What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit our website or use our services. They help us provide you with a better, more personalized experience by remembering your preferences, settings, and interactions with our platform.
Cookies contain information that is transferred to your device's hard drive and stored there. They allow our website to recognize your device and remember certain information about your visit, such as your preferred language, login status, and customized settings.
GroupSummari uses cookies responsibly and transparently, ensuring that your privacy is protected while enhancing your user experience. We are committed to providing clear information about our cookie practices and giving you control over your cookie preferences.
How We Use Cookies
GroupSummari uses cookies for several important purposes to enhance your experience and improve our services:
- Essential Website Functionality: Enable core features like user authentication, session management, and secure access to your account
- Performance Optimization: Monitor website performance, load times, and system reliability to ensure optimal user experience
- User Preferences: Remember your settings, language preferences, dashboard configurations, and customization choices
- Security Protection: Detect and prevent fraudulent activity, unauthorized access attempts, and security threats
- Analytics and Insights: Understand how users interact with our platform to improve features and user experience
- Service Improvement: Gather feedback on feature usage and identify areas for enhancement
- Technical Operations: Ensure proper functioning of our AI processing systems and data handling procedures
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for our website and services to function properly and cannot be disabled without affecting core functionality:
- Authentication Cookies: Maintain your login session and verify your identity across different pages and features
- Security Cookies: Protect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and other security threats
- Session Management: Track your current session and ensure proper data handling during your visit
- Load Balancing: Distribute traffic across our servers to ensure optimal performance and reliability
- API Access: Enable secure communication between your browser and our AI processing systems
Functional Cookies
These cookies enhance your experience by remembering your choices and providing personalized features:
- User Preferences: Store your language settings, time zone, and display preferences
- Dashboard Configuration: Remember your customized dashboard layout, widget preferences, and view settings
- Feature Settings: Retain your choices for notification preferences, summary formats, and report configurations
- Accessibility Options: Maintain your accessibility settings and interface modifications
- Integration Preferences: Remember your connected third-party services and integration settings
- Theme and Display: Store your chosen color themes, font sizes, and visual preferences
Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how our website and services are used, allowing us to improve performance and user experience:
- Usage Analytics: Track page views, feature usage, and user interaction patterns (anonymized data)
- Performance Monitoring: Monitor page load times, system response rates, and technical performance metrics
- Error Tracking: Identify and diagnose technical issues, bugs, and system errors for faster resolution
- A/B Testing: Support controlled testing of new features and interface improvements
- Conversion Tracking: Measure the effectiveness of our platform features and user onboarding processes
- Heat Mapping: Understand how users navigate and interact with different areas of our platform
Third-Party Cookies
We may use trusted third-party services that set their own cookies to help us provide better services:
- Analytics Providers: Services like Google Analytics help us understand website usage patterns and user behavior (with anonymized data)
- Customer Support Tools: Live chat and support ticket systems that enable real-time customer assistance
- Security Services: Third-party security tools that help protect against malicious activity and cyber threats
- Payment Processing: Secure payment processors that handle billing and subscription management
- Content Delivery Networks: Services that optimize content delivery and improve website loading speeds
- Integration Partners: Third-party services that you choose to connect with our platform
These third parties have their own privacy policies and cookie practices, which we encourage you to review. We carefully select partners who maintain high standards for data protection and privacy.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have several options for managing cookies and controlling your privacy preferences:
Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically:
- View Existing Cookies: See which cookies are stored on your device and their details
- Delete Cookies: Remove all cookies or selectively delete specific ones
- Block Cookies: Prevent all cookies or block specific types of cookies
- Set Preferences: Configure different cookie settings for different websites
- Receive Notifications: Get alerts when websites attempt to set cookies
- Manage Third-Party Cookies: Control cookies from external services and partners
Our Cookie Preference Center
We provide easy-to-use tools for managing your cookie preferences directly on our platform:
- Cookie Banner: When you first visit our website, you can choose which types of cookies to accept
- Preference Settings: Access cookie settings through your account dashboard at any time
- Granular Control: Enable or disable specific categories of cookies based on your preferences
- Easy Updates: Change your cookie preferences whenever you want without affecting your account
Cookie Retention and Expiration
Different types of cookies have different lifespans based on their purpose and functionality:
- Session Cookies: Automatically deleted when you close your browser or end your session
- Short-Term Cookies: Expire within 24 hours and are used for temporary functionality
- Medium-Term Cookies: Last for 30-90 days and store preferences and settings
- Long-Term Cookies: May persist for up to 2 years for essential functionality and user preferences
- Authentication Cookies: Expire based on your login preferences and security settings
- Analytics Cookies: Typically expire after 2 years but contain only anonymized data
Impact of Disabling Cookies
While you have the right to disable cookies, doing so may affect your experience with our services:
- Login Issues: You may need to log in more frequently or experience authentication problems
- Lost Preferences: Your customized settings, dashboard configurations, and preferences may not be saved
- Reduced Functionality: Some features may not work properly or may be unavailable
- Security Concerns: Certain security features may be less effective without essential cookies
- Performance Impact: The website may load more slowly or less efficiently
- Limited Personalization: We may not be able to provide personalized experiences or recommendations
- Support Limitations: Our ability to provide technical support may be reduced
Mobile Applications and Cookies
Our mobile applications may use similar technologies to cookies, including:
- Local Storage: Store data locally on your device for offline functionality and performance
- Device Identifiers: Use unique device identifiers for authentication and security purposes
- App Preferences: Store your app settings and preferences for a consistent experience
- Analytics SDKs: Collect anonymized usage data to improve app performance and features
- Push Notifications: Enable notification services based on your preferences
International Cookie Compliance
We comply with international cookie regulations and privacy laws, including:
- GDPR Compliance: Full compliance with European Union General Data Protection Regulation requirements
- CCPA Compliance: Adherence to California Consumer Privacy Act provisions for California residents
- ePrivacy Directive: Compliance with EU ePrivacy Directive (Cookie Law) requirements
- Regional Laws: Compliance with applicable privacy and cookie laws in jurisdictions where we operate
- Consent Management: Proper consent collection and management for cookie usage
Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. We will notify you of significant changes through:
- Email Notifications: Direct email alerts to registered users for important policy changes
- Platform Notifications: In-app notifications and dashboard alerts about policy updates
- Website Banners: Prominent notices on our website highlighting policy changes
- Updated Date: Clear indication of when the policy was last modified
- Change Summary: Brief description of what changes were made and why
We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our cookie practices and any updates that may affect you.
Contact Information
If you have questions about our Cookie Policