Cookie Policy

🍪 About Our Cookies

This Cookie Policy explains how PromptCircle uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website and use our Chrome extension. We use cookies to enhance your experience, analyze usage, and provide personalized features.

🔍 Quick Overview

✅ Essential Cookies

  • • Authentication and security
  • • Session management
  • • Basic website functionality
  • • Cannot be disabled

⚙️ Optional Cookies

  • • Analytics and performance
  • • Personalization preferences
  • • Marketing and advertising
  • • Can be disabled anytime

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you visit a website. They help websites remember information about your visit, such as your preferred language and other settings.

How Cookies Work

  • • Storage: Cookies are stored in your browser's cache
  • • Transmission: Sent back to the server with each request
  • • Expiration: Have specific expiration dates
  • • Scope: Can be domain-specific or cross-domain

2. Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

Required for basic website functionality

Authentication Cookies

  • sessionid: Maintains your login session
  • csrftoken: Protects against cross-site request forgery
  • Duration: Session (deleted when browser closes)
  • Purpose: Security and user authentication

Security Cookies

  • Security headers: Protect against attacks
  • Rate limiting: Prevent abuse
  • Duration: Session or 1 year
  • Purpose: Website security

Note: These cookies cannot be disabled as they are essential for the website to function properly.

Analytics Cookies

Help us understand how you use our website

Google Analytics

  • _ga: Distinguishes unique users (2 years)
  • _gid: Distinguishes unique users (24 hours)
  • _gat: Throttles request rate (1 minute)
  • Purpose: Website usage analytics

Performance Monitoring

  • Error tracking: Monitor website errors
  • Performance metrics: Page load times
  • User behavior: Feature usage patterns
  • Purpose: Improve user experience

Note: These cookies help us improve our service. You can disable them in your browser settings.

Preference Cookies

Remember your settings and preferences

Theme Preferences

  • theme: Dark/light mode preference
  • Duration: 1 year
  • Purpose: Visual customization
  • Scope: Website-wide

Language & Regional

  • django_language: Language preference
  • timezone: User timezone setting
  • Duration: 1 year
  • Purpose: Localization

Note: These cookies enhance your experience by remembering your preferences.

Extension Cookies

Specific to Chrome extension functionality

Authentication

  • sessionid: Extension authentication
  • csrftoken: API request security
  • Duration: Session
  • Purpose: Secure API communication

Extension Settings

  • Chrome Storage: User preferences
  • Local Storage: Extension data
  • Duration: Until deleted
  • Purpose: Extension functionality

Note: These cookies enable seamless integration between our website and Chrome extension.

3. Third-Party Cookies

We use third-party services that may set their own cookies. These services help us provide better functionality and understand how our website is used.

Google Services

  • Google Analytics: Website analytics
  • Google Fonts: Typography
  • Google reCAPTCHA: Security verification
  • Privacy Policy: Google Privacy Policy

Other Services

  • Cloudflare: CDN and security
  • Stripe: Payment processing
  • Font Awesome: Icons
  • Vite: Development tools

4. Managing Your Cookies

Browser Settings

Chrome

  1. 1. Open Chrome Settings
  2. 2. Go to Privacy and Security
  3. 3. Click "Cookies and other site data"
  4. 4. Choose your preferred settings

Firefox

  1. 1. Open Firefox Options
  2. 2. Go to Privacy & Security
  3. 3. Under "Cookies and Site Data"
  4. 4. Configure your preferences

Cookie Consent

When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie consent banner. You can:

  • • Accept all cookies: Allow all non-essential cookies
  • • Customize settings: Choose specific cookie types
  • • Reject non-essential: Only allow essential cookies
  • • Change later: Modify preferences anytime

Note: You can change your cookie preferences at any time by visiting this page or using your browser settings.

Impact of Disabling Cookies

Essential Cookies

  • • Cannot be disabled
  • • Required for login
  • • Security features
  • • Basic functionality

Optional Cookies

  • • Can be disabled
  • • May affect features
  • • Less personalization
  • • Limited analytics

5. Your Legal Rights

GDPR Rights (EU Users)

Your Rights

  • • Right to be informed
  • • Right of access
  • • Right to rectification
  • • Right to erasure
  • • Right to restrict processing
  • • Right to data portability
  • • Right to object
  • • Rights related to automated decision making

How to Exercise

  • • Contact us at privacy@promptcircle.ai
  • • Use browser settings
  • • Cookie consent manager
  • • Account settings

CCPA Rights (California Residents)

Your Rights

  • • Right to know what personal information is collected
  • • Right to know whether personal information is sold or disclosed
  • • Right to say no to the sale of personal information
  • • Right to access personal information
  • • Right to equal service and price

Do Not Sell My Information

We do not sell your personal information. However, you can opt out of analytics cookies that may be considered "sales" under CCPA.

6. 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
  • • Updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy
  • • Sending you an email notification (for significant changes)
  • • Displaying a banner on our website (for major changes)

Continued use: Your continued use of our website and extension after any changes indicates your acceptance of the updated Cookie Policy.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or our cookie practices, please contact us:

Response time: We aim to respond to all privacy-related inquiries within 30 days.