Cookies
Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how BrewMasters Inc. ("we", "us") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on brewmasters.pro. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy. By using our website, you acknowledge this policy. Non-essential cookies require your consent via our cookie banner.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember preferences, maintain sessions, and understand how visitors interact with content. Similar technologies include local storage entries and session storage used for consent records.
How we use cookies
BrewMasters categorizes cookies into essential and optional groups. Essential cookies are necessary for basic site operation and cannot be disabled through our banner without breaking functionality. Optional analytics cookies help us understand matcher usage patterns and improve content — these are disabled unless you consent.
Cookie categories
Essential cookies
These cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility of the cookie consent record itself.
- bm_cookie_consent — Stores your cookie preference choice (accept all, reject all, or custom analytics selection). Duration: six months. Set by: BrewMasters. Purpose: compliance with consent requirements and preventing repeated banner display.
- Session identifiers — Temporary cookies maintaining form security and navigation state during a browsing session. Duration: session (deleted when browser closes). Set by: BrewMasters hosting infrastructure.
Analytics cookies (optional)
Analytics cookies collect aggregated, anonymized information about page visits, quiz entry points, and navigation paths. They help us improve matcher content and identify technical issues. These cookies are only activated when you click Accept all or enable analytics in Customise preferences.
- _bm_analytics — First-party analytics identifier for page view counting and referrer tracking. Duration: six months. Set by: BrewMasters. Data remains on Canadian infrastructure.
- Performance metrics — May include load timing and error logging cookies from our hosting provider for operational monitoring. Duration: up to six months. Vendor: hosting provider under data processing agreement.
Third-party cookies
We minimize third-party cookies. Google Fonts loaded from fonts.googleapis.com may set transient connection logs on Google's servers — we do not control Google's processing. Partner roaster links leaving brewmasters.pro may set their own cookies governed by partner policies. We do not embed social media tracking pixels or advertising network cookies on our core matcher pages.
Consent management
On your first visit, a banner offers three choices:
- Accept all — Enables essential and analytics cookies. Preference stored six months.
- Reject all — Enables essential cookies only. Analytics disabled. Preference stored six months.
- Customise — Opens a panel to toggle analytics while keeping essential cookies active. Save preferences stores your choice for six months.
You may change preferences at any time by clearing site cookies in your browser and revisiting brewmasters.pro to trigger the banner again, or by contacting [email protected] for assistance.
Browser controls
Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies through settings. Blocking all cookies may prevent the consent record from saving and cause the banner to reappear each visit. Essential site functions may degrade if session cookies are blocked. Consult your browser documentation for instructions: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and mobile browser equivalents all provide cookie management tools.
Do Not Track
Our site responds to explicit cookie banner choices rather than automated Do Not Track browser signals, which lack uniform industry standards. Reject all in our banner achieves equivalent opt-out for analytics purposes.
Updates
We may update this Cookie Policy when adding new tools or changing vendors. The Last updated date at the top reflects the most recent revision. Material changes will be communicated through an updated banner notice where appropriate.
Contact
Questions about cookies: [email protected]
BrewMasters Inc., 1675 Lower Water Street, Suite 412, Halifax, NS B3J 1S9, Canada