Cookie Policy

Last Updated: October 2025

This Cookie Policy explains how Starlust (“we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit starlust.org (the “Site”).

Starlust is operated and published by Scale Content Inc. and owned by Eleven Int Service Private Limited. This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

Where required by law, non-essential cookies are used only with your consent, which you can give or withdraw through our cookie banner or settings.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites recognize your device, remember preferences, analyze usage, and support functionality such as advertising or embedded content.

We use both:

  • First-party cookies – set directly by Starlust
  • Third-party cookies – set by analytics, advertising, affiliate, and social-media partners

We also use related technologies such as:

  • Pixels or tracking pixels
  • Web beacons
  • Local storage
  • Tags and scripts

For simplicity, all of these are referred to as “cookies” in this policy.

2. Why We Use Cookies

a. Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the Site to function properly. They:

  • Enable page navigation and core features
  • Maintain security and stability
  • Remember cookie consent preferences

These cookies cannot be disabled through our systems. Blocking them via your browser may cause parts of the Site to stop working.

b. Performance & Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use the Site by collecting information such as:

  • Pages visited
  • Time spent on pages
  • Traffic sources
  • Device and browser type

We use tools such as Google Analytics, which collect aggregated and/or pseudonymized data to analyze trends and improve performance. These cookies do not directly identify you.

c. Functionality & Personalization Cookies

These cookies allow the Site to:

  • Remember your preferences (such as language or region)
  • Recognize returning visitors
  • Provide enhanced and more personalized features

Disabling these cookies may affect how certain features function.

d. Advertising & Measurement Cookies

Starlust uses advertising cookies to:

  • Deliver relevant ads
  • Measure ad performance
  • Limit repeated ad exposure
  • Support audience measurement and reporting

We work with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive, our advertising partner, which may use cookies and similar technologies to serve and measure ads.

Learn more about Raptive’s data practices: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement

Under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), some advertising cookies may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

e. Social Media & Embedded Content Cookies

The Site may include embedded content or sharing tools from third-party platforms such as:

  • YouTube
  • X (Twitter)
  • Instagram
  • Facebook

These platforms may set their own cookies to track interactions with embedded content or social features, even if you are not logged in to those services. We do not control how third parties use their cookies.

3. Third-Party Cookies

Third parties may place cookies on your device through our Site, including:

  • Raptive – advertising delivery and measurement
  • Google Analytics – site analytics
  • Affiliate networks – tracking purchases from outbound links
  • Social media platforms – embedded content and sharing tools

Third-party cookies are governed by the privacy and cookie policies of the respective providers.

4. Your Choices & Cookie Controls

a. Cookie Banner & Settings

When you first visit the Site (and periodically thereafter), you will see a cookie banner allowing you to:

  • Accept all cookies
  • Reject non-essential cookies
  • Customize cookie preferences by category

You may update your preferences at any time through the Cookie Settings link on the Site (where available).

b. Browser Controls

Most browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings. You can block or delete cookies at any time.

Helpful resources include:

Blocking cookies may impact site functionality.

c. Interest-Based Advertising Opt-Out

You may opt out of interest-based advertising through industry tools:

These tools limit targeted advertising but do not eliminate ads entirely.

d. Global Privacy Control (GPC)

Where required by law, we honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals as a request to opt out of certain advertising cookies that may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information under CPRA.

5. How Long Cookies Last

Cookies may be:

  • Session cookies – deleted when you close your browser
  • Persistent cookies – remain until they expire or are deleted

Typical durations:

  • Preference cookies: weeks to months
  • Analytics cookies: up to 24 months
  • Advertising cookies: determined by third-party providers

You may delete cookies at any time through your browser settings.

6. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in technology, law, or business practices. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

7. Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies or this policy, contact us at:

Email: contact@starlust.org

For more information about how we handle personal data, please review our Privacy Policy.