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Cookie Policy

Last Updated: November 6, 2024

1. What Are Cookies?

As is common practice with almost all professional websites, this site uses cookies, which are small text files that are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies allow the website to recognize your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions.

Cookies are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide a better user experience. They can also help to ensure that the advertising you see online is more relevant to you and your interests.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our website. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.

Examples:

  • Session cookies: Temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser. They help us maintain your session as you navigate through our site.
  • Security cookies: Used to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of login credentials.

3.2 Preference Cookies

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

Examples:

  • Cookie consent preferences: Stores your cookie consent choices so we don't ask you again on every visit.
  • User interface preferences: Remembers your preferred settings like dark mode or light mode.

3.3 Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve our website and the services we offer.

Google Analytics Cookies:

  • _ga: Used to distinguish unique users. Expires after 2 years.
  • _ga_[container-id]: Used to persist session state. Expires after 2 years.
  • _gid: Used to distinguish users. Expires after 24 hours.
  • _gat: Used to throttle request rate. Expires after 1 minute.

These cookies collect information about:

  • Pages you visit and how long you spend on each page
  • How you arrived at our site (e.g., from a search engine, social media, or direct link)
  • What you click on while visiting our site
  • Your approximate geographic location (country and city level)
  • Your device type, browser, and operating system

3.4 Account and Authentication Cookies

If you create an account with us, we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies help us:

  • Remember that you are logged in so you don't have to log in every time you visit a new page
  • Maintain your session securely
  • Remember your account preferences

These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out. However, in some cases they may remain afterward to remember your site preferences when logged out.

3.5 Third-Party Cookies

In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third-party cookies you might encounter through this site.

Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics, one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web, to help us understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit.

Google AdSense: We may use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

AdSense cookies include:

  • _gcl_au: Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency. Expires after 3 months.
  • IDE: Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report website user actions after viewing or clicking advertiser ads. Expires after 1 year.

4. Cookie Duration

Cookies can be either "session" cookies or "persistent" cookies:

  • Session cookies: These are temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser.
  • Persistent cookies: These remain on your device for a set period specified in the cookie or until you manually delete them.

5. Managing and Disabling Cookies

5.1 Cookie Consent Banner

When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change your preferences at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting our site.

5.2 Browser Settings

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser. Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site.

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 → Cookies and website data
  • Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data

5.3 Opt-Out Tools

You can also opt out of specific types of cookies:

5.4 Mobile Devices

For mobile devices, you can manage cookies and tracking through your device settings:

  • iOS: Settings → Safari → Block All Cookies
  • Android: Settings → Google → Ads → Opt out of Ads Personalization

6. Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want your online activities tracked. We currently do not respond to DNT signals because there is no industry standard for how to interpret and respond to these signals.

7. 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 encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.

The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page indicates when this Cookie Policy was last revised. Any changes will become effective when we post the revised Cookie Policy on our website.

8. More Information

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

  • Email: privacy@pd-ai.io
  • General inquiries: hello@pd-ai.io

For more information about cookies in general, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org.