Cookie Policy

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow a site to remember your preferences, keep you signed in, understand how you use the service, and improve your experience over time. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, and pixel tags.

2. Cookies we use

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential for the platform to function. They cannot be disabled without breaking the service.

• Authentication session: keeps you signed in between page loads.
• CSRF protection: prevents cross-site request forgery attacks on authenticated requests.

Functional cookies

These cookies remember your preferences to improve your experience. They are not required for basic functionality, but disabling them will affect comfort features.

• Theme preference: stores your chosen colour theme (light, dark, or system default).
• Sound preference: stores your ambient sound setting (on or off).

Analytics cookies

We use privacy-preserving analytics to understand how the platform is used in aggregate. These cookies do not track you across other websites and do not build advertising profiles.

• Analytics data is anonymised or pseudonymised before processing.
• We do not use third-party advertising networks or behavioural tracking tools.

Third-party cookies

Slowletter does not currently serve third-party advertising cookies. If this changes, we will update this policy and seek your consent before placing them.

3. Local and session storage

In addition to cookies, Slowletter uses browser local storage to persist small amounts of state (such as UI preferences and tutorial progress) on your device. This data stays on your device and is not transmitted to our servers except as part of normal application requests.

4. Managing your choices

You can control cookies in the following ways:

• Browser settings: most browsers allow you to block, delete, or receive warnings before a cookie is placed. Refer to your browser’s help documentation for instructions.
• In-app settings: theme and sound preferences can be reset within Slowletter’s Settings area at any time.
• Do Not Track: some browsers send a “Do Not Track” signal. We honour this signal for analytics cookies.

Blocking strictly necessary cookies will prevent you from signing in and using the platform.

5. Cookie retention periods

• Authentication session: expires when you sign out or after a rolling period of inactivity.
• Theme and sound preferences: stored in local storage and persist until cleared by you or the browser.
• Analytics: anonymised session data is retained in aggregate form for as long as necessary to understand usage patterns.

6. Changes to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy as we introduce new features or change our technology providers. We will notify you of material changes through our usual notification channels.

7. Contact

For any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at support@slowletter.app.