Cookie Policy

COOKIE POLICY
Effective Date: 7/20/2025
Last Updated: 7/20/2025

This Cookie Policy ("Policy") explains how Auldus, LLC ("Company," "we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website or use our mobile application. This Policy should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website or use a mobile application. They are widely used to make websites and applications work more efficiently and to provide information to website and application owners.

Cookies typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the "lifetime" of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number. When you visit our website or use our application, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.

TYPES OF COOKIES WE USE
We use several types of cookies for different purposes:

Essential Cookies (Strictly Necessary)
These cookies are essential for the operation of our website and application. They enable basic functions like page navigation, access to secure areas, and user authentication. The website and application cannot function properly without these cookies.

Authentication cookies: Remember your login status and session information
Security cookies: Help protect against fraud and maintain security
Load balancing cookies: Distribute traffic across servers for optimal performance
User interface cookies: Remember your preferences and settings

Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website and application by collecting and reporting information anonymously. They help us improve the way our website and application work.

Google Analytics cookies: Track website usage and user behavior
Performance monitoring cookies: Monitor application performance and errors
User experience cookies: Analyze how users navigate and interact with our services
Conversion tracking cookies: Measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns

Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow our website and application to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personal features. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

Language preference cookies: Remember your language and regional settings
Theme preference cookies: Remember your visual preferences
Feature preference cookies: Remember your feature selections and customizations
Social media cookies: Enable social media integration and sharing

Targeting and Advertising Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites.

Retargeting cookies: Show you relevant advertisements based on your interests
Social media advertising cookies: Enable social media platforms to show you relevant ads
Affiliate marketing cookies: Track referrals from partner websites

THIRD-PARTY COOKIES
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of our website and application, deliver advertisements on and through our services, and so on.

Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website and application. Google Analytics gathers information about website and application use by means of cookies. The information gathered is used to create reports about the use of our website and application. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Social Media Cookies
Our website and application may contain social media buttons and widgets that are hosted by third-party social media platforms. These platforms may set cookies when you interact with these features. We do not control these cookies and they are subject to the privacy policies of the respective social media platforms.

COOKIE RETENTION PERIODS
The length of time a cookie will stay on your device depends on whether it is a "persistent" or "session" cookie. Session cookies will only stay on your device until you stop browsing. Persistent cookies will stay on your device until they expire or are deleted.

Session cookies: Deleted when you close your browser or application
Persistent cookies: Remain on your device for a set period or until manually deleted
Analytics cookies: Typically retained for 2 years
Advertising cookies: Typically retained for 1-2 years
Functionality cookies: Typically retained for 1 year

MANAGING YOUR COOKIE PREFERENCES
You have several options for managing cookies:

Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may worsen your overall user experience. Some features of our website and application may not function properly if cookies are disabled.

Mobile Device Settings
On mobile devices, you can typically control cookies through your device settings. However, some mobile applications may not function properly if cookies are disabled.

Opt-Out Mechanisms
You can opt out of certain types of cookies:

Google Analytics: Use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
Advertising cookies: Use the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out tool
Social media cookies: Adjust your social media platform privacy settings

Cookie Consent Management
When you first visit our website or use our application, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change your preferences at any time through our cookie settings.

IMPACT OF DISABLING COOKIES
If you choose to disable cookies, you may experience:

Reduced functionality of our website and application
Loss of personalized features and preferences
Inability to access certain secure areas
Reduced performance and user experience
Loss of analytics data that helps us improve our services

DO NOT TRACK SIGNALS
Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" feature that signals to websites that you visit that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. Our website and application do not currently respond to "Do Not Track" signals.

UPDATES TO THIS COOKIE POLICY
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on our website and updating the "Last Updated" date.

CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us at the address provided in our Privacy Policy or through the contact information available on our website.

By using our website and application, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to this Cookie Policy.