Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners to make their websites work more efficiently and to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, SmashBros.us) 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 to be provided on or through the website, such as analytics, advertising, and affiliate tracking.

Why do we use cookies? We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our website to operate, and we refer to these as "necessary" or "essential" cookies. Other cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our website and understand how visitors engage with our content. Third parties serve cookies through our website for analytics and affiliate marketing purposes.

Types of Cookies We Use

Necessary Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as maintaining your theme preferences (light or dark mode).

• Theme Preference Cookie: Stores your selected color theme (light or dark mode) so your choice persists across visits.
• Session Cookies: Enable basic website functionality and navigation between pages.

Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website to you, you cannot refuse them. However, you can block or delete them by changing your browser settings as described below.

Analytical Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages visitors go to most often and if they receive error messages from web pages. This information helps us improve how our website works and understand which content is most valuable to our audience.

• Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to track visitor behavior, page views, session duration, traffic sources, and user demographics. This helps us understand which European bride categories and dating site reviews are most popular with American men seeking relationships.
• Performance Monitoring: Cookies that measure website loading speed and technical performance to ensure optimal user experience on mobile and desktop devices.

The information collected by analytical cookies is aggregated and anonymous. We do not collect personally identifiable information through these cookies.

Affiliate Marketing Cookies

SmashBros.us is an informational website that earns commissions through affiliate links to dating platforms. Affiliate cookies track when users click on our links to partner dating sites (SofiaDate, AmorPulse, Datempire, MySpecialDates, LoveForHeart) and may track subsequent actions such as registration or subscription.

• Affiliate Tracking Cookies: Record which dating site links you clicked from our website so we can receive proper attribution and commission if you later sign up for that platform.
• UTM Parameters: URL tracking parameters that identify traffic referred from SmashBros.us to partner dating platforms.
• Conversion Tracking: Cookies that help dating platforms confirm that a new user came from our referral, ensuring we receive credit for the introduction.

These affiliate cookies do not collect sensitive personal information about you. They simply track the referral path from our website to partner platforms for proper commission attribution.

How Cookies Support Dating Site Recommendations

Understanding how you interact with our content helps us provide more relevant information about European mail order brides and international dating platforms.

Content Optimization: Analytics cookies show us which European nationality pages (British, German, French, Polish, Ukrainian, etc.) receive the most engagement. This data informs our editorial decisions about which categories to expand with more detailed cultural information and dating advice.

Review Relevance: By tracking which dating site reviews (SofiaDate, AmorPulse, Datempire) users read and engage with, we can prioritize updating reviews with the most current features, pricing, and user experiences.

User Experience: Performance cookies help us identify technical issues such as slow-loading pages or broken links, ensuring that users seeking information about European brides have a smooth, frustration-free experience.

Affiliate Transparency: Affiliate tracking cookies ensure proper attribution when users click through to dating platforms from our site. This financial mechanism allows us to maintain SmashBros.us as a free informational resource without charging visitors for access to reviews and cultural guides.

Managing and Disabling Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer.

Browser Controls

You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website, though your access to some functionality and areas may be restricted (such as theme preferences not being saved).

Common browser cookie settings:

• Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
• Mozilla Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Safari (macOS): Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
• Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data
• Safari (iOS): Settings → Safari → Block All Cookies
• Chrome (Android): Settings → Site settings → Cookies

Opt-Out of Google Analytics

You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your web browser.

Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers incorporate a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites you visit that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. Currently, there is no universal standard for how DNT signals should be interpreted. SmashBros.us does not currently respond to DNT signals, but we limit tracking to essential analytics and affiliate attribution as described in this policy.

Third-Party Services

In addition to our own cookies, we use various third-party services that set cookies to fulfill their functionality on our website.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users interact with our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics Cookie Policy.

Dating Platform Partners

When you click affiliate links to our partner dating sites (SofiaDate, AmorPulse, Datempire, MySpecialDates, LoveForHeart), those platforms may set their own cookies once you arrive on their websites. We do not control these third-party cookies. Please review the privacy and cookie policies of these dating platforms to understand how they use cookies:

• SofiaDate: www.sofiadate.com/privacy-policy
• AmorPulse: amorpulse.com/privacy-policy
• Datempire: datempire.com/privacy-policy
• MySpecialDates: myspecialdates.com/privacy
• LoveForHeart: loveforheart.com/privacy

Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy.

We encourage you to periodically review this Cookie Policy to stay informed about how we use cookies and similar technologies. Your continued use of SmashBros.us after any changes to this Cookie Policy will constitute your acceptance of such changes.

Contact Us About Cookies

If you have questions or concerns about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

We will respond to your inquiry within 30 days. For general privacy questions beyond cookies, please refer to our Privacy Policy. For information about affiliate relationships, see our Affiliate Disclosure.