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Cookie Policy
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The short version
- We use one analytics cookie (Google Analytics) — and it loads only after you accept it in the banner.
- We set no advertising or cross-site tracking pixels.
- Your theme preference is stored in localStorage only.
- You can change or withdraw your analytics choice at any time, as easily as you gave it.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device by a website. They are widely used to make websites work, remember your preferences, and provide basic analytics. Under the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and EU ePrivacy Directive, websites must obtain consent before setting non-essential cookies.
2. What we use on this site
Audulate's marketing site (audulate.com) takes a consent-first approach. The only non-essential cookie we use is Google Analytics, which loads only after you opt in via the banner. We set no advertising cookies or cross-site tracking pixels. Here is a complete inventory:
| Name / Provider | Type | Storage | Duration | Purpose | Consent needed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| theme | Functional | localStorage (audulate.com) | Persistent | Stores your dark/light mode preference so the site loads in the right theme on your next visit. Not transmitted to our servers. | No |
| audulate-analytics-consent | Strictly necessary | localStorage (audulate.com) | Persistent | Records whether you accepted or declined analytics, so we honour your choice and stop asking. Stored in localStorage rather than a cookie, which is why declining leaves nothing at all on your device. | No |
| sb-<project-ref>-auth-token | Strictly necessary | Cookie (app.audulate.com only) | Up to 400 days (refreshed on use) | Supabase Auth session — a single cookie holding the combined access and refresh token that keeps you signed in to the app. The <project-ref> segment identifies our Supabase project. Not set on the marketing site. | No |
| sb-<project-ref>-auth-token.0, .1, … | Strictly necessary | Cookie (app.audulate.com only) | Up to 400 days (refreshed on use) | Overflow chunks of the session cookie above — the session is split across numbered cookies when it exceeds the ~3.2 KB per-cookie limit. Same purpose and lifetime. | No |
| _ga (Google Analytics) | Analytics | Cookie (audulate.com) | 2 years | Google Analytics 4 — distinguishes unique visitors to measure site traffic and improve the site. Set only after you accept analytics in the banner. | Yes |
| _ga_* (Google Analytics) | Analytics | Cookie (audulate.com) | 2 years | Google Analytics 4 — persists session state for the GA property. Set only after you accept analytics. | Yes |
3. Analytics and your consent
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors find and use the site so we can improve it. Under UK PECR and the EU ePrivacy rules, analytics cookies are not “strictly necessary”, so we ask for your consent first:
- On your first visit, a banner offers Accept analytics and Decline with equal prominence. We load no analytics — not even the Google script — until you accept.
- If you decline or ignore the banner, Google Analytics is never loaded and no analytics cookies are set.
- You can change or withdraw your choice at any time using Manage cookie preferences in section 6 below. Withdrawing clears the analytics cookies immediately.
The theme localStorage entry is a functional preference, not a tracking mechanism; the audulate-analytics-consent entry exists only to remember the choice you made here; and the Supabase authentication cookies in the app are strictly necessary. None of the three requires consent under PECR.
Google Analytics 4 records pseudonymous usage data (pages viewed, approximate location, device and browser, referring source). GA4 does not store full IP addresses, and we do not enable Google Signals, advertising features, or cross-site / cross-device tracking. Google acts as our processor for this data — see Google's privacy & terms.
4. The app (app.audulate.com)
The Audulate application uses strictly necessary cookies for authentication (Supabase session tokens) and, if you opt in, functional cookies for UI preferences. These are documented separately in the app's in-product privacy notice.
5. Third-party content
This marketing site does not embed third-party content (YouTube, Intercom, HubSpot widgets, etc.) that would set cookies on your device. If this changes, we will update this policy and add consent controls before the content is loaded.
6. How to control cookies
You control analytics consent directly here — withdrawing is as easy as giving it:
You can also clear localStorage and cookies at any time through your browser settings:
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Clear browsing data
- Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data → Clear Data
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
Clearing the theme entry will reset your dark/light mode preference to the system default.
7. Changes to this policy
If we materially change our cookie practices — for example, by adding analytics that require consent — we will update the “Last updated” date above and notify registered users by email at least 14 days before the change takes effect.
8. Contact
Questions about our cookie practices? Contact our DPO at [email protected] or see our full Privacy Policy.