Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how ScreenFree HK uses cookies on our website. We use cookies to improve your browsing experience, understand how you interact with our content about digital detox and healthy screen time habits, and help you track your progress toward reducing daily screen hours across phones, tablets, and computers.

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our website. They help us remember your preferences, maintain your session, and analyze how you use our services. We use cookies to track your engagement with our digital detox resources, including your interest in setting social media boundaries, exploring offline activities like reading and hiking, and monitoring improvements in sleep quality and focus after reducing digital dependency.

Cookies are essential for modern websites and enable personalized experiences. When you visit us to learn about screen time assessment tools for Hong Kong residents, cookies allow us to provide relevant content tailored to your digital wellness journey.

Types of Cookies We Use

We use several categories of cookies to enhance your experience:

• Essential Cookies: These are necessary for basic website functionality. They enable you to navigate our site and access core features related to digital detox assessment and screen time tracking tools.
• Performance Cookies: We use these to understand how visitors interact with our content about reducing digital dependency and creating device-free zones. They help us measure page performance and user engagement patterns.
• Functionality Cookies: These remember your preferences regarding social media boundaries content, offline activity suggestions, and your chosen assessment tools for tracking daily screen hours on different devices.
• Analytics Cookies: We collect data about how you use our resources for improving sleep quality, focus, and personal satisfaction through digital detox. This helps us understand which sections about entertainment scrolling reduction and creative hobby replacement are most valuable.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to personalize your digital detox journey and provide relevant information about healthy screen time habits for Hong Kong residents. When you explore our content on assessing phone, tablet, and computer usage, cookies help us remember which sections you’ve visited and tailor recommendations for setting intentional boundaries.

Cookies enable us to track your progress in replacing screen time with offline activities and monitor improvements in your sleep quality and focus. We analyze aggregated data to understand which digital detox strategies are most effective for our users. This information helps us improve our content about creating device-free zones and times within homes, and enhance our resources for reducing digital dependency.

We also use cookies to ensure website security and prevent fraudulent activity. They help us maintain consistent user experiences across sessions when you return to review your screen time assessment results or explore new offline activity suggestions.

Managing Your Cookies

You have full control over cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies or alert you when they’re being set. However, blocking essential cookies may affect your ability to access certain features of our digital detox assessment tools and screen time tracking resources.

To manage cookies, access your browser preferences and look for privacy or cookie settings. You can delete existing cookies at any time and choose to accept only specific types. If you disable cookies, some functionality related to tracking your daily screen hours progress or storing your social media boundary preferences may not work properly.

We respect your privacy choices. If you prefer not to share data about your digital detox progress, you can adjust your settings accordingly. However, some information helps us provide better content about reducing entertainment scrolling, suggesting reading and hiking activities, and tracking improvements in personal satisfaction after decreasing digital dependency.

Third-Party Cookies

We may use third-party services that place cookies on your device. These services help us analyze website traffic, understand user behavior regarding screen time assessment, and improve content about healthy screen time habits. Third parties may use cookies to track your engagement with our digital detox resources across different sessions.

We carefully select third-party partners who respect your privacy and handle data responsibly. These partners assist us in delivering better information about setting boundaries for social media and news consumption, and creating device-free zones within homes.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or respond to new technologies. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies to support your digital detox journey and help you assess and reduce your daily screen hours across all devices.