1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) by web servers when you navigate across internet pages. They enable web applications to preserve state, recognize returning sessions, and verify security tokens.
2. Categories of Cookies Used
Spark Connect Core maintains a minimal cookie footprint. We distinguish between two categories:
- Essential (Strictly Necessary) Cookies: Required for the fundamental technical operation of the website, including form anti-abuse tokens, security load balancing, and remembering your cookie consent selection. These cookies do not require prior consent and cannot be switched off in our systems.
- Performance & Analytics Cookies: Used to gather aggregate, non-personally identifiable telemetry regarding page load times and error rates across our technical field guides.
3. Active Cookies Table
| Cookie Name | Category | Provider | Specific Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
spark_connectcore_cookie_consent_v1 |
Essential | spark-connectcore.click | Stores your cookie consent banner choice (accepted or essential only). | 12 Months |
__cf_bm / _cfuvid |
Essential | Cloudflare / Host | Bot detection and denial-of-service defense to secure web traffic. | 30 Minutes / Session |
_scc_perf_stat |
Analytics | spark-connectcore.click | Measures anonymous aggregate page response latency. | Session |
4. Third-Party Cookies
We do not embed third-party advertising trackers or invasive behavioral remarketing cookies. Any third-party cookies present originate strictly from essential security infrastructure providers and content delivery networks ensuring rapid global delivery of our technical assets.
5. How to Manage and Disable Cookies
You have the complete freedom to control and disable cookies directly through your web browser settings:
- Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Third-party cookies.
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data.
- Apple Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data.
- Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies.
6. Impact of Disabling Cookies
If you configure your browser to block all cookies (including essential cookies), the core informational content of our educational pages will remain accessible; however, interactive features such as contact form submission state and cookie banner dismissal persistence will reset on each page reload.
7. Relationship to Privacy Policy
For comprehensive information on how we handle personal information, data retention windows, and your statutory rights under South Korean privacy legislation, please consult our Privacy Policy.
8. Inquiries
For technical inquiries regarding our cookie implementation, please email our administrative team at info@spark-connectcore.click.