Last updated: 13 August 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Tarpenes.com (“Tarpenes”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit https://tarpenes.com/ (the “Site”).

This Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains more generally how we collect, use and protect personal information.

Where applicable law requires your consent before we use a particular cookie or tracking technology, we will use that technology only in accordance with the choices you make through our cookie or privacy controls.

Simply continuing to browse the Site does not constitute consent where applicable law requires affirmative consent.

1. What Are Cookies and Similar Technologies?

Cookies are small files or pieces of information that websites can store on or access from your browser or device.

We may also use technologies that perform similar functions, including:

  • pixels and web beacons;
  • tags and scripts;
  • local and session storage;
  • browser or device identifiers;
  • advertising identifiers;
  • referral and attribution parameters;
  • tracking URLs;
  • embedded third-party technologies; and
  • other storage, access, measurement or tracking technologies.

In this Policy, we refer to these collectively as “cookies and similar technologies.”

Cookies may be placed directly by Tarpenes (“first-party cookies”) or by third-party services used through the Site (“third-party cookies”).

Some cookies last only for your browsing session, while others may remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.

2. How We Use Cookies

Depending on the services available on Tarpenes and the privacy choices you make, we may use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These technologies are required for the Site to operate securely and provide functionality you request.

They may be used for purposes such as:

  • website security;
  • fraud and abuse prevention;
  • server and network management;
  • session management;
  • remembering privacy choices;
  • form functionality;
  • bot detection; and
  • maintaining Site availability.

Where applicable law allows these technologies to operate without consent because they are strictly necessary or otherwise exempt, we may use them without requesting consent.

Disabling them may cause parts of the Site to stop working correctly.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies help provide enhanced functionality or remember choices you make.

They may remember things such as:

  • display preferences;
  • language settings;
  • previously selected options;
  • content preferences; and
  • other Site settings.

Where consent is required for these cookies, they will be used only in accordance with your choices.

Analytics and Performance Cookies

We may use analytics technologies to understand how visitors use Tarpenes and how the Site performs.

These technologies may help us understand information such as:

  • which pages are visited;
  • how visitors navigate the Site;
  • how long visitors engage with content;
  • referral sources;
  • browser and device type;
  • approximate geographic region;
  • Site errors;
  • Site performance; and
  • general content engagement.

We use this information to understand our audience, improve our content, troubleshoot technical issues and improve the Site.

We may use third-party analytics providers, including Google Analytics, where enabled.

Where applicable law requires consent for analytics technologies, we will obtain the required consent before using them.

3. Advertising Cookies

Tarpenes is a digital publisher and may generate revenue by displaying advertising.

We may work with advertising platforms, ad networks, measurement providers and other advertising technology companies to deliver and measure advertising on the Site.

Advertising technologies may be used for purposes including:

  • displaying advertisements;
  • contextual advertising;
  • personalized or interest-based advertising;
  • measuring advertisement impressions;
  • measuring advertisement interactions;
  • limiting how often an advertisement is displayed;
  • campaign attribution;
  • audience measurement;
  • reporting;
  • detecting invalid traffic;
  • preventing advertising fraud; and
  • evaluating advertising performance.

Depending on the provider, technology and your privacy choices, advertising partners may process information such as:

  • IP address;
  • browser or device information;
  • pseudonymous identifiers;
  • advertising identifiers;
  • pages visited;
  • advertisements displayed;
  • interactions with advertisements;
  • referral information;
  • timestamps; and
  • approximate geographic information.

Where personalized or interest-based advertising requires your consent or an opt-out right applies under applicable law, we will provide the relevant privacy choice.

Rejecting personalized advertising does not necessarily mean you will stop seeing advertisements. You may continue to see contextual or non-personalized advertising.

4. Affiliate and Referral Tracking

Tarpenes may participate in affiliate, referral, sponsorship and other commercial partnership programs.

Some links on the Site may therefore contain:

  • affiliate identifiers;
  • referral codes;
  • campaign parameters;
  • tracking parameters; or
  • other attribution information.

These technologies allow Tarpenes or a commercial partner to determine that a visit, registration, purchase or other action originated from Tarpenes.

Tarpenes may receive a commission, referral fee or other compensation if you click certain links or complete a qualifying action.

Where cookies or similar technologies used for affiliate tracking require consent under applicable law, they will be used in accordance with your privacy choices.

