Cookie Policy
Last updated: 13 March 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how PersonaQA (“we”, “us”, “our”) uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit personaqa.com or use our Service. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, provide analytics information, and remember your preferences.
Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, and pixel tags (also known as web beacons or clear GIFs). In this policy, we refer to all of these collectively as “cookies”.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
2.1 Essential Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary for the Service to function. Without them, features such as logging in, maintaining your session, and processing secure requests would not work. You cannot opt out of essential cookies.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
personaqa_session | Maintains your authenticated session | Session (expires when browser closes) or up to 2 hours |
XSRF-TOKEN | Protects against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks | Session |
remember_web_* | “Remember me” persistent login token | Up to 30 days |
2.2 Functional Cookies
These cookies remember choices you make (such as language, region, or display preferences) to provide a more personalised experience.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
cookie_consent | Stores your cookie-consent preferences | 12 months |
theme_preference | Remembers your selected display theme | 12 months |
2.3 Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website—for example, which pages are most popular and how users navigate between pages. The data collected is aggregated and anonymised. We only set analytics cookies where you have given consent.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics | Distinguishes unique users, tracks page views and session data | Up to 2 years |
3. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. We do not control these cookies. The third parties we currently use include:
- Stripe — may set cookies when you interact with payment forms to prevent fraud and process payments securely.
- Google — may set cookies for OAuth authentication and (where enabled) analytics.
Please refer to these providers’ own cookie policies for more information:
4. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
4.1 Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically:
- View what cookies are stored on your device.
- Delete individual or all cookies.
- Block cookies from specific or all websites.
- Set your browser to notify you when a cookie is being set.
Please note that blocking essential cookies will prevent you from using the Service.
Instructions for managing cookies in common browsers:
4.2 Opt-Out of Analytics
You can opt out of Google Analytics across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
5. Do Not Track (DNT)
Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” (DNT) signal. There is currently no industry-wide standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. We do not currently respond to DNT signals, but we respect your cookie preferences as described in this policy.
6. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for legal, technical, or operational reasons. We will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page when we make changes.
7. Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:
- contact@persona.qa
- Contact page