1. About this website
cigprices.com is an informational website comparing official cigarette prices across multiple countries. It does not sell any products, process any commercial transactions, or collect any personally identifiable information.
2. Data collected
- •This website does not collect directly identifiable personal data (name, email address, etc.).
- •Like any web server, our hosting provider may record anonymous technical logs (anonymised IP address, browser type, pages visited) for security and aggregated statistical purposes.
- •Search queries and filter interactions remain local to your browser and are not transmitted to our servers.
3. Cookies
- •Strictly necessary cookies: they make the site work (language preference, dark or light theme). They are set without consent because the service cannot run without them.
- •Analytics cookies: set by Google Analytics, and only if you consent. See the “Audience measurement” section below.
- •Advertising cookies: set by Google AdSense and its partners. Without your consent only non-personalised ads can be served; with your consent they may be personalised.
- •Google's privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy
4. Advertising (Google AdSense)
This website displays advertisements via Google AdSense. If you consent, Google and its partners may set cookies to serve you personalised ads and measure their performance. If you decline, non-personalised ads are still served: they are based on the content of the page you are reading, not on your browsing history. You can change this choice at any time (see “Managing your consent”).
5. Audience measurement (Google Analytics)
- •This website uses Google Analytics 4, provided by Google Ireland Limited, to understand how visitors use the site and improve its content.
- •Data processed: pages viewed, time spent, traffic source, approximate country, device and browser type. Your IP address is processed by Google to infer an approximate location; it is never shared with us and is not stored by the site.
- •Cookies set: _ga and _ga_<identifier>, with a default lifetime of up to 24 months.
- •Legal basis: your consent. Until you consent, Google's Consent Mode keeps analytics storage disabled and no measurement cookie is set.
- •These statistics are aggregated: they cannot identify you or be used to contact you.
- •Google's privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy
6. Managing your consent
- •On your first visit from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, a window managed by Google's certified consent management platform lets you accept or decline analytics and advertising cookies.
- •You can change or withdraw your choice at any time via the “Manage my privacy preferences” link at the bottom of every page.
- •Withdrawing your consent is as easy as giving it and does not restrict access to any content on the site.
7. Affiliate links
No affiliate links are currently active on this website. Should such links be reintroduced, they would be disclosed as such and would carry no extra cost for you. These partnerships do not influence the editorial independence of our informational content.
8. Your rights (GDPR)
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR – EU 2016/679), you have the right to access, correct and delete any data relating to you. For any request, contact us via the contact page or at the address stated in the legal notices.
9. Changes
This privacy policy may be updated at any time. The date of the last update is shown at the top of this page.
⚠️ This site provides information for educational purposes only. It does not promote smoking. Smoking seriously harms your health.