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Cookie Policy
How we use cookies and how you can control them.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the website remember information about your visit, making it easier to use next time and making the site more useful to you.
Similar technologies such as local storage, session storage, and pixels may also be used. For simplicity, this policy refers to all such technologies as “cookies”.
Our Commitment to Cookie Consent
In compliance with the EU ePrivacy Directive and GDPR, Gyfts sets only strictly necessary cookies — for authentication, security, and core navigation. We do not use analytics, advertising, or other non-essential cookies, so none are placed without your consent. Embedded videos load in privacy-enhanced mode and set no tracking cookies until you choose to play them. On your first visit you will see a brief cookie notice; should we ever introduce non-essential cookies, we will request your consent before doing so.
Server-side view-count beacon: We count how many times a page is viewed so that practitioners and editors can see basic demand signals on their dashboards. The beacon does not set a cookie. To prevent the same person inflating a counter on refresh, we compute a short-lived pseudonymous SHA-256 hash from your IP address, User-Agent, the UTC date, and a server-only secret. The raw IP and User-Agent are never stored; only the resulting hash is written to a dedup ledger that is deleted after 30 days. See the Privacy Policy for details.
You can update your cookie preferences at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting the Platform, or by contacting us at privacy@gyfts.io.
Types of Cookies We Use
1. Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the Platform to function. They enable core features such as authentication, security, and platform navigation. They cannot be disabled and do not require your consent.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session cookie | Maintains your browsing session | Session (deleted when browser closes) | First-party |
| Authentication token | Keeps you logged in if you have an account | Up to 30 days | First-party |
| Cookie consent preference | Remembers your cookie choices | 1 year | First-party |
2. Analytics, Functional, and Marketing Cookies — none in use
Gyfts currently sets no analytics, functional/preference, advertising, or marketing cookies, and loads no third-party analytics or advertising scripts. There is therefore nothing in these categories to accept or decline today. If we ever introduce a non-essential cookie or third-party tag, we will first deploy a managed consent manager and request your consent before it loads — and this policy will be updated to list it.
Third-Party Cookies
The only third-party content that can set cookies is embedded video. Players load in privacy-enhanced mode (YouTube via youtube-nocookie.com; Vimeo with Do-Not-Track enabled) and set no cookies until you choose to play a video. We use no third-party analytics or advertising services. Once you play a video, the provider may set its own cookies — please refer to that provider's cookie policy for details.
How to Manage Cookies
You have several options for managing cookies:
- Cookie notice: On your first visit you will see a brief notice that Gyfts uses only essential cookies. As we set no non-essential cookies, there is nothing to decline; if that ever changes, this will become a granular accept/decline control.
- Browser settings: Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies through their settings. This may affect Platform functionality. Common browser cookie controls:
Cookies and Your Privacy Rights
If you are located in the EU or EEA, you have rights over how your data is collected through cookies under the GDPR. Please see our Privacy Policy for full details of your rights and how to exercise them.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy as our use of cookies evolves or as regulations change. Any material updates will be reflected here and, where required, surfaced via an in-product notice. The “last updated” date above reflects the most recent version.