Cookie Policy
Draft — pending legal reviewLast updated: [insert date at publish]
As with the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, this is a standard-practice draft, not legal advice. If you plan to serve visitors from the EU/UK, note that cookie-consent rules there (ePrivacy/GDPR) generally require a prior opt-in for anything beyond strictly necessary cookies, via a consent banner with a genuine “reject” option — not just a notice. Confirm with counsel whether that applies to your expected audience, and make sure the actual consent-banner implementation matches whatever this policy ends up saying.
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. We also use similar technologies (such as local storage and pixels) for some of the purposes described below; where we say “cookies,” we mean all of these unless stated otherwise.
2. How We Use Cookies
| Category | Purpose | Can you disable it? |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Required for the site and registration/login system to function (e.g., session state, security, remembering your cookie preferences). | No — the site may not work properly without these. |
| Analytics / performance | Helps us understand how visitors use the site (e.g., which pages are viewed, how long, referral source) so we can improve it. We use [Google Analytics 4 / Plausible / your chosen tool], which may set its own cookies. | Yes, via the cookie banner or your browser settings. |
| Functional | Remembers choices you’ve made (e.g., form progress) to improve your experience across visits. | Yes. |
| Marketing | Only used if we run targeted advertising or retargeting campaigns; [remove this row entirely if you don’t plan to do this]. | Yes. |
We do not currently use cookies to build profiles of named individuals for advertising purposes, and we do not sell cookie/tracking data to third parties.
3. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are placed by third-party services we use to operate the site (for example, our analytics provider). These third parties have their own privacy and cookie policies, which we encourage you to review. [List specific third parties once your analytics/tooling stack is finalized.]
4. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
When you first visit our site, you will be shown a cookie banner allowing you to accept or reject non-essential cookies. You can change your preferences at any time via [a persistent “cookie settings” link in the footer]. You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings; note that blocking cookies may affect site functionality, particularly for the registration/login system.
5. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies and technologies we use. The “Last updated” date above reflects the most recent revision.
6. Contact Us
[privacy@ident-ity.com]