Cookie Policy

Last updated: September 23, 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how RealWhile (“we”, “us”, “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit https://www.realwhile.com. It explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control our use of them. This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, phone or tablet when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, and to provide reporting and advertising information to website owners.

Cookies set by the website owner (RealWhile) are called “first-party cookies”. Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third-party cookies”. Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality on or through the website, such as advertising, analytics, affiliate tracking and embedded videos.

Cookies can be “session cookies”, which are deleted when you close your browser, or “persistent cookies”, which remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them.

2. Similar Technologies

In addition to cookies, we and our partners may use web beacons (tracking pixels), local storage, SDKs and similar technologies. These are small pieces of code or graphic files that help us and our partners understand how visitors interact with content and advertisements.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly – for example, to keep the site secure, remember your cookie consent choices, load pages correctly, prevent spam in comments and balance server load. They cannot be switched off in our systems.

3.2 Preference / Functionality Cookies

These cookies remember choices you make, such as your name and email in the comment form (so you do not have to re-enter them), your display preferences or dark/light mode. They improve your experience but are not essential.

3.3 Analytics / Performance Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website – which articles are popular, how long visitors stay, how they arrive at the site and whether they encounter errors. We may use tools such as Google Analytics and Jetpack Stats. The information collected is generally aggregated and helps us improve our content.

3.4 Advertising Cookies

We use Google AdSense and may work with other advertising partners to display ads. These partners use cookies (including Google’s DoubleClick DART cookie) to show you ads that are more relevant to you, limit how many times you see an ad, and measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns. These cookies may track your browsing across different websites. Personalised ads are shown only where permitted by law and, where required, only after you give consent.

3.5 Affiliate Cookies

When you click an affiliate link on RealWhile (for example, a link to Flipkart or another online store, an app or an AI tool subscription page), the merchant or affiliate network may place a cookie on your device. This cookie records that you were referred by RealWhile so that we can receive a commission if you make a qualifying purchase. These cookies do not give us access to your purchase or payment details. See our Affiliate Disclosure.

3.6 Social Media and Embedded Content Cookies

Some pages include embedded videos (such as YouTube), social media buttons or posts. These services may set cookies to track your use of their features, even if you do not click on them.

4. Cookies Commonly Used on Our Site

wordpress_*, wp-settings-*, comment_author_* – WordPress core cookies for logged-in users and comment form details (first-party, necessary/preference).
_ga, _gid, _ga_* – Google Analytics cookies used to distinguish users and sessions (third-party, analytics, up to 2 years).
__gads, __gpi, IDE, DSID, test_cookie – Google AdSense / DoubleClick advertising cookies (third-party, advertising, up to 13 months).
Affiliate cookies (e.g. Flipkart Affiliate, app referral programs and other networks) – referral tracking (third-party, typically 24 hours to 90 days).
YSC, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE – YouTube embedded video cookies (third-party).

The exact cookies may change over time as we update our website, plugins and partners.

5. How to Control Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies (other than strictly necessary ones):

Consent banner: Where displayed, use our cookie consent banner to accept, reject or customise non-essential cookies. You can change your choices at any time.
Browser settings: Most browsers let you block or delete cookies. Visit the help pages of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge or your mobile browser to learn how.
Google ads personalisation: Opt out at Google Ads Settings.
Industry opt-outs: www.aboutads.info/choices and www.youronlinechoices.eu.
Google Analytics: Install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Please note that if you block cookies, some parts of the website may not work as intended, and you may still see ads – they will simply be less relevant to you.

6. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for legal, operational or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this page regularly to stay informed.