Cookie Policy

Last updated: September 14, 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how StateMath.com, operated as Recipes by Hadd (“we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Site”), uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.

This policy explains:

• what cookies are;
• why we use them;
• the types of cookies that may be used;
• how advertising partners such as Google may use cookies;
• how you can manage or withdraw your cookie choices; and
• where you can obtain additional information about your privacy rights.

This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

By continuing to use StateMath.com, subject to the consent choices available in your location, you acknowledge the practices described below.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites and online services may place on a computer, smartphone, tablet, or other device when a website is visited.

Cookies can store or retrieve information relating to a browser, device, preferences, or interactions with a website.

Cookies are commonly used to:

• make websites function correctly;
• remember visitor preferences;
• maintain security;
• measure website traffic;
• understand how visitors interact with content;
• prevent fraud and abuse;
• measure advertising performance; and
• deliver or personalize advertising where permitted.

Cookies generally do not directly reveal a person’s name. However, cookie identifiers and related information may constitute personal data or personal information under certain privacy laws.

2. Similar Technologies

In addition to traditional browser cookies, StateMath.com and our service providers may use similar technologies.

These may include:

• pixels;
• tags;
• web beacons;
• local storage;
• browser storage;
• advertising identifiers;
• device identifiers;
• scripts;
• server-side technologies; and
• other online identifiers.

For simplicity, this Cookie Policy generally refers to these technologies collectively as “cookies” unless a distinction is necessary.

3. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies

Cookies may be classified according to who places them.

First-party cookies

First-party cookies are associated with StateMath.com.

They may be used to provide website functions, remember preferences, maintain security, or support other Site operations.

Third-party cookies

Third-party cookies are associated with domains or services other than StateMath.com.

For example, advertising, analytics, embedded-content, security, or other technology providers may place or access cookies when their services are used on the Site.

Google explains that AdSense may send cookies when a browser visits a page containing Google advertising tags. A visible advertisement does not necessarily need to appear for certain Google advertising technologies to operate.

4. Session and Persistent Cookies

Cookies may also be classified according to how long they remain available.

Session cookies

Session cookies generally remain available only during a browsing session and are typically deleted when the browser is closed.

Persistent cookies

Persistent cookies remain on a device for a defined period or until they are deleted.

Their duration varies according to the purpose of the cookie and the provider that sets it.

5. Categories of Cookies We May Use

StateMath.com may use the following categories of cookies.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for essential website functionality.

They may support functions such as:

• website security;
• network management;
• fraud prevention;
• consent-preference storage;
• form security;
• technical functionality; and
• maintaining basic Site operation.

Because these cookies are necessary for the website to operate, they may not always require consent where applicable law permits their use without consent.

Disabling essential cookies may cause parts of the Site to function incorrectly.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies may enable enhanced website features or remember choices made by visitors.

They may be used to remember:

• privacy preferences;
• user interface choices;
• language or regional settings;
• previously selected options; or
• other non-essential preferences.

If functional cookies are disabled, some personalized Site features may not operate as expected.

Analytics and Performance Cookies

Analytics and performance cookies may help us understand how visitors interact with StateMath.com.

For example, these technologies may help measure:

• page visits;
• traffic sources;
• popular recipes;
• navigation patterns;
• device and browser types;
• approximate geographic regions;
• errors or performance problems;
• session activity; and
• other aggregated usage information.

We use such information to evaluate and improve the Site.

Where applicable law requires consent before analytics cookies are used, these technologies should be activated according to the visitor’s consent choices.

Advertising Cookies

StateMath.com may display advertising through Google AdSense and potentially other advertising technology providers.

Advertising cookies may be used for purposes such as:

• serving advertisements;
• selecting advertisements;
• measuring advertising effectiveness;
• limiting how frequently an advertisement appears;
• detecting invalid traffic;
• preventing advertising fraud;
• reporting advertising performance;
• understanding interactions with advertisements; and
• personalizing advertising where permitted and consented to.

Google confirms that it uses cookies and similar technologies for advertising purposes, including ad delivery, frequency management, measurement, and, depending on user choices, personalization.

6. Google AdSense Cookies

StateMath.com may participate in the Google AdSense advertising program.

Google is a third-party vendor that may use cookies in connection with advertisements displayed on this Site.

Google requires AdSense publishers to inform visitors that:

• third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve advertisements based on a user’s previous visits to this Site or other websites;
• Google’s advertising cookies allow Google and its partners to serve advertisements based on visits to this Site and/or other websites on the Internet; and
• users have options for managing or opting out of personalized advertising.

