Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies allow a website to recognize your device, remember your preferences, and improve your browsing experience.

How We Use Cookies

Elevate & Empower Collective LLC ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website for the following purposes:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be switched off. They include:

• Authentication cookies: To keep you logged in to your account (e.g., The Haute Society by Elevate & Empower Collective™ membership portal)
• Cookie consent: To remember your cookie preferences
• Session management: To maintain your session as you navigate the site

Functional Cookies

These cookies enhance your experience by remembering your choices:

• Theme preference: Remembering your light/dark mode selection
• Newsletter popup: Tracking whether you've already seen or dismissed the newsletter signup
• Form data: Temporarily storing form progress

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website:

• Page views: Understanding which pages are most visited
• Traffic sources: Knowing how visitors find our site
• User behavior: Analyzing navigation patterns to improve user experience

Local Storage

In addition to cookies, we use browser local storage for similar purposes. Local storage allows us to store data locally on your device. We use local storage for:

• Remembering your cookie consent choice
• Storing your theme preference (light/dark mode)
• Managing newsletter popup display frequency
• Blog post engagement tracking (likes via anonymous session IDs)

Third-Party Cookies

Our website may include content or features from third-party services that may set their own cookies. These third parties include:

• Payment processors: For processing payments — Stripe (Haus memberships), Mercury (brand wire transfers), and PayPal (creator payments) may set cookies during transactions
• Embedded content: YouTube videos embedded in The Haute Society by Elevate & Empower Collective™ may set cookies

We do not control these third-party cookies. Please refer to the respective third-party privacy policies for more information about their cookie practices.

Managing Cookies

You can manage your cookie preferences in the following ways:

• Cookie consent banner: When you first visit our site, you can accept or decline non-essential cookies via our cookie banner
• Browser settings: Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies or delete cookies that have already been set. The process varies by browser — check your browser's help section for instructions
• Device settings: Your mobile device may offer settings to limit tracking

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website and your user experience.

Data Retention

Cookie data is retained for varying periods depending on the type:

• Session cookies: Deleted when you close your browser
• Persistent cookies: Remain on your device for a set period (typically up to 1 year) or until you delete them
• Local storage data: Persists until you clear your browser data or we update the storage keys

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable laws. We will post the updated policy on our website with a revised effective date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us: