge.com. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the site function properly, remember your preferences, and, when applicable, deliver relevant advertising.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential / Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for our site to work and are set by our website platform, Wix. They handle things like page loading, security, and basic site navigation. They cannot be switched off without affecting core site functionality.

Analytics Cookies

We use analytics tools (such as those built into Wix, and/or Google Analytics) to understand how visitors use our site — which pages are popular, how long people stay, and how they found us. This helps us improve our content and site experience.

Advertising Cookies

Our site displays or will display advertising through third-party ad networks, including Google AdSense. These networks use cookies to serve ads based on your visits to our site and other sites on the internet, and to measure ad performance. This is sometimes referred to as interest-based or personalized advertising.

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites.

Social Media / Embedded Content Cookies

Some of our articles embed content from third parties, such as YouTube trailers or social media posts (Instagram, X/Twitter, Bluesky, Facebook, Reddit). These embeds may set their own cookies, governed by the third party's own policies, not ours.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have a few ways to control cookies:

Browser settings: Most browsers let you block or delete cookies through their settings menu. Note that blocking essential cookies may affect how our site functions.
Opt out of personalized ads: Visit Google's Ads Settings to manage or opt out of personalized advertising from Google, or the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page to opt out of participating ad networks generally.
Do Not Track: Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" signal. Our site does not currently respond to these signals, as there is no common industry standard for how to interpret them.

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on our site are placed by third parties (such as Google, social media platforms, and embedded video services) rather than by us directly. We don't control these cookies, and we'd encourage you to review the relevant third party's own cookie or privacy policy for details on how they use the data collected.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for legal or regulatory reasons. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date.

Contact Us

Questions about this Cookie Policy can be sent to brian.thehorrorlounge@gmail.com or through our Contact page.