1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide useful information to website owners.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for several purposes, including:

• Essential Cookies: Required for the website to function properly. These enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas.
• Performance Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
• Functionality Cookies: Enable the website to remember choices you make (such as language preferences) for a better, more personalized experience.
• Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how our website is being used, helping us to improve its functionality and user experience.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They include:

• Session cookies for managing user sessions
• Authentication cookies for secure login
• Security cookies for fraud prevention

3.2 Performance & Analytics Cookies

We use these cookies to analyze how our visitors use our website and to monitor website performance. They include:

• Google Analytics cookies
• Performance monitoring cookies
• Load balancing cookies

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. These include:

• Analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics)
• Payment processing services
• Integration with accounting software

5. Cookie Management

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. However, if you do this, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit our site and some services and functionalities may not work.

6. Your Choices

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org.

7. Specific Cookie Purposes

Cookie Name	Purpose	Duration
session_id	Manages user session	Session
auth_token	Authentication	30 days
preferences	User preferences	1 year
analytics_id	Analytics tracking	2 years

8. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at [email protected].