The presence of an affiliate link does not make Tarpenes the seller, manufacturer or provider of the third-party product or service unless we expressly state otherwise.

Transactions completed on independent third-party websites are generally governed by that third party’s own terms, privacy practices, warranties, refund policies and other conditions.

5. Content Measurement and Personalization

We may use technologies to understand how visitors interact with the content published on Tarpenes.

This may help us:

  • measure article readership;
  • understand content engagement;
  • identify popular topics;
  • improve navigation;
  • recommend related content; and
  • improve the overall content experience.

Where these technologies require consent under applicable law, we will use them only in accordance with your choices.

6. Cannabis, Health and Related Content

Tarpenes publishes educational and informational content relating to terpenes, cannabis, wellness, science and related subjects.

Your decision to view a particular article does not, by itself, mean that you have a particular medical condition, use cannabis, hold a particular belief or possess any other sensitive characteristic.

Where applicable law places additional restrictions on the use of information relating to health, sensitive characteristics or similar interests for advertising or profiling, we will apply those requirements to processing for which Tarpenes is responsible.

7. Embedded Third-Party Content

Some pages on Tarpenes may include content or functionality provided by third parties.

This may include:

  • videos;
  • advertisements;
  • social media content;
  • widgets;
  • forms;
  • images;
  • sharing tools; or
  • other interactive services.

When third-party content connects directly to another provider, that provider may receive technical information from your browser and may use its own cookies or similar technologies.

Where consent is required before a third-party technology can be loaded, we may block or limit the relevant functionality until you provide the necessary consent.

When you interact with an independent third-party service, its own privacy policy and terms may apply.

8. Third-Party Providers

Tarpenes may use third parties to provide services or technologies through the Site.

These may include:

  • analytics providers;
  • advertising platforms and networks;
  • affiliate networks;
  • audience measurement providers;
  • consent management providers;
  • hosting providers;
  • content delivery networks;
  • security and anti-fraud services;
  • social media services;
  • embedded-content providers;
  • marketing technology providers; and
  • other technology partners.

Different providers may have different responsibilities under privacy law.

Some providers process information on behalf of Tarpenes, while others may independently determine how they use information they receive.

Where Tarpenes is legally responsible for processing, nothing in this Policy is intended to exclude responsibilities imposed on us by applicable law.

Independent third parties may have their own privacy policies and cookie practices, which we encourage you to review.

9. Cookie and Vendor Information

The technologies used on Tarpenes may change as we develop the Site, change technology providers, add or remove integrations, or change our advertising, analytics or affiliate arrangements.

Our cookie consent or privacy preference tools may provide additional information about technologies currently in use, including information such as:

  • cookie or technology name;
  • provider;
  • purpose;
  • category; and
  • duration.

Where available, you can use the Cookie Settings or Privacy Preferences control on the Site to view or change your choices.

Where applicable law requires renewed consent because we materially change a technology, vendor or purpose, we will request that consent where required.

10. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

Depending on your location and the technologies used on Tarpenes, you may be able to:

  • accept optional cookies;
  • reject optional cookies;
  • choose cookies by category;
  • change your previous selections; and
  • withdraw previously provided consent.

Where applicable law requires an ability to reject non-essential technologies, we will provide an appropriate mechanism for doing so.

Withdrawing consent applies to future processing based on that consent and does not make processing that lawfully occurred before withdrawal unlawful.

You can revisit your preferences through the Cookie Settings or Privacy Preferences control made available on the Site.

11. Deleting Cookies From Your Device

Changing your choices through Tarpenes may prevent certain technologies from being used in the future, but it may not automatically delete cookies that were previously stored on your browser.

Most browsers allow you to:

  • view stored cookies;
  • delete cookies;
  • block cookies;
  • restrict third-party cookies; and
  • clear website data.

Please refer to your browser’s privacy or cookie settings for instructions.

Deleting cookies may also delete the cookie used to remember your privacy preferences, which means we may need to ask for your choices again.

12. Browser and Device-Specific Preferences

Your cookie preferences may be associated with a specific browser or device.

You may therefore need to make your choices again if you:

  • use another device;
  • change browsers;
  • use another browser profile;
  • use private or incognito browsing;
  • delete your cookies or website data; or
  • reset your browser.

13. Global Privacy Control

Certain browsers and extensions can transmit privacy preference signals, including Global Privacy Control (“GPC”).