Google and its advertising partners may also use technologies such as:

• cookies;
• advertising identifiers;
• web beacons;
• pixels;
• IP addresses;
• device information; and
• browser information.

These technologies may be used in connection with ad delivery, measurement, fraud prevention, reporting, and personalization.

7. Personalized Advertising

Where permitted by law and consistent with your privacy choices, cookies may be used to provide personalized advertising.

Personalized advertising may take into account information such as:

• previously visited websites;
• previous interactions with content;
• inferred interests;
• advertising interactions;
• approximate geographic information; and
• other signals permitted by applicable law.

Google may use advertising cookies and related technologies to personalize advertisements according to user settings and consent choices.

Visitors can manage Google advertising personalization through Google My Ad Center.

8. Non-Personalized Advertising

When personalized advertising is unavailable, disabled, declined, or legally restricted, visitors may still see advertisements.

Non-personalized advertisements may be selected primarily using contextual information.

This may include factors such as:

• the content of the current page;
• general geographic location;
• current search or browsing context; and
• other non-behavioral signals.

Non-personalized advertising may still require certain technologies for purposes such as:

• frequency capping;
• aggregated reporting;
• fraud prevention;
• ad measurement; or
• security.

Therefore, declining personalized advertising does not necessarily mean that no cookies or advertising-related technologies will ever be used.

9. Google and Information From Partner Sites

Because StateMath.com may use Google services such as AdSense, information may be transmitted to Google when visitors use the Site.

For example, Google states that when websites use Google advertising services, a visitor’s browser may automatically send information such as the page URL and IP address to Google.

Google’s independent processing of information is governed by Google’s own privacy policies, terms, and privacy controls.

Visitors can learn more through Google’s explanation of how it uses information from websites and applications that use Google services.

10. Advertising Technology Providers

Google advertising services may involve additional advertising technology providers.

Depending on the advertising request and the visitor’s location or consent choices, these providers may help with activities such as:

• ad selection;
• ad delivery;
• measurement;
• reporting;
• fraud prevention;
• audience measurement; and
• advertising personalization.

The specific advertising providers involved may change over time.

Where required, our consent-management interface may provide additional information about participating vendors and the purposes for which they process information.

11. Consent for Visitors in the EEA, United Kingdom, and Switzerland

Visitors located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland may be shown a consent-management message before certain non-essential cookies or advertising technologies are used.

Google requires publishers using AdSense to use a Google-certified Consent Management Platform integrated with the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework when serving personalized advertisements to users in these regions.

The consent interface may allow eligible visitors to:

• accept available purposes;
• reject certain optional technologies;
• manage consent by purpose;
• manage consent by vendor; and
• revisit or withdraw previously provided consent.

Where legally required, non-essential cookies should not be used until the required consent has been obtained.

12. Our Consent Management Platform

StateMath.com may use a Consent Management Platform (“CMP”) to provide cookie and privacy choices.

The CMP may store a cookie or similar identifier to remember privacy selections.

This is necessary so the Site can remember whether a visitor has:

• consented;
• rejected optional processing;
• selected particular purposes;
• selected particular vendors; or
• changed previously stored preferences.

Google’s own CMP supports European consent requirements as well as privacy messages for certain U.S. state requirements.

The specific consent interface displayed to you may depend on your location and the privacy laws applicable to you.

13. Changing or Withdrawing Consent

Where a cookie-consent or privacy-preference interface is available, visitors should be able to revisit their choices.

You may use the site’s Privacy Choices, Cookie Settings, Manage Options, or similarly named control where provided.

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.

After changing your choices, some cookies may remain on your device until they expire or are manually deleted. However, providers should no longer use them for purposes that require consent where your withdrawal applies.

Deleting your browser cookies may also delete the cookie that remembers your consent preference. Consequently, you may be asked to make your privacy selections again.

14. U.S. Privacy Choices

Certain U.S. state privacy laws may provide eligible residents with rights relating to online advertising.

Depending on the applicable jurisdiction, this may include the ability to opt out of:

• targeted advertising;
• certain forms of sharing;
• certain forms of sale of personal information; or
• other advertising-related processing.

Where legally required, StateMath.com may provide an appropriate privacy message or opt-out mechanism.

The terminology used may include labels such as:

Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

or:

Your Privacy Choices

The exact wording depends on the applicable law and consent-management system.

15. Global Privacy Control

Certain browsers or extensions support Global Privacy Control (GPC).

GPC allows a browser to transmit a privacy preference signal.

