This Cookie Policy explains how Paper Potion (paperpotion.co) uses cookies and similar technologies for visitors in the European Union, United Kingdom, and other regions that follow GDPR-style consent rules.
Paper Potion is a personal creative blog about paper crafts, scrapbook and mixed-media layouts, sketch challenges, and home cooking (including low-carb recipes). The Site may show display advertising to help support the archive.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device. Similar technologies include local storage, pixels, and advertising identifiers. Some are essential to run the Site; others help with advertising and personalisation.
How we use cookies
- Strictly necessary — remember your cookie choice, keep basic security and hosting working. These do not require consent where they are essential.
- Advertising and personalisation — allow Google and other ad vendors to show, measure, and personalise display ads on this Site, including via Google AdSense and related Google advertising products.
Advertising cookies and Google AdSense
When you choose Accept, third parties — including Google (Google AdSense / Google advertising products) — may set or read cookies and similar technologies to:
- deliver and personalise ads;
- limit how often you see the same ad (frequency capping);
- measure ad performance and detect invalid traffic;
- build or refine interest categories used for ad personalisation.
Those vendors act under their own policies as well as this notice. Non-essential advertising cookies are not activated on this Site until you Accept where consent is required.
Your choice
When you first visit, a banner lets you Accept or Reject non-essential cookies. We store your choice in local storage (pp_cookie_consent) so the banner does not keep returning. You can change your mind by clearing site data for paperpotion.co in your browser and reloading, or by using cookie preference controls if offered on the Site.
Rejecting non-essential cookies does not remove site content. Ads may be less relevant, limited, or non-personalised depending on the ad stack and legal requirements. Google Consent Mode signals on this Site default to denied until you Accept.
Managing cookies in your browser
You can also block or delete cookies via browser settings. Blocking all cookies may affect some features. Google provides additional ad settings for signed-in users in Google’s Ads Settings.
Legal bases (where GDPR / UK GDPR applies)
We rely on consent for non-essential advertising and personalisation cookies (including AdSense-related cookies). Essential cookies and hosting logs may rely on legitimate interests in operating a secure Site.
Related notices
USA-focused disclosures: Cookie Policy (USA / CCPA). Broader privacy information: Privacy Policy. Questions: haithemhamtinee@gmail.com or Contact Us.