Cookie Policy

Effective: May 15, 2026

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies and similar technologies Best Gold Company uses on https://bestgold.company, why we use them, and how you can control them. It complements our Privacy Policy.

What cookies are

A cookie is a small text file that a website places on your device when you visit. Cookies let a site remember basic information between page loads, recognize a returning device, and pass simple data to analytics or attribution tools. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, and pixel tags. For simplicity, this policy refers to all of these as “cookies”.

Cookies set by Best Gold Company

Best Gold Company sets a small number of first-party cookies. We try to keep this set as small as possible:

  • Strictly necessary cookies. A small number of cookies are required for the site to function correctly, including basic session management and security. The site cannot operate normally without these.
  • Functional cookies. Cookies that remember settings during your visit so the experience feels coherent across pages.
  • Affiliate attribution cookies. When you click certain outbound links to Gold IRA dealers, custodians, or related providers, our link redirector may set a short-lived cookie that lets us attribute your click correctly for commission reconciliation. These cookies do not record your personal identity. They typically expire within the attribution window required by the affiliate partner (often 30 to 90 days).

Third-party cookies

Some cookies on Best Gold Company are placed by third-party services we rely on. These services have their own privacy and cookie policies and use cookies under their own terms:

  • Hosting and security (BigScoots and Cloudflare). Cloudflare in particular may set security and performance cookies to identify your device when delivering the site, mitigate abusive traffic, and route requests efficiently.
  • Website analytics. We use a website analytics provider to understand which articles readers find useful and where traffic comes from. The analytics service typically sets cookies that record pages viewed, time on page, referring URL, and an anonymized version of your IP address. We do not connect this analytics data to any personal identity.
  • Affiliate networks. When you click an affiliate link and arrive at the destination site (Augusta Precious Metals, Goldco, Noble Gold Investments, American Hartford Gold, Birch Gold Group, or a similar provider), that destination typically sets its own cookies under its own privacy policy. We do not control those third-party cookies.

Cookie duration

Cookies are either session cookies or persistent cookies. Session cookies expire when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your device until they reach a stored expiration date or until you delete them manually. The expiration varies by purpose, from minutes for a security cookie to up to two years for some analytics cookies.

How to manage cookies

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers let you:

  • View the cookies currently stored on your device.
  • Delete some or all stored cookies.
  • Block third-party cookies.
  • Block all cookies (note: this may break parts of many websites, including ours).

If you block or delete cookies, you may need to re-enter preferences when you return, and some site features may not work as expected. To opt out specifically of third-party analytics and ad cookies, you can also use the industry opt-out tools at https://optout.aboutads.info/ and https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/.

Do Not Track signals

Some browsers transmit a “Do Not Track” signal to websites you visit. Industry standards have not converged on a single definition of how websites should respond to that signal. Best Gold Company does not currently respond to Do Not Track signals, but we limit our analytics and tracking to the minimum described in this policy and our Privacy Policy regardless of whether the signal is set.

Affiliate links and disclosure

Best Gold Company is reader-supported. Cookies used for affiliate attribution are necessary for us to be credited for referrals we send to dealers and custodians. The relationship does not change our ratings, scoring, or coverage. See the Affiliate Disclosure for the full framework.

Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy as our use of cookies changes or as applicable law evolves. When we do, the Effective date at the top of this page is updated.

Contact

Questions about cookies, tracking, or related privacy concerns can be sent to [email protected].