Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Name 100 Women (name100woman.com, “we”, “us”) utilizes cookies, web beacons, and browser local storage technologies when you visit our platform. We outline every cookie classification, its technical purpose, and the mechanisms available to modify your tracking preferences.

1. What Are Cookies & Browser Storage Technologies?

Cookies are standardized text files placed on your computing device by web servers during a site visit. They allow a website to recognize your browser, retain interface configurations, and analyze navigation flows. In addition to cookies, Name 100 Women utilizes HTML5 Local Storage (localStorage) to record your interactive trivia score and unlocked roster slots directly on your device without transmitting guesses to external servers.

2. Categories of Cookies Employed on Name 100 Women

A. Strictly Necessary & Functional Technologies

These elements are required for core platform mechanics and cannot be disabled in our infrastructure:

  • Local Storage State: Retains active game progress, timer intervals, discovered woman IDs, and toggle modes (Challenge Mode vs. Study Guide Mode).
  • Security Tokens: Detect automated bot crawlers and protect against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) traffic.

B. Analytics & Performance Cookies

These cookies gather aggregated, anonymous navigation statistics to help us monitor server load, page speed, and reader engagement:

  • Google Analytics 4 (_ga, _ga_*): Evaluates traffic patterns, popular biographical guides, and referral sources without recording personal identifiable information. IP addresses are masked prior to storage.

C. Advertising & Marketing Cookies (Google AdSense)

To provide free access to all historical guides and trivia games, we partner with Google AdSense. Advertising cookies evaluate ad impression counts, prevent ad fraud, and facilitate interest-based ad rendering:

  • DoubleClick DART Cookie: Enables Google and certified partners to serve ads based on prior browsing activity on our platform and third-party websites.
  • Ad Personalization Signals: In jurisdictions requiring opt-in consent (e.g., EEA/UK), personalized ads deploy only after explicit consent; otherwise, contextual non-personalized ads are delivered.

3. Detailed Cookie Audit Table

Cookie Identifier Origin / Provider Functional Purpose Classification Standard Retention
n100w_session name100women.com Preserves user mode (Challenge / Study) Functional 30 Days
_ga Google Analytics Distinguishes individual client sessions Analytics 2 Years
_ga_* Google Analytics Persists session state and pageview telemetry Analytics 24 Hours
__gads Google AdSense Facilitates ad serving and impression tracking Advertising 13 Months
__gpi Google AdSense Tracks ad viewability and protects against fraud Advertising 13 Months
IDE / DSID DoubleClick Measures conversion rates and targets relevant ads Advertising 1 Year

4. Managing, Blocking & Deleting Cookies

You maintain complete control over cookie storage. You can restrict or purge cookies via your web browser settings. Note that disabling local storage will prevent your challenge scores from persisting across page refreshes.

Browser Configuration Portals:

Targeted Advertising Opt-Out Services:

To opt out of behavioral advertising cookies globally across participating advertising networks, visit:

5. Amendments to This Policy

We review and update this Cookie Policy periodically to align with evolving privacy legislation (e.g., ePrivacy Directive, GDPR, CCPA). Revisions are reflected with an updated date at the top of this document.

6. Contact the Data Protection Desk

If you have questions regarding our cookie practices, reach our privacy officers at: [email protected].