1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of data a website saves in your browser. Some are required for a site to work (like remembering you're logged in). Others are optional and used for things like analytics.
We use exactly two categories, described below.
2. Essential cookies
Required for the app to function. These can't be disabled without breaking core features like login.
- NextAuth session cookies — set when you log in so we can keep you signed in across page loads. Deleted when you log out.
Essential cookies don't require consent under GDPR because they provide a service you explicitly asked for (being logged in).
3. Analytics cookies
Optional. We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand which pages on the public website are useful and where users drop off. We only load GA4 if you click Accept on the cookie banner — declining keeps the script from loading at all.
GA4 sets a small number of cookies (typically _ga and _ga_*) that store an anonymized client ID. We do not pass personal data (name, email, address) into GA4.
Google's own data practices are described here: policies.google.com/privacy.
4. How to control cookies
- The banner.The first time you visit, you'll see a banner with Accept and Decline buttons. Declining stops the GA4 script from loading.
- Reset your choice. Clearing site data for
social-growth.appin your browser (or just removing thesg.cookie_consententry from localStorage) will make the banner show again. - Browser settings. Every modern browser lets you block all third-party cookies, or block specific domains. That also works.
5. Changes
If we add a new category of cookie (for example, a customer-support chat widget), we'll list it here and re-prompt for consent. See our Privacy Policy for the broader picture on data handling.