PassportExpress uses cookies to make your experience on our site smooth, convenient, and meaningful. Here are the general categories of cookies and their purposes:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for our website to function properly. They enable core features such as security, network management, and accessibility. For example, if our site has a login or a multi-step form, these cookies might keep you logged in or remember your form progress (session cookies). Without these cookies, certain services or features you request may not be provided. Because they are necessary, these cookies are always active and cannot be disabled via our preferences. They do not gather information for marketing or remembering where you’ve been on the internet.
• Functional (Preferences) Cookies: These cookies allow our site to remember choices you have made in the past, like which region you’re in, your language or other preferences. For instance, if you select a preferred method of contact or you dismiss a one-time notice (like a cookie banner or a promo popup), a cookie might save that preference so it doesn’t ask again. They enhance personalization and user friendliness, but are not strictly required for basic operation.
• Analytics and Performance Cookies: We use these to collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often, how users navigate the site, and if they encounter errors. This helps us measure and improve the performance of our site. For example, we utilize Google Analytics to gather web analytics. These cookies may track things like how long you spend on the site, which pages you came from, and whether you are a new or returning visitor. The information is generally aggregated and not intended to identify you personally. It helps us understand usage patterns and improve content and site experience. In some cases, Google Analytics and similar tools might set their own cookies (third-party analytics cookies).
• Advertising and Targeting Cookies: PassportExpress itself does not display third-party ads, but we may use targeting cookies for our own advertising campaigns. These cookies are set by our advertising partners (like Google or Facebook) and they record your visit to our site, the pages you have viewed, or links you have clicked. If we use remarketing or targeted advertising, this information is used to show you relevant ads for PassportExpress on other sites or on social media. For example, the Facebook Pixel or Google Ads cookie might note that you visited our site, and then later you might see an ad for PassportExpress in your Facebook feed or Google search results. These cookies essentially help tailor our advertising and measure the effectiveness of campaigns. They might also limit the number of times you see an ad and help us understand ad reach. These cookies do track certain online identifiers and browsing habits, so we treat them with care and ensure we have your consent where required.
• Social Media Cookies: If our site has sharing features or if we integrate with social media (like a “Share on Facebook” button or a Twitter feed), the social network may set cookies via our site. These cookies enable functionalities like easy sharing and may collect your IP and the page you’re visiting. Social media cookies might also be used in conjunction with targeting cookies for advertising on those platforms. For example, if you use Facebook to log in or share, Facebook may store a cookie to recognize you.

Summary: We use a combination of first-party cookies (for things like session management and preferences) and third-party cookies (for analytics and advertising). These cookies help us:

• Keep you logged in or remember your form inputs (session cookies).
• Understand and save your preferences for future visits.
• Analyze site traffic and behavior to improve our service.
• Advertise our services to likely interested audiences and measure campaign success.