1. What Cookies Are
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, pixels, and software development kit identifiers. We refer to all of these as "cookies" for convenience.
2. Categories We Use
We classify the cookies set on the Site into four categories:
- Strictly necessary — required to deliver the Site and to remember the choices you made in this notice. These cannot be disabled because the Site cannot function without them.
- Functional — remember non-essential preferences (e.g. layout choices). Set with your consent only.
- Analytics — measure how readers use the Site, in aggregate, so we can improve it. Set only after you accept analytics in the cookie banner.
- Advertising — used to deliver, measure, or personalise advertising. Set only after you accept advertising cookies in the cookie banner.
3. Cookies We Set
The following cookies may be set on the Site. Items marked with [TODO] are placeholders for vendors to be wired in; nothing of that category is currently active.
| Name | Category | Purpose | Duration | Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| appcomrade.consent | Strictly necessary | Stores the cookie-banner choice you made (which categories you accepted). Without it, the banner would reappear on every page load. | 12 months | App Comrade (first-party, localStorage) |
| astro-session | Strictly necessary | Maintains anonymous session state used by submission forms to prevent duplicate posts and CSRF. | Session | App Comrade (first-party) |
| [TODO: analytics cookie name] | Analytics | Aggregates how readers move through the site so we can understand what's working. Set only after you accept analytics in the cookie banner. | Up to 26 months | [TODO: analytics provider] |
| [TODO: advertising cookie name] | Advertising | Reserved for future use. Will only be set if and after you opt in via the cookie banner. | [TODO] | [TODO: advertising provider] |
4. Your Choices
When you first visit the Site, the cookie banner asks you to accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or customise your preferences. The choice you make is recorded as a strictly-necessary entry under the name appcomrade.consent.
You can change your mind at any time by clicking "Cookie settings" in the footer of any page. Clearing your browser storage will also reset the choice and the banner will reappear on your next visit.
Most browsers also let you control cookies through their settings. Restricting strictly-necessary cookies will prevent parts of the Site from working as intended.
5. Updates to this Notice
We may update this Notice when the cookies we use change. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page indicates when the most recent revision was made.
6. More Information
For more information about how we process personal information generally, see our Privacy Policy. Questions about this Notice can be sent to [email protected].