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Cookie Policy
Last updated: March 16, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how TFH Biblical School ("we", "us", or "our") uses them on our website tfhbiblicalschool.com, and your choices regarding cookies. This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide a better user experience, and supply information to the website owners. Cookies can be "persistent" (remaining on your device until deleted or expired) or "session" cookies (deleted when you close your browser).
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential functionality: To enable core website features such as navigation, page rendering, and security.
- Consent management: To remember your cookie consent preferences so you are not asked repeatedly.
- Analytics: To understand how visitors interact with our website, which pages are most popular, where traffic comes from, and how we can improve the user experience.
- Real User Monitoring (RUM): To measure website performance as experienced by real visitors, including page load speed, responsiveness, and visual stability (Core Web Vitals).
- Error tracking: To detect and diagnose client-side errors and failed resource loads so we can fix issues promptly.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
Always ActiveThese cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function and cannot be disabled. They are typically set in response to actions you take, such as setting your privacy preferences or navigating the site.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| tfh_cookie_consent | Stores your cookie consent preference | Persistent |
Analytics Cookies
OptionalThese cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. They track page views, session duration, bounce rates, traffic sources, and geographic distribution to help us improve our content and outreach.
Analytics cookies are only set if you click "Accept All" on the cookie consent banner. If you choose "Essential Only", these cookies will not be placed on your device.
We may use the following analytics services:
| Provider | Cookie(s) | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel Analytics | va_* | Privacy-friendly page view and visitor analytics (no personal data stored) | Session |
| Google Analytics | _ga, _ga_* | Distinguishes unique visitors, tracks sessions, page views, traffic sources, and demographics | Up to 2 years |
| Google Analytics | _gid | Distinguishes users for a 24-hour period | 24 hours |
| Google Analytics | _gat | Throttles request rate to limit data collection on high-traffic sites | 1 minute |
Performance & Real User Monitoring (RUM)
OptionalThese technologies measure the real-world performance of our website as experienced by visitors. They help us identify slow pages, broken resources, and usability issues so we can improve the browsing experience.
RUM and performance monitoring may collect:
- Core Web Vitals: Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), Interaction to Next Paint (INP), Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)
- Navigation timing: Time to First Byte (TTFB), DOM load time, full page load time
- Resource performance: Load times for scripts, stylesheets, images, and fonts
- Client-side errors: JavaScript exceptions, failed network requests, and broken resources
- Connection data: Network type (e.g., 4G, Wi-Fi), effective bandwidth, and round-trip time
- Device context: Device category, viewport size, memory, and browser version
Performance data is collected only when you have consented to analytics cookies. We may use the following services:
| Provider | Technology | Purpose | Data Stored |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel Speed Insights | Script / Beacon | Measures Core Web Vitals and page load performance from real visitors | No cookies; data sent via beacons |
| Web Vitals API | Browser API | Captures standardized performance metrics (LCP, INP, CLS, TTFB, FCP) | No cookies; in-memory only |
4. Third-Party Services and Cookies
Some cookies and data collection on our website are managed by third-party services. These services process data according to their own privacy policies:
- Vercel (Hosting, Analytics & Speed Insights): Our hosting provider collects server access logs and may set cookies for analytics and performance monitoring. Vercel processes data in data centers globally. See Vercel's Privacy Policy for details.
- Google Analytics: If enabled, Google Analytics collects usage data using cookies. We use IP anonymization where available. Google processes this data in accordance with their Privacy Policy.
- Google Fonts: Our website loads fonts from Google Fonts. When your browser requests these fonts, your IP address and browser metadata are transmitted to Google's servers. No cookies are set by Google Fonts, but the connection itself constitutes a data transfer.
We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of these third-party providers for full details on their data practices.
5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can manage your cookie preferences in the following ways:
Cookie Consent Banner
When you first visit our website, a cookie consent banner will appear at the bottom of the screen. You can choose to:
- Accept All: Enables all cookies, including analytics cookies.
- Essential Only: Only essential cookies required for the website to function will be used.
Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically:
- View and delete cookies stored on your device
- Block all cookies or only third-party cookies
- Set preferences for specific websites
Please note that blocking or deleting cookies may affect the functionality of our website and your user experience.
Resetting Your Preferences
To reset your cookie consent preferences, clear your browser's local storage for this website. The cookie consent banner will reappear on your next visit.
6. Local Storage
In addition to cookies, we use browser local storage to remember your cookie consent preference. Local storage works similarly to persistent cookies but is managed by your browser. The data stored locally does not get sent to any server and remains on your device.
7. Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature. While there is no universally accepted standard for how to respond to DNT signals, we respect your privacy choices. If you have opted for "Essential Only" through our consent banner, no analytics or tracking cookies will be used regardless of your DNT setting.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:
More Information
For full details on how we handle your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.