Cookie Policy

Last updated: July 2, 2026

The short version. We use a small number of cookies — mostly to keep the site, forms, and secure donations working, plus privacy-respecting, aggregate analytics. No advertising or cross-site tracking cookies, and we never sell any data cookies collect. You can control or clear cookies any time in your browser.

1. What Cookies Are

Cookies are small text files a website stores on your device so it can remember things (like your session) and understand, in aggregate, how the site is used. “First-party” cookies are set by higherselflife.com; “third-party” cookies are set by a service we use (for example, Stripe when you make a secure donation).

2. Cookies We Use

Cookie / type	Purpose	Category	Typical duration
WordPress / session	Core site function, security, and (if you have an account) keeping you signed in	Strictly necessary	Session – 14 days
WPForms	Spam prevention and remembering form/session state	Strictly necessary	Session
GiveWP / Stripe	Fraud prevention and secure donation processing at checkout	Necessary (third-party)	Session – 1 year
SiteGround (hosting)	Security, bot protection, and performance/caching	Strictly necessary	Session – 1 year
Google Analytics (via MonsterInsights)	Aggregate, non-identifying usage stats to improve the site	Analytics	Up to 13 months

We do not use advertising, retargeting, or cross-site tracking cookies, and we do not sell any data cookies collect.

3. Managing Cookies

You can accept, block, or delete cookies through your browser settings — see your browser’s help pages (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge). Blocking strictly-necessary cookies may break forms and secure donations, but you can still browse the site.

4. Do Not Track & GPC

Because there is no industry-standard response to browser “Do Not Track” signals, the site does not respond to them; however, we already avoid the cross-site tracking those signals are meant to prevent. We honor the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal as an opt-out of any “sale” or “sharing” (we do neither).

5. Changes & Contact

If we change the cookies we use, we will update this page and the “Last updated” date. Questions: info@higherselflife.com. See also our Privacy Policy.

This Cookie Policy is provided for transparency and is not legal advice.