Men's Health Editorial Platform
Cookie Policy
Last updated: 15 June 2025 | Applies to: menshealthvitalboost.info
This Cookie Policy explains how Menshealthvitalboost, an independent men's health editorial platform, uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you read our articles and browse our content. We believe in full transparency about how your data is handled.
The information on this site is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making health decisions.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device — desktop, tablet, or mobile — when you visit a website. They are widely used by websites to make their content function properly, to improve reader experience, and to provide analytical information to site editors and publishers.
Cookies do not typically contain information that personally identifies you. However, personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
Cookies can be "session cookies" — which expire when you close your browser — or "persistent cookies" — which remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them manually.
Types of Cookies We Use
We use the following categories of cookies across our editorial platform. Each category serves a distinct purpose related to delivering and improving our content.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for our editorial website to function correctly. They enable core features such as page navigation, security measures, and access to certain areas of the site. Without these cookies, parts of the website cannot function.
Performance & Analytics Cookies
These cookies help our editorial team understand how readers interact with our articles — which topics are most read, how long readers spend on pages, and how they navigate between content. This data helps us improve the quality and relevance of our editorial output.
Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make, such as your preferred language, font size preferences, or reading settings. They provide a more personalised reading experience when you return to browse our articles.
Targeting & Preference Cookies
These cookies record your visit to our editorial platform, the articles you have read, and the links you follow. We may use this information to make our content recommendations more relevant to your interests. These are set by our third-party content tools.
How We Use Cookies
As an editorial platform dedicated to men's health information, we use cookies exclusively to support our journalistic and editorial mission. Specifically, we use cookies to:
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Ensure content loads correctly — maintaining the technical operation of our article pages, navigation menus, and editorial sections.
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Analyse reader engagement — understanding which men's health topics resonate most with our audience, enabling our editorial board to commission relevant articles.
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Remember reader preferences — storing settings that improve your reading experience across visits to our platform.
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Improve site security — protecting our editorial platform and readers from fraudulent activity and unauthorised access.
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Support third-party tools — tools such as Google Analytics help our writers and editors understand content performance without collecting personally identifiable information.
Editorial note: We do not use cookies to display targeted advertising, collect data for commercial profiling, or facilitate any commercial transactions. Our platform is strictly informational.
Cookie List
Below is a detailed list of the specific cookies used on our editorial platform, their purpose, and how long they persist on your device.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _session_id | menshealthvitalboost.info | Necessary | Maintains your session state while you browse articles on our platform. | Session |
| cookie_consent | menshealthvitalboost.info | Necessary | Stores your cookie consent preferences so the banner is not shown on each visit. | 12 months |
| _csrf_token | menshealthvitalboost.info | Necessary | Security token to protect form submissions and prevent cross-site request forgery. | Session |
| _ga | Google Analytics | Analytics | Registers a unique reader ID used to generate statistical data on article readership. | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Analytics | Registers a unique ID used to generate statistical data on how readers use our content. | 24 hours |
| _gat | Google Analytics | Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate, limiting data collection on high-traffic articles. | 1 minute |
| reader_prefs | menshealthvitalboost.info | Functional | Stores reading preferences such as font size and content display settings for a better editorial experience. | 6 months |
| lang_pref | menshealthvitalboost.info | Functional | Remembers your selected language preference for reading our editorial content. | 12 months |
5. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may allow trusted third-party service providers to place cookies on your device when you visit Menshealthvitalboost. These partners help us deliver a better experience and understand how our site is used.
Google Analytics & Ads
Tracks site usage, session behaviour, and measures the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.
Meta Pixel
Helps us measure conversions from Facebook and Instagram ads and build relevant audience segments.
Hotjar
Records anonymised heatmaps and session replays to help us improve page layout and usability.
Payment Processors
Secure checkout providers may set cookies to detect fraud and ensure transaction integrity.
We do not control third-party cookies. Please review the privacy policies of these providers directly for full details on their data practices.