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Your choice stays yours
- • Necessary storage saves security and consent preferences.
- • When configured, performance analytics and call tracking remain active for operational measurement and attribution.
- • The settings panel controls optional advertising storage and personalization only.
- • The Beehiiv newsletter embed waits for the optional third-party-content choice before loading.
- • Global Privacy Control automatically keeps advertising-related storage off.
- • Declining optional categories does not prevent you from reading the site or emailing Catalyst.
1. What cookies and browser storage are
Cookies are small text files a website or service stores through your browser. Local storage is a related browser feature that can save a preference without sending it with every page request. Pixels, tags, software development kits, and embedded content can perform similar functions.
Catalyst uses these technologies only for the purposes described here. Our consent
manager stores a record under the key catalystforthetrades_cookie_consent_v1 so the site can remember whether you
allowed optional advertising. That preference remains until you change it, clear site
data, or use a different browser or device.
2. Categories used or supported by this site
Necessary
Always availableSupports security, basic delivery, accessibility, and your consent preference. Blocking all browser storage may cause the settings panel to reappear.
Analytics
Always activeWhen configured, approved measurement and call-tracking tools help us understand visits, page performance, referral sources, calls, and content usefulness. They remain active for operational measurement, attribution, security, and improvement and are not controlled by this settings panel.
Optional advertising
OptionalAllows advertising storage, ad-user-data signals, personalization, and optional third-party marketing experiences. The Beehiiv newsletter embed is assigned to this category and does not load until optional advertising is allowed.
3. Current third-party services and external media
- Beehiiv provides the newsletter subscription experience on the contact page. When you allow optional advertising and third-party marketing content, Beehiiv may receive technical information and the subscription details you submit, subject to its privacy policy.
- YouTube, Buzzsprout, and podcast directories are linked from Catalyst's media pages. Their own technologies and policies apply after you follow an external link or load content they host.
- Hosting, content delivery, and security providers process network and server-log information needed to deliver and protect the site. This operational processing is not controlled by an advertising preference.
Catalyst may enable or replace approved analytics, call-tracking, and advertising tools over time. When that happens, this policy should be updated to match the live configuration. We do not intentionally use browser technologies to collect payment-card or bank-account credentials on this site.
4. How consent and privacy signals work
Catalyst uses a US opt-out model with Google Consent Mode v2 signals. Any configured analytics or call-tracking container loads without being gated by this control, and analytics storage remains granted for every choice. A saved choice is replayed before approved tags run to control optional advertising signals only.
Choosing “Decline optional ads” denies advertising storage, ad-user-data, and personalization signals without disabling analytics or call tracking. Choosing “Allow optional ads” grants those advertising signals. The panel can be reopened from the footer or this page.
Global Privacy Control (GPC) is honored automatically. If your browser sends GPC, advertising storage, ad personalization, and related sale/share signals remain denied even if a previous marketing choice exists. Because there is no universal standard for legacy “Do Not Track” signals, we respond to recognized legally binding preference signals such as GPC.
5. Manage or withdraw your choice
Use the button below to review and save category choices. Withdrawing consent is as easy as granting it and affects future processing on this browser. It does not retroactively erase lawfully collected information; privacy-right requests are handled under our Privacy Choices section.
You can also delete or block site data in browser settings. Browser controls vary, and blocking necessary storage may prevent Catalyst from remembering your preference. Choices generally apply only to the browser and device where they are saved.
6. Policy updates and contact
We may update this policy when the site, vendors, or law changes. The date above shows the latest revision. Questions about cookies or a saved choice may be sent to [email protected].
Related information is available in our Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions, and Accessibility Statement.