Cookie Policy
Last updated: January 1, 2025
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember information about your visit, such as your preferred language and other settings. This can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you.
How We Use Cookies
Danke uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience on our platform. We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential functionality: To enable core features like user authentication and session management
- Performance and analytics: To understand how you use our service and improve its performance
- Personalization: To remember your preferences and customize your experience
- Security: To protect against fraud and enhance the security of our service
Types of Cookies
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation, access to secure areas, and user authentication. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Examples: Session cookies, authentication tokens, security cookies
Performance Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if users get error messages. This information helps us improve how our website works.
Examples: Google Analytics, page load times, error tracking
Functional Cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personal features. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
Examples: Language preferences, theme settings, board layout preferences
Targeting Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver content more relevant to you and your interests. They may be used to deliver targeted advertising or to limit the number of times you see an advertisement.
Note: We currently do not use targeting cookies for advertising purposes.
Third-Party Cookies
We may use third-party services that set their own cookies. These services help us provide better functionality and understand how our service is being used:
- Google Analytics: Helps us understand website traffic and user behavior
- Authentication providers: Enable secure login functionality
- Content delivery networks: Improve website performance and loading times
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have several options for managing cookies:
Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can:
- Block all cookies
- Block third-party cookies only
- Delete cookies when you close your browser
- Set exceptions for specific websites
Cookie Consent
When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie consent banner that allows you to:
- Accept all cookies
- Reject non-essential cookies
- Customize your cookie preferences
- Learn more about each type of cookie we use
Impact of Disabling Cookies
While you can disable cookies, doing so may affect your experience on our website:
- Essential cookies: Disabling these will prevent you from logging in and using core features
- Performance cookies: We won't be able to improve the website based on usage data
- Functional cookies: Your preferences won't be remembered between visits
Cookie Retention Periods
Different cookies have different retention periods:
- Session cookies: Deleted when you close your browser
- Persistent cookies: Remain on your device for a set period (typically 30 days to 2 years)
- Authentication cookies: Usually expire after 30 days of inactivity
- Preference cookies: May persist for up to 1 year
Updates to This 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 will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on our website and updating the "Last updated" date.
Related Policies
For more information about how we handle your data, please review our related policies:
- Privacy Policy - Learn about our data collection and usage practices
- Terms of Service - Understand the terms governing your use of our service
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at:
Email: privacy@danke.app
Subject: Cookie Policy Inquiry