Cookie Policy
Information about our use of cookies and similar tracking technologies on our platform.
Last Updated: November 7, 2024
What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit our website or use our platform. They help us provide you with a better experience by remembering your preferences, maintaining your session, and improving our services.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies we use, why we use them, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for our platform to function properly and cannot be disabled:
- Authentication Cookies: Keep you logged in and maintain your session
- Security Cookies: Protect against fraud and unauthorized access
- Load Balancing Cookies: Ensure optimal platform performance
- CSRF Protection: Prevent cross-site request forgery attacks
- Session Management: Maintain user state across page requests
- Feature Flags: Control access to platform features and experiments
- Error Tracking: Identify and resolve technical issues
- API Rate Limiting: Prevent abuse and ensure fair usage
Functional Cookies
These cookies enhance your experience by remembering your preferences:
- User Preferences: Remember your dashboard settings and configurations
- Language Settings: Store your preferred language and locale
- Theme Preferences: Remember your display preferences
- Feature Toggles: Remember which features you've enabled or disabled
- Layout Customization: Save your personalized dashboard layouts
- Notification Settings: Remember your alert and notification preferences
- Time Zone Settings: Store your preferred time zone for data display
- Filter Preferences: Remember your commonly used data filters
- Report Configurations: Save your custom report settings
- Integration Preferences: Remember your third-party service connections
Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how you use our platform to improve our services:
- Usage Analytics: Track which features are most used
- Performance Monitoring: Monitor platform performance and errors
- User Journey: Understand how users navigate through the platform
- Feature Adoption: Measure adoption of new features
- Session Duration: Track how long users spend on the platform
- Click Tracking: Monitor user interactions with interface elements
- Search Analytics: Analyze search patterns and query effectiveness
- Conversion Tracking: Measure completion of key user actions
- A/B Testing: Support experimentation and feature testing
- Heat Mapping: Understand user interaction patterns
- Error Analytics: Track and analyze user-encountered errors
Communication Cookies
These cookies help us provide relevant communications:
- Notification Preferences: Remember your communication preferences
- Support Interactions: Maintain context during support conversations
- Update Notifications: Track which updates you've been notified about
- Marketing Preferences: Remember your marketing communication settings
- Survey Responses: Track participation in user surveys and feedback
- Training Progress: Remember your progress through training materials
- Announcement Tracking: Track which announcements you've seen
Cookie Duration
We use both session cookies and persistent cookies:
- Session Cookies: Deleted when you close your browser or log out
- Persistent Cookies: Remain on your device for a specified period or until manually deleted
Typical Cookie Lifespans
- Authentication: Session-based or up to 30 days
- Preferences: Up to 1 year
- Analytics: Up to 2 years
- Security: Session-based or up to 24 hours
- Performance: Up to 6 months
- Feature Flags: Up to 90 days
- A/B Testing: Up to 1 year
- Error Tracking: Up to 30 days
Third-Party Services
We may use trusted third-party services that set their own cookies:
- Analytics Providers: Help us understand platform usage and performance
- Security Services: Provide additional security and fraud protection
- Support Tools: Enable customer support and help desk functionality
- Infrastructure Providers: Support platform hosting and content delivery
- Integration Partners: Facilitate connections with third-party business tools
- Monitoring Services: Provide system monitoring and alerting capabilities
- Payment Processors: Handle secure payment processing for subscriptions
- Communication Tools: Support email delivery and communication services
These third parties have their own privacy policies and cookie practices, which we encourage you to review.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
Platform Settings
You can manage certain cookie preferences through your account settings:
- Access your account preferences in the platform
- Adjust analytics and functional cookie settings
- Configure notification and communication preferences
- Review and update your privacy settings
- Manage third-party integration permissions
- Control data sharing and analytics participation
- Set cookie expiration preferences where available
Browser Settings
You can also control cookies through your browser settings:
- Block All Cookies: Prevent all cookies from being set (may affect functionality)
- Block Third-Party Cookies: Allow only first-party cookies
- Delete Existing Cookies: Remove cookies already stored on your device
- Notification Settings: Get notified when cookies are being set
- Selective Blocking: Block cookies from specific domains
- Automatic Deletion: Set cookies to delete automatically after a period
Browser-Specific Instructions
- Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data
- Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and website data
- Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Cookies and site data
- Opera: Settings > Advanced > Privacy & Security > Cookies
- Internet Explorer: Tools > Internet Options > Privacy
Impact of Disabling Cookies
Disabling certain cookies may affect your platform experience:
- Essential Cookies: Platform may not function properly or at all
- Functional Cookies: You may need to reconfigure settings each visit
- Analytics Cookies: We cannot improve services based on usage patterns
- Communication Cookies: You may receive irrelevant notifications
- Performance Cookies: Platform may load slower or less efficiently
- Security Cookies: Reduced protection against certain security threats
- Personalization: Loss of customized dashboard and feature settings
- Integration Features: Third-party integrations may not work properly
Data Protection and Security
We implement appropriate security measures for cookie data:
- Encryption: Sensitive cookie data is encrypted
- Secure Transmission: Cookies are transmitted over secure connections
- Access Controls: Limited access to cookie data within our organization
- Regular Audits: Regular review of cookie usage and security practices
- Data Minimization: We collect only necessary cookie data
- Secure Storage: Cookie data is stored using industry-standard security measures
- Regular Updates: Cookie policies and practices are regularly updated
- Compliance Monitoring: Regular compliance checks with applicable regulations
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable laws. We will notify you of significant changes through:
- Platform notifications for logged-in users
- Email notifications to registered users
- Updates to the effective date at the top of this policy
- Prominent notices on our website
- In-app notifications about policy changes
- Newsletter announcements for subscribers
Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:
Privacy Team
Email: privacy@mechtuinsights.com
Phone: +1 408 372 9460
Address: MechTu Insights
1830 Heatherdale Ave
San Jose, CA 95126, USA