🍪 Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

We use the good kind of cookies. No oatmeal raisin, promise.

Last updated: June 15, 2025

🍪What's the Deal with Cookies?

Essential Only

We only use cookies that make the site work.

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Privacy First

No creepy tracking across the web.

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You Control Them

Disable what you don't want.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites store on your device. Think of them like tiny digital sticky notes that help websites remember things about you - like your login status or theme preference. They're not actual cookies, so sadly you can't eat them.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the boring but necessary stuff that makes our platform work better:

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Keep You Logged In
So you don't have to log in every 5 minutes
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Understand Usage
See which features people actually use
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Remember Preferences
Dark mode, settings, that sort of thing
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Security
Prevent fraud and keep bad actors out
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Fix Problems
Monitor performance and catch bugs
Make It Fast
Cache content for better performance

🗂️Types of Cookies We Use

🚨Essential Cookies (Can't Turn These Off)

These are the cookies that make the website actually work. Without them, nothing functions:

🔐 Authentication
Keep you logged in securely
🛡️ Security
Protect against attacks
🔄 Session
Maintain your session

📊Analytics Cookies (Privacy-Focused)

🔒Privacy Promise

Our analytics system doesn't track you across websites and anonymizes all data. It's more like counting how many people visited a store than following them home.

👀 Page Views
Which pages are popular
🐛 Bug Tracking
Find and fix problems
⚡ Performance
Monitor site speed

⚙️Functional Cookies

These make your experience better by remembering your preferences:

🌙 Theme
Dark mode preference
🎛️ Settings
Interface customizations
🔧 Features
Enabled/disabled features

Third-Party Services

We work with a few trusted partners who might set their own cookies:

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Stripe (Payment Processing)

Handles our payments securely and may set cookies for fraud prevention. They're the good guys.

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Brevo (Email Service)

Sends our emails and may track if you opened them (so we know if our emails suck).

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NextAuth.js (Authentication)

Manages your login sessions with secure cookies. It's open source and privacy-focused.

🎛️Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You're in control. Here's how to manage cookies:

Browser Settings

👀View & Delete

See and remove existing cookies

🚫Block Cookies

Stop specific sites from setting cookies

🔔Get Notifications

Get alerted when cookies are set

Account Settings

Within your Socialaf.ai account, you can control:

  • Data collection preferences
  • Communication settings
  • Analytics opt-out
  • Theme and UI preferences

Do Not Track Signals

🚦We Respect DNT

When you enable "Do Not Track" in your browser, we limit data collection to essential functions only and don't track your behavior for analytics. Your choice, respected.

How Long Cookies Last

🕐Session Cookies

Gone when you close your browser

🔐Auth Cookies

30 days (or until you log out)

⚙️Preference Cookies

Up to 1 year (remembering your settings)

📊Analytics Cookies

Up to 2 years (but anonymous)

GDPR and Privacy Rights

If you're in the EU, you have extra rights regarding cookies:

Consent
Choose which non-essential cookies to allow
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Withdraw Consent
Change your mind anytime
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Object to Processing
Say no to data processing
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Data Portability
Take your data with you

🍪 Questions About Cookies?

We're here to help explain our cookie policy. No technical jargon responses.

Contact Our Privacy Team
[email protected]

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