Effective date: October 4, 2026

1. Overview

This Cookie Policy explains how GoldnBear Security, operated by GoldnBear Inc. (referred to as GoldnBear, we, us or our), uses cookies, local storage, and two advertising measurement tags on https://goldnbearsecurity.com (the Site). It describes what these technologies are, why we use them, and the choices you have. This policy is part of our Privacy Policy, and terms used here have the same meaning as in that document. This Cookie Policy was last updated on October 4, 2026.

In short: the Site uses strictly necessary cookies and local storage to run the Site and remember accessibility settings and your privacy choice. It also loads an OpenAI advertising and measurement pixel and a Google Ads tag when a page loads, unless you opt out or your browser sends Global Privacy Control. They measure page visits, and the OpenAI pixel records a lead when a visitor submits a form or taps a phone number link, so we can measure ads and leads. That use may count as sharing personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising under California law.

2. What Cookies, Local Storage, and Pixels Are

Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit. They allow the site to recognize your device and remember your preferences. Cookies set by the website you are visiting are called first-party cookies. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser, while persistent cookies remain until they expire or you delete them.

Local storage is a related browser technology that lets a website save small amounts of information directly in your browser. Unlike cookies, information in local storage is not automatically sent to our servers with every request. We use local storage to remember accessibility settings and your Do Not Sell or Share choice.

A pixel here means a script that runs in the page and sends measurement events to another company. The Site loads two: an advertising and measurement pixel from OpenAI and a Google Ads tag from Google, both described in section 6.

3. Why We Use These Technologies

We use these technologies for the following purposes:

To keep the Site secure and working properly, including protecting it against automated abuse.
To remember the accessibility settings you choose in the on-site accessibility widget so that they apply on every page and on your next visit.
To record a Do Not Sell or Share opt-out, or that your browser sent Global Privacy Control, so the advertising tags do not load on later visits in this browser.
To measure ads and leads with the OpenAI pixel and the Google Ads tag described below.

4. Categories We Use

We group the cookies, storage items, and pixels on the Site into the following categories:

Strictly necessary: required for the Site to work and to keep it secure, such as items that protect against automated abuse, route your request to the correct server at our hosting provider, or remember a privacy choice. You can block them in your browser, which may affect how the Site functions.
Preferences: remember the choices you make, such as the accessibility settings from the on-site accessibility widget (text size, contrast, dyslexia-friendly font, reduced motion, link highlighting, larger cursor, and reading guide). These are stored in your browser's local storage.
Advertising and measurement: an OpenAI pixel that loads on page load and sends page-visit and lead events, and a Google Ads tag that loads on page load, so we can measure ads and leads. This may count as sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). You can stop them for this browser, and Global Privacy Control stops them as well. See section 6.

5. Cookies and Storage Items We Set

The following list describes items set by the Site itself. It does not list cookies the OpenAI pixel script or the Google tag script may set; those are controlled by those scripts, and we do not name them here because they are not set by our code.

Accessibility preferences (local storage, first party, category: preferences). Purpose: remembers the settings you choose in the accessibility widget, such as text size, contrast mode, dyslexia-friendly font, reduced motion, link highlighting, larger cursor, and reading guide. Duration: until you reset the widget or clear your browser data.
Privacy choice, stored as gnb-consent (local storage and a first-party cookie, category: strictly necessary). Purpose: records a Do Not Sell or Share opt-out, a Global Privacy Control opt-out, or that you dismissed the privacy notice. When the value is an opt-out, the OpenAI pixel and the Google Ads tag do not load. Duration: the cookie lasts up to 12 months; the local storage copy lasts until you clear it.
Hosting and security cookies (cookie, set by our hosting provider, category: strictly necessary). Purpose: may be set temporarily to protect the Site against automated abuse or to route your request to the correct server. Duration: session, or up to 24 hours.

6. OpenAI Pixel and Google Ads Tag

When a page loads, the Site adds a script from https://bzrcdn.openai.com/sdk/oaiq.min.js and starts an OpenAI measurement pixel with pixel ID SvEb4UsvZMWB8AMGhZKDA3. The script runs unless you have opted out of sale or sharing on this browser, or your browser sends Global Privacy Control.