Where applicable law requires recognition of such signals, StateMath.com or participating technology providers may respond accordingly.

16. Cookie Duration

The length of time that a cookie remains on your device depends on the cookie.

Some cookies exist only during a browser session.

Others may remain for days, months, or longer, depending on:

• their purpose;
• applicable privacy rules;
• provider policies;
• browser settings; and
• visitor privacy choices.

Third-party cookie retention periods are controlled primarily by the relevant third-party provider and may change over time.

17. Cookies That May Be Used on StateMath.com

The exact cookies used by StateMath.com can change as Site functionality and service providers change.

The following describes the principal categories that may be present.

Category	Typical purpose	Provider
Necessary	Security, consent storage, technical operation	StateMath.com / service providers
Functional	Preference and interface functionality	StateMath.com / service providers
Analytics	Traffic and performance measurement	Analytics providers, if enabled
Advertising	Ad delivery, measurement, reporting and personalization	Google and advertising partners
Consent	Remembering privacy and cookie choices	Consent Management Platform
Security	Abuse prevention and protection	Hosting/security providers

This table describes general categories rather than guaranteeing that every listed technology is active during every visit.

The cookies and providers visible to an individual visitor may vary according to:

• geographic location;
• browser settings;
• consent selections;
• advertising availability;
• Site configuration; and
• third-party service availability.

18. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser

Most modern browsers provide controls that allow visitors to manage cookies.

Depending on your browser, you may be able to:

• view stored cookies;
• delete existing cookies;
• block cookies;
• block third-party cookies;
• clear Site data;
• restrict tracking;
• receive notifications before cookies are stored; or
• configure different permissions for different websites.

Please consult your browser’s privacy or cookie settings for current instructions.

Blocking all cookies may cause certain features of StateMath.com and other websites to stop functioning correctly.

19. Managing Google Advertising Cookies

Visitors may manage or disable personalized advertising associated with Google through Google My Ad Center.

Google also provides settings and documentation explaining how its advertising cookies and technologies work.

Changing Google advertising settings may reduce or prevent personalization, but it will not necessarily prevent advertisements from appearing.

20. Third-Party Websites and Embedded Content

StateMath.com may include links to or content supplied by third-party websites.

For example, pages could contain:

• embedded media;
• social media content;
• external links;
• advertising;
• videos;
• widgets; or
• other third-party services.

These external providers may use their own cookies when their services are loaded or used.

Their cookies are controlled by their respective privacy and cookie policies rather than this Cookie Policy.

We encourage visitors to review the policies of third-party services they interact with.

21. WordPress and Website Functionality

StateMath.com is built using WordPress and may use WordPress-related technologies, plugins, hosting tools, caching systems, security services, or other website infrastructure.

Some of these systems may use cookies or local storage when needed for functionality, security, performance, administration, consent management, or user preferences.

The exact technologies may change when Site functionality is updated.

22. Contact Forms

Submitting a contact form does not by itself mean that you have agreed to advertising cookies.

However, technical security technologies may be used to:

• protect the form;
• prevent spam;
• prevent fraudulent submissions;
• maintain website security; or
• process the request.

Information submitted through the Contact page is handled according to our Privacy Policy.

23. Security and Fraud Prevention

Cookies or similar technologies may be used to protect StateMath.com and its visitors.

They may assist with:

• detecting malicious activity;
• preventing spam;
• detecting automated requests;
• protecting advertising systems;
• detecting invalid advertising traffic;
• maintaining network security; and
• investigating suspicious activity.

These uses may be considered strictly necessary or may otherwise be permitted without consent under applicable law, depending on the circumstances.

24. Children’s Privacy

StateMath.com is a general-audience recipe website and is not specifically directed to children under 13.

We do not intentionally use cookies to build advertising profiles about children whom we knowingly identify as under the applicable minimum age.

Please see our Privacy Policy for additional information regarding children’s privacy.

25. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy periodically.

Changes may be necessary because of:

• new Site features;
• changes in advertising technology;
• new service providers;
• changes to Google AdSense;
• changes in applicable privacy laws;
• updates to consent-management systems; or
• changes in our data practices.

When this policy is updated, the Last updated date at the beginning of the page will be revised.

We encourage visitors to review this Cookie Policy periodically.

26. Contact Us

If you have questions regarding this Cookie Policy, the use of cookies on StateMath.com, or your privacy choices, please contact us.

Website: StateMath.com
Brand: Recipes by Hadd
Contact: Contact page

For broader information about how personal information is handled, please review our Privacy Policy.