Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit our website. They help us remember your preferences, understand how you use our site, and improve your browsing experience.

We use cookies for several important reasons:

• Essential functionality: Keeping you logged in, securing your account, and enabling core features
• Analytics: Understanding how visitors use our site to improve performance
• Remembering preferences: Saving your language choice and other settings

Essential Cookies (Always Active)

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality like login, security, and session management. You cannot opt out of these cookies.

• Clerk Authentication: __Secure-clerk-id-*, clerk-session—manage user login and account security
• Next.js: _next—manage server-side session data

Analytics Cookies (Require Consent)

We use analytics cookies to understand how visitors use our website. This helps us improve functionality and user experience.

• Google Analytics (GA4): _ga*, _gat*—tracks page views, user behavior, and engagement. Data retention: 2 years
• Vercel Analytics: __vd—measures website performance metrics
• Vexo Analytics: Various IDs—in-app and web analytics for feature usage

Performance Cookies (Require Consent)

These help us understand website performance and identify issues.

• Vercel Speed Insights: Various IDs—measures Core Web Vitals and performance metrics

Some of our service providers may also set cookies. These include:

• Google (Google Analytics): Analytics cookies
• Vercel: Performance and analytics cookies
• Clerk: Authentication and security cookies

We only set non-essential analytics and performance cookies after you have given explicit consent via our cookie consent banner.

How to Control Cookies

• Use our cookie consent banner at the top of the page to accept or reject non-essential cookies
• Adjust your browser cookie settings to block or delete cookies
• Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies or alert you when a cookie is being set

Opting Out

If you reject analytics cookies, we will not track your behavior with Google Analytics, Vercel Analytics, or similar tools. However, the website may not function optimally without essential cookies.

Different cookies have different lifespans:

• Session cookies: Deleted when you close your browser
• Persistent cookies: Remain for the period specified (e.g., GA4 cookies for 2 years)
• You can clear cookies manually via your browser settings at any time

We respect your privacy. Under UK GDPR and PECR, you have the right to:

• Know what cookies we use and why
• Accept or reject non-essential cookies
• Have your choices respected and remembered
• Request deletion of analytics data

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date.