From our code, the pixel does two things we can verify. It loads on the page, which is how page visits are measured. When a visitor submits a form or taps a phone number link, our code sends a lead event named lead_created with a type of customer_action. We use these events to measure ads and leads. The lead event our code sends does not include the name, email address, phone number, or message you typed into the form. The vendor's script may attach its own technical data to those events; we do not list fields we cannot see in our code.

The Site also adds the Google tag script from https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js and configures it with the Google Ads ID AW-799391813. It runs under the same conditions as the OpenAI pixel. From our code, the tag loads on the page, which is how page visits are measured for Google Ads. Our code does not send it a lead event or anything typed into a form. Google's script may set its own cookies and attach its own technical data; we do not list fields we cannot see in our code.

This use may count as “sharing” of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising under California law. You can stop the pixel and the tag for this browser by choosing Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information at https://goldnbearsecurity.com/your-privacy-choices. If your browser sends Global Privacy Control, neither is loaded.

7. How to Manage Your Preferences

You have several ways to control these technologies on the Site:

Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information: the button on https://goldnbearsecurity.com/your-privacy-choices stores an opt-out in this browser and stops the OpenAI pixel and the Google Ads tag from loading. The choice applies to this browser until you clear site data or choose to allow them again on that page.
Global Privacy Control: if your browser or a browser extension sends a GPC signal, we treat it as an opt-out and do not load the pixel or the tag. You do not need to click the button for this to take effect. Learn how to enable GPC at globalprivacycontrol.org.
Privacy notice: a notice at the bottom of the page describes the pixel and the tag and links to this policy, the Privacy Policy, and the Do Not Sell or Share page. Dismissing the notice does not turn them on or off. They load on page load unless you have opted out or GPC is on.
Browser settings: most browsers let you view, delete, and block cookies and clear local storage through their settings or preferences menu. Instructions for popular browsers are available from their support sites, for example support.google.com for Chrome, support.apple.com for Safari, support.mozilla.org for Firefox, and support.microsoft.com for Edge. Blocking all cookies may stop some parts of the Site from working correctly.
Accessibility widget: use the controls inside the widget to clear your saved accessibility preferences without affecting other browser data.
Mobile devices: iOS and Android provide settings to limit tracking and to clear website data for each browser within the device settings.

What Happens If You Opt Out or Block Cookies

If you opt out or send Global Privacy Control, the Site still works. The OpenAI pixel and the Google Ads tag are not loaded, and a later form submission or phone-number link tap does not send the lead event. Events already sent before you opted out are not recalled by our code. If you block strictly necessary items, some features such as the privacy notice or security protections may not work correctly. If you clear local storage, your accessibility preferences return to their defaults and a stored opt-out is removed until you set it again or GPC is still on.

8. Do Not Track

Some browsers can send a Do Not Track (DNT) signal to the websites you visit. There is no common industry standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals, and the Site does not treat DNT differently from a browser that does not send it. We do honor Global Privacy Control, which has a defined legal meaning under California law, by not loading the OpenAI pixel or the Google Ads tag.

9. Relationship to Our Privacy Policy and Your Rights

Information collected through cookies, local storage, and the advertising tags is personal information under the CCPA when it can reasonably be linked to you or your device. Our Privacy Policy at https://goldnbearsecurity.com/privacy-policy describes the categories we collect, the rights California residents have (including the right to know, delete, and correct), and how to exercise them. The right to opt out of sharing is available on the Your Privacy Choices page at https://goldnbearsecurity.com/your-privacy-choices, which stops the OpenAI pixel and the Google Ads tag for this browser.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies, local storage, or the advertising tags, please contact us:

Email: ceo@goldnbearsecurity.com
Telephone: (213) 864-7178
Mail: GoldnBear Inc., Attention: Privacy, 811 W 7th St, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Website: https://goldnbearsecurity.com

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