Cookie Policy

What cookies are

Cookies are small files or identifiers that may be stored on a visitor’s device when they use a website. Similar technologies may include pixels, tags, local storage, device identifiers, or other tools used to support website operation, advertising, measurement, security, and privacy preferences.

How this site may use cookies

Internet Availability Explained may use cookies or similar technologies for purposes such as:

• operating and protecting the website;
• remembering privacy or consent choices where applicable;
• displaying and measuring advertising;
• helping prevent advertising fraud and abuse;
• understanding general site performance and usage patterns;
• supporting third-party services used by the site.

Google AdSense and advertising cookies

Internet Availability Explained may display advertising through Google AdSense. Google and its partners may use cookies or similar technologies to serve ads, limit how often ads appear, measure ad performance, personalize ads where permitted, and help prevent fraud or abuse.

Ads shown on this site are separate from editorial content. The site does not sell internet plans, rank providers by payment, operate an address checker, or confirm service availability.

Personalized and non-personalized ads

Depending on a visitor’s location, consent choices, browser settings, Google settings, and applicable law, advertising may be personalized or non-personalized. Personalized ads may use information such as interests or prior activity where allowed. Non-personalized ads may still use cookies or similar technologies for purposes such as frequency capping, aggregated ad reporting, and fraud prevention.

Consent choices

Visitors in some regions, including the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, some U.S. states, and other jurisdictions, may be shown privacy or consent controls. These controls may allow visitors to accept, reject, or manage certain advertising or cookie uses where required.

If a consent-management tool is displayed, the choices available in that tool may depend on the visitor’s location, applicable law, and the services active on the site.

Browser controls

Most browsers allow users to block, delete, or manage cookies. Browser settings vary by device and browser. Blocking cookies may affect how some websites, advertising features, or consent choices work.

Third-party services

Third-party services, including advertising providers, analytics providers, hosting providers, security services, or linked external websites, may use their own cookies or similar technologies. Those third parties are responsible for their own privacy and cookie practices.

Server logs

In addition to cookies, the site or its hosting provider may record basic server log information such as IP address, browser type, device type, requested page, date and time of access, and referring page. Server logs are used for site operation, troubleshooting, performance, and security.

No address-check database

Internet Availability Explained does not operate a live internet-availability checker and does not ask visitors to enter home addresses to check service. The site is an educational resource, not a provider marketplace or ordering platform.

Changes to this policy

This Cookie Policy may be updated from time to time as site features, advertising practices, or legal requirements change. The effective date near the top of the page indicates the current version date.

Related policies

For more information, see the Privacy Policy, Terms, and Disclaimer.