Legal

Cookie Policy

Last updated: November 25, 2025

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners.

Cookies help us understand how you use our platform, remember your preferences, and improve your overall experience. They can also help us deliver personalized content and advertisements that may be relevant to you.

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies we use, why we use them, and how you can control them. For more information about how we protect your privacy, please read our Privacy Policy.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

We use different types of cookies for various purposes. Below is a detailed explanation of each category:

2.1 Essential Cookies (Strictly Necessary)

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. Without these cookies, certain services you have requested cannot be provided.

  • Purpose: Authentication, security, and session management
  • Examples: Login cookies, shopping cart cookies, security tokens
  • Duration: Session-based or up to 1 year
  • Can be disabled: No (required for the platform to work)

2.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if error messages are received.

  • Purpose: Measure website performance and improve user experience
  • Examples: Google Analytics, heatmap tools, page load time tracking
  • Data collected: Pages visited, time on site, bounce rate, device information
  • Duration: Up to 2 years
  • Can be disabled: Yes

2.3 Functionality Cookies

These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your language or region) and provide enhanced, personalized features.

  • Purpose: Remember your preferences and settings
  • Examples: Language preference, theme selection, region settings
  • Duration: Up to 1 year
  • Can be disabled: Yes (but may affect functionality)

2.4 Targeting and Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They also help limit the number of times you see an ad and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

  • Purpose: Display personalized ads and track ad performance
  • Examples: Facebook Pixel, Google Ads, retargeting cookies
  • Data shared: Browsing behavior, interests, demographics
  • Duration: Up to 1 year
  • Can be disabled: Yes

2.5 Social Media Cookies

These cookies are set by social media platforms (like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) and enable you to share content with your social network.

  • Purpose: Enable social sharing and track social engagement
  • Examples: Facebook Like button, Twitter Share button
  • Duration: Varies by platform
  • Can be disabled: Yes

3. Specific Cookies We Use

Below is a detailed list of the specific cookies used on the Vlinqr platform:

Cookie Name Provider Purpose Duration Type
_session Vlinqr Maintains user session Session Essential
csrf_token Vlinqr Security protection Session Essential
_ga Google Analytics Analytics and tracking 2 years Analytics
_fbp Facebook Advertising and remarketing 3 months Marketing
locale Vlinqr Language preference 1 year Functionality

Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Additional cookies may be set by third-party services integrated into our platform.

4. Third-Party Cookies

We work with third-party companies that may set cookies on your device when you visit our platform. These companies use cookies for their own purposes as outlined in their respective privacy policies.

4.1 Analytics and Performance:

  • Google Analytics: Tracks website usage and generates reports on website activity
  • Hotjar: Records user sessions and creates heatmaps to understand user behavior
  • Mixpanel: Analyzes user interactions and engagement with our platform

4.2 Advertising and Marketing:

  • Facebook Pixel: Tracks conversions, optimizes ads, and builds audiences for remarketing
  • Google Ads: Delivers targeted advertisements and measures ad performance
  • LinkedIn Insight Tag: Tracks conversions and provides insights about website visitors

4.3 Payment Processing:

  • Stripe: Secure payment processing and fraud detection
  • PayPal: Alternative payment method integration

Important: We do not control these third-party cookies. Please review the privacy and cookie policies of these companies to understand how they use your information.

5. Why We Use Cookies

We use cookies for several important reasons:

5.1 Essential Website Functionality:

  • Enable you to log in and stay logged in to your account
  • Remember items in your shopping cart
  • Provide secure access to protected areas of the platform
  • Prevent fraudulent activity and improve security

5.2 Improve User Experience:

  • Remember your language and regional preferences
  • Personalize content based on your interests and behavior
  • Speed up page loading by caching frequently accessed data
  • Remember your settings and preferences across sessions

5.3 Analytics and Performance Monitoring:

  • Understand how visitors use our platform
  • Identify and fix technical issues
  • Measure the effectiveness of our content and features
  • Test new features and improvements

5.4 Marketing and Advertising:

  • Show you relevant advertisements on our platform and third-party websites
  • Measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns
  • Limit the number of times you see the same advertisement
  • Build audiences for targeted marketing

6. How to Manage and Delete Cookies

You have several options to manage or delete cookies. However, please note that blocking or deleting certain cookies may impact your experience and limit your ability to use some features of our platform.

6.1 Browser Settings:

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. Here's how to manage cookies in popular browsers:

  • Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
  • Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
  • Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
  • Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data

6.2 Opt-Out Tools:

You can opt out of targeted advertising by visiting:

6.3 Do Not Track Signals:

Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" (DNT) signal. Currently, there is no industry standard for how to respond to DNT signals. We do not currently respond to DNT signals, but we are monitoring developments in this area.

6.4 Mobile Devices:

For mobile devices, you can manage advertising preferences:

  • iOS: Settings → Privacy → Advertising → Limit Ad Tracking
  • Android: Settings → Google → Ads → Opt out of Ads Personalization

Important Note: If you delete or block essential cookies, some parts of our platform may not function properly, and you may need to manually adjust your preferences each time you visit.

7. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated Cookie Policy on this page with a new "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.

Your continued use of our platform after changes to this Cookie Policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us:

We will respond to your inquiry within 30 days.