1. What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files that may be saved to your device by your browser when you visit a website. They can be used for purposes such as maintaining a session, remembering preferences, statistics or advertising.
2. Cookies used on the Ender Çikolata site
A cookie notice is shown on your first visit. Unless you choose “Accept”, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity are not loaded and no cookies from these services are placed on your device. Because the site offers no membership or e-commerce functionality, it does not use session, cart or payment cookies; it also does not use advertising or retargeting cookies.
| Category | Provider / cookie | Purpose | Duration | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential / preference | Ender Çikolata — ender-lang, ender-cookie (local storage) | Remembering your language and cookie choice | Until you delete it | Always active, not a cookie |
| Analytics | Google Analytics 4, via Google Tag Manager — _ga, _ga_* | Visit counts, page views and usage statistics | About 2 years | Only with consent |
| Analytics | Microsoft Clarity — _clck, _clsk, CLID, MUID | Click and navigation analysis to understand page usage (anonymised) | 1 day – 1 year | Only with consent |
| Advertising / marketing | — | — | — | Not used |
Google and Microsoft may process this data under their own privacy policies, and it may be stored on servers outside Türkiye. Durations are the typical values published by the providers and may be changed by them.
3. Server logs are not cookies
When you access the site, our hosting, content-delivery and security infrastructure may generate technical access records such as IP address, access time, device/browser and requested page. These records are not cookies placed on your device; they may be processed server-side for security, troubleshooting and service-delivery purposes. Further details are provided in the Personal Data Notice.
Language preference. If you choose to view the site in another language, that choice is stored only in your browser's local storage (ender-lang). It is not sent to the server, is not a cookie and is not used for tracking; you can remove it by clearing your browser data.
5. If a new cookie is added in the future
If a new analytics, performance, functional or advertising/marketing cookie is added:
- This policy will be updated with the cookie's name, provider, purpose, type and duration.
- Non-essential cookies will not be run without the visitor's prior, freely given and informed explicit consent.
- Accept, reject and preference options will be presented with equal accessibility.
- Your choice can be changed later.
6. Control through your browser
You can view, delete or block cookies for all sites from your browser settings. These settings are managed by your browser provider. When you follow a third-party link, that site's own cookie policy applies.
For questions, you can write to sosyal@endercikolata.com.
Effective date: 23 October 2026