Where applicable law requires Tarpenes to recognize a qualifying opt-out preference signal, we will treat that signal as an applicable opt-out request to the extent required by law.

Depending on the jurisdiction, this may relate to activities legally defined as:

  • the sale of personal information;
  • the sharing of personal information;
  • targeted advertising; or
  • other processing subject to an opt-out right.

A browser-based signal generally applies to the browser or device from which it is received unless applicable law requires otherwise or we can associate the signal with a broader account or identity.

14. U.S. Privacy Choices

Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional privacy rights relating to advertising or other uses of personal information.

Where Tarpenes is subject to an applicable state privacy law, we will provide and honor the rights required by that law.

Depending on the law, these rights may include the ability to opt out of activities defined as:

  • selling personal information;
  • sharing personal information;
  • targeted advertising; or
  • certain forms of profiling.

Where applicable, these choices may be available through our Cookie Settings, Privacy Preferences or other privacy controls displayed on the Site.

Additional information about privacy rights may also be provided in our Privacy Policy.

15. Security and Fraud Prevention

We and our service providers may use cookies and similar technologies to protect Tarpenes, visitors, advertisers and our technology infrastructure.

These technologies may be used to:

  • detect malicious activity;
  • detect automated traffic;
  • prevent fraud;
  • prevent advertising abuse;
  • prevent spam;
  • protect forms and Site functionality;
  • detect suspicious requests; and
  • maintain Site security and availability.

Where applicable law permits such technologies to operate without consent because they are necessary or exempt, they may be used without consent to the extent permitted by law.

16. How Long Cookies Remain Active

Different cookies and technologies remain active for different periods.

Some are deleted when you close your browser.

Others may remain for days, months or longer depending on their purpose and provider.

Where available, more specific expiry information may be shown through our Cookie Settings or privacy preference tools.

We seek to retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for its intended purpose, subject to legal, security, fraud-prevention and operational requirements.

Third-party providers may have their own retention practices for information they independently control.

17. International Processing

Tarpenes and third-party technology providers may process information in countries other than the country in which you are located.

Privacy laws may differ between jurisdictions.

Where applicable law requires safeguards for an international transfer for which Tarpenes is responsible, we will apply the required safeguards.

Independent third parties may be separately responsible for transfers they undertake.

More information about the processing of personal information may be available in our Privacy Policy or the privacy documentation of the relevant provider.

18. Third-Party Websites

Tarpenes may contain links to external websites, retailers, advertisers, scientific sources and other services.

When you leave Tarpenes and visit an independent third-party website, that website may use its own cookies and tracking technologies and collect information according to its own policies.

Tarpenes does not control an independent third party’s privacy practices merely because:

  • we link to it;
  • we mention it in our content;
  • an advertisement links to it; or
  • we receive affiliate or referral compensation.

We encourage you to review the privacy and cookie policies of third-party services you choose to use.

Nothing in this section limits any responsibility that applicable law expressly places on Tarpenes.

19. Children

Tarpenes is intended primarily for an adult audience interested in educational and informational content relating to terpenes, cannabis, science and related subjects.

We do not intend to use advertising technologies to knowingly target children in violation of applicable law.

Where privacy laws impose special requirements concerning children and tracking technologies, we will apply those requirements to processing for which Tarpenes is responsible.

20. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:

  • our Site;
  • technologies we use;
  • service providers;
  • advertising practices;
  • affiliate relationships;
  • legal requirements;
  • regulatory guidance; or
  • our business operations.

The date at the top of this Policy shows when it was last updated.

Where applicable law requires additional notice or renewed consent because of a material change, we will provide that notice or request renewed consent as required.

Publishing an updated Cookie Policy does not, by itself, constitute consent where affirmative consent is legally required.

21. Relationship With Our Privacy Policy

Some information collected or processed through cookies and similar technologies may constitute personal information or personal data under applicable law.

Our Privacy Policy provides additional information about how personal information is collected, used, disclosed, retained and protected and about any privacy rights that may apply to you.

This Cookie Policy supplements our Privacy Policy.

Nothing in this Cookie Policy is intended to restrict a privacy right that cannot lawfully be restricted.

22. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, our use of cookies or your privacy choices, you can contact Tarpenes through our website:

Tarpenes.com
https://tarpenes.com/

Contact:
https://tarpenes.com/contact/

You can also use any Cookie Settings or Privacy Preferences control displayed on the Site to manage applicable cookie choices.