RareSkills LLC ("RareSkills", "we", "our", or "us") uses cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, and similar technologies on our website and services. This Cookie Policy explains the main categories of technologies we use, why we use them, and how you can manage them.

This page should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

1. What Cookies and Similar Technologies Do

Cookies are small files stored by your browser. Similar technologies, such as pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, and browser identifiers, can help a website remember preferences, measure visits, understand how pages are used, support chat tools, or measure advertising.

Our cookie notice records that you have seen the notice. It is an informational notice and does not provide granular consent controls, block cookies, or change which integrations load.

2. Technologies We Use

2.1 Strictly Necessary and Site Operation

We use limited first-party storage for site operation and preferences. This includes or may include:

• Remembering that you acknowledged our cookie notice (rs_cookie_notice, about 180 days)
• Remembering interface preferences, such as theme or display settings
• Supporting authentication or protected admin areas when applicable
• Maintaining website security and reliability

2.2 Cookieless Analytics and Performance

We use privacy-focused analytics and performance tools to understand site traffic, page usage, and technical performance. These tools help us improve the website and diagnose issues.

Current integrations include:

• Plausible for aggregate website analytics. Plausible is designed not to use cookies, browser cache, local storage, or persistent identifiers for visitor tracking.
• Vercel Web Analytics for aggregate traffic reporting, including page views, referrers, country, browser, operating system, and device type. Vercel Web Analytics is designed not to use cookies and identifies visitors with a short-lived hash.
• Vercel Speed Insights for Core Web Vitals and other web performance measurements.

2.3 Behavior Analytics

We use behavior analytics to understand how visitors interact with pages and where the website can be improved.

Current integrations include:

• Microsoft Clarity for usage analytics, session behavior, and site improvement insights. Clarity typically sets non-essential first-party and third-party cookies, including identifiers used to connect page views and session recordings.

2.4 Marketing and Advertising Measurement

We use marketing and advertising technologies to measure campaign performance, understand referrals, and support retargeting or conversion measurement.

Current integrations include:

• Google Tag Manager for loading and managing measurement tags and sending RareSkills website events into window.dataLayer. Google Tag Manager itself is a tag-management tool; the tags configured inside it, such as Google Analytics 4 or Google Ads tags, may create or read cookies and send event data.
• Google Analytics 4, configured through Google Tag Manager, for event measurement, advertising audiences, and conversion reporting.
• Google Ads measurement or retargeting, when configured through Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, or Google Ads, for advertising audiences, conversion reporting, and retargeting.
• Meta Pixel for Meta advertising measurement, retargeting, and page-view/event reporting. Meta may use cookies and similar technologies to receive information about activity on websites that use Meta Business Tools.

2.5 Functional and Support Tools

We use functional tools to support communication and improve the visitor experience.

Current integrations include:

• Crisp for live chat and support. Crisp chatbox cookies use the crisp-client/* prefix, are used to restore chat sessions and message history, and expire after about 6 months by default unless renewed when the chatbox loads.

3. Third-Party Providers

Some technologies are provided by third parties. These providers may process information such as device identifiers, browser information, pages visited, approximate location, referral source, and interaction data according to their own policies.

The exact cookies, identifiers, retention periods, and data points may change when providers update their services or when our Google Tag Manager configuration changes.

4. Managing Cookies

You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block cookies, delete existing cookies, or receive warnings before cookies are stored.

Blocking cookies may affect some website features, including preferences, embedded tools, chat support, or authenticated areas. Browser controls are separate from our cookie notice, which only records that the notice was acknowledged.

5. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when our tools, vendors, or legal requirements change. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date.

6. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, contact us at contact@rareskills.io.