Cookie Policy
Updated 16 May 2026
Last Updated: 15 May 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how ASR Stock, accessible from asrstock.com, uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website, create an account, download free or premium assets, purchase content, subscribe to a plan, upload contributor content, interact with advertisements, or use our services.
This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
By using ASR Stock, you agree that cookies and similar technologies may be placed on your device as described in this Policy. Where required by law, we will ask for your consent before using non-essential cookies such as analytics, advertising, personalization, or marketing cookies.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your browser, computer, phone, tablet, or other device when you visit a website. Cookies help websites remember information about your visit, such as login status, language preference, account session, page activity, downloads, and advertising preferences.
Cookies may be set by ASR Stock directly, or by third-party services we use, such as analytics tools, advertising networks, payment systems, security services, or marketing platforms.
Cookies may be:
Session cookies: Temporary cookies that are deleted when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies: Cookies that stay on your device for a set period or until you delete them.
First-party cookies: Cookies placed by ASR Stock.
Third-party cookies: Cookies placed by external services, such as Google AdSense, Google Analytics, Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, payment providers, or other service providers.
2. Why ASR Stock Uses Cookies
ASR Stock uses cookies and similar technologies to operate, protect, improve, personalize, advertise, and measure the performance of our website and services.
We may use cookies to:
Keep users logged in.
Secure user accounts.
Remember user preferences.
Manage free and premium download access.
Track download limits and usage.
Process payments and subscription access.
Improve website speed and performance.
Understand how users use ASR Stock.
Show ads to free users and visitors.
Reduce or remove ads for eligible premium members.
Measure ad performance.
Run marketing and retargeting campaigns.
Detect fraud, bots, scraping, fake downloads, and suspicious activity.
Improve search results, categories, content recommendations, and user experience.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for ASR Stock to work properly. They help with basic website functions such as account login, security, checkout, file downloads, premium access, fraud prevention, and page navigation.
These cookies may be used for:
Login sessions.
Account authentication.
Website security.
Download delivery.
Payment checkout.
Premium membership access.
Fraud prevention.
Cookie consent storage.
Remembering privacy choices.
Because these cookies are necessary for the website to function, they cannot usually be turned off through our website settings. You can block them in your browser, but some parts of ASR Stock may stop working correctly.
Operational or authentication cookies are generally treated as necessary because they are required for core website functions. The European Commission explains that some operational cookies, such as authentication and technical cookies, may be necessary for webpages to function and may not require consent in the same way as optional cookies.
3.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use ASR Stock. They allow us to measure traffic, page views, search activity, asset views, downloads, user journeys, device types, browsers, and general website performance.
We may use analytics cookies to:
See which asset categories are popular.
Improve website layout and search results.
Understand which pages need improvement.
Measure traffic from search engines and social media.
Find technical errors.
Improve download and checkout experience.
These cookies help us improve ASR Stock for users, creators, contributors, and premium members.
Where required by law, analytics cookies may be used only after you provide consent. Cookie laws commonly require websites to provide clear information about non-essential cookies and obtain consent before setting them.
3.3 Advertising Cookies
ASR Stock may display advertisements to free users, visitors, and users accessing free content. Ads may appear within asset pages, category pages, search pages, download pages, blog pages, and other areas of the website.
Advertising cookies may be used to:
Show relevant ads.
Personalize ads where allowed.
Limit how often the same ad appears.
Measure ad performance.
Prevent ad fraud.
Understand interactions with ads.
Support free content and free downloads.
Google requires publishers using AdSense to disclose that third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s previous visits to the website or other websites. Google also states that its advertising cookies allow Google and its partners to serve ads based on visits to your site and other sites on the internet.
Google explains that advertising cookies may be used for serving and rendering ads, personalizing ads depending on user choices, limiting repeated ads, muting ads, and measuring ad effectiveness.
3.4 Marketing and Retargeting Cookies
ASR Stock may run marketing campaigns on third-party platforms such as Google Ads, Meta Ads, TikTok Ads, Pinterest Ads, display networks, search engines, social media platforms, and other advertising channels.
Marketing cookies and pixels may help us:
Measure which campaigns bring visitors to ASR Stock.
Promote free and premium assets.
Promote subscriptions, offers, bundles, and contributor programs.
Show ads to people who previously visited ASR Stock.
Understand ad performance and conversion activity.
Improve marketing campaigns.
These cookies may be placed by ASR Stock or by third-party advertising partners. Where required by law, we will ask for consent before using marketing or retargeting cookies.
3.5 Functional Cookies
Functional cookies help remember your choices and improve your experience on ASR Stock.
These cookies may remember:
Language settings.
Region or currency preferences.
Saved searches.
Recently viewed assets.
Favorite items.
Display preferences.
Premium or free user status.
Cookie banner choices.
Functional cookies may not be strictly required, but they make the website more useful and personalized.
3.6 Security and Fraud Prevention Cookies
Security cookies help protect ASR Stock, users, contributors, and digital assets from misuse.
These cookies may help us:
Detect suspicious login attempts.
Prevent fake accounts.
Reduce bot traffic.
Stop scraping and mass automated downloads.
Protect premium content.
Prevent payment fraud.
Secure contributor accounts.
Detect abuse of free downloads.
These cookies may be necessary for website safety and platform integrity.
4. Free Users and Premium Members
ASR Stock may show ads to free users, visitors, and users accessing free content. These ads help support free downloads and allow ASR Stock to continue offering free creative assets.
Premium members, paid subscribers, or users with active premium access may receive an ad-free or reduced-ad experience, depending on their plan, offer, or membership benefits.
However, premium members may still see:
Service announcements.
Important platform notices.
Account-related messages.
Contributor or licensing notices.
Promotional messages related to ASR Stock.
Limited third-party content where technically unavoidable.
ASR Stock reserves the right to change ad-free, reduced-ad, or premium benefits at any time according to the applicable membership terms.
5. Google AdSense and Third-Party Advertising
ASR Stock may use Google AdSense and other third-party advertising services to display ads.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to ASR Stock or other websites. Google’s advertising cookies help Google and its partners serve ads based on visits to ASR Stock and other sites on the internet.
You can manage how Google shows personalized ads through Google’s ad settings. Google explains that users can turn off personalized ads, although they may still see ads based on general factors such as approximate location, browser type, or search terms.
Other advertising partners may also use cookies, pixels, or similar technologies according to their own privacy and cookie policies.
6. Cookies Used for Payments and Subscriptions
When you purchase premium assets, subscribe to a plan, buy credits, or make payments on ASR Stock, payment providers may use cookies or similar technologies to process transactions securely.
Payment-related cookies may help with:
Checkout sessions.
Payment authentication.
Fraud prevention.
Invoice generation.
Subscription status.
Payment confirmation.
Refund and dispute handling.
These cookies may be placed by third-party payment processors and are subject to their own privacy and cookie policies.
7. Cookies Used for Contributors
If you are a contributor on ASR Stock, cookies may be used to manage your contributor dashboard, upload sessions, earnings access, content review status, account security, payout information, and contributor communications.
Contributor-related cookies may help with:
Contributor login.
File uploads.
Dashboard access.
Asset submission forms.
Review status.
Earnings reports.
Payout security.
Contributor support.
Fraud and copyright abuse prevention.
8. Similar Technologies
In addition to cookies, ASR Stock and third-party services may use similar technologies, including:
Pixels.
Tags.
Tracking scripts.
Local storage.
Session storage.
Device identifiers.
Server logs.
Web beacons.
Conversion tracking tools.
Analytics scripts.
Advertising SDKs or embedded scripts.
These technologies may work together with cookies to operate the website, measure performance, show ads, track marketing campaigns, and protect ASR Stock from abuse.
9. Cookie Consent
Where required by law, ASR Stock may ask for your consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device.
Non-essential cookies may include:
Analytics cookies.
Advertising cookies.
Personalization cookies.
Marketing cookies.
Retargeting cookies.
Some privacy rules require valid consent to be freely given, specific, informed, and based on a clear action, such as clicking an accept button or selecting preferences. The UK Information Commissioner’s Office explains that valid consent for cookies must involve an unambiguous positive action and cannot be hidden only inside a difficult-to-find privacy policy.
You may be able to accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or manage cookie preferences through our cookie banner or cookie settings tool.
10. Managing or Disabling Cookies
You can control cookies in several ways:
Through the ASR Stock cookie banner or cookie settings tool, where available.
Through your browser settings.
Through device privacy settings.
Through Google ad settings.
Through third-party advertising opt-out tools.
By clearing your browser cookies.
Most browsers allow you to block cookies, delete cookies, or receive alerts before cookies are stored. However, if you block or delete cookies, some ASR Stock features may not work properly, including login, downloads, premium access, payment checkout, contributor dashboard, saved preferences, or security features.
Google provides ad controls that allow users to manage or turn off personalized advertising, although non-personalized ads may still appear.
11. Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers offer “Do Not Track” signals. Because there is no consistent industry standard for how websites should respond to these signals, ASR Stock may not respond to all Do Not Track requests automatically.
You can still control many cookies through browser settings, device settings, cookie consent tools, and advertising preference platforms.
12. Third-Party Websites and Links
ASR Stock may contain links to third-party websites, advertisers, payment processors, social media platforms, contributor portfolios, or external services.
When you leave ASR Stock and visit another website, that third party may place its own cookies or tracking technologies on your device. ASR Stock is not responsible for the cookie practices, privacy policies, content, security, or services of third-party websites.
You should review the cookie and privacy policies of any third-party website you visit.
13. Updates to This Cookie Policy
ASR Stock may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, advertising partners, analytics tools, legal requirements, or cookie practices.
When we update this Policy, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.
Your continued use of ASR Stock after updates are posted means you accept the updated Cookie Policy.
14. Contact Us
For questions about this Cookie Policy, cookies, advertising choices, tracking technologies, or privacy settings, contact us:
Website: asrstock.com
Business Name: ASR Stock
Email: [email protected]