Cookie Policy
This page explains how Best Rated Business Loans uses cookies and similar browser based technologies when you visit bestratedbusinessloans.com. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which covers how we handle information more broadly.
What a Cookie Is
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores in your browser. Cookies let a site remember information about your visit, such as your preferences or whether you have seen a particular message before. Some cookies last only for your current browsing session, while others remain on your device for a set period.
Categories of Cookies We Use
- Essential cookies allow core features to function, such as loading rate comparison tables and remembering your session while you browse the site. These last for your session only.
- Analytics cookies help us understand which pages and tools are used most often, using a locally stored identifier rather than tracking based solely on your IP address. These can last up to 13 months.
- Preference cookies remember choices you make on the site, such as a selected loan product tab in our interactive calculator. These can last up to 12 months.
- Advertising and referral cookies track which lender listings or comparison links a visitor clicked, so we can measure referral activity described in our Advertising Disclosure. These can last up to 90 days.
Why We Moved to Client Side Identifiers
Rather than estimating traffic solely from server logs and IP addresses, our site generates a random identifier stored in your browser the first time you visit. This approach gives us a more accurate count of unique visitors and repeat visits, since a single IP address can represent many different people, particularly on shared office or mobile networks. It also means we are not tying your browsing activity to your specific IP address for analytics purposes.
Third Party Cookies
Certain features on our site, such as embedded fonts or analytics scripts, may set cookies belonging to a third party service provider rather than to us directly. We choose providers that maintain their own privacy commitments, and we encourage you to review a provider’s own policy if you want more detail on how it handles cookie data.
Managing Cookies
Most browsers let you view, delete, and block cookies through their settings menu. You can typically choose to block all cookies, block only third party cookies, or receive a notice before a cookie is set. Because blocking essential cookies may prevent parts of the site, such as the interactive rate calculator, from working correctly, we recommend allowing essential cookies while adjusting analytics or advertising cookies to your preference.
Clearing your cookies will reset your locally stored visitor identifier, which may cause our analytics to count your next visit as a new session.
Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers offer a “do not track” setting. There is not yet a common industry standard for how sites should respond to this signal, so our site does not currently change its behavior based on it, though you can still limit tracking through the cookie controls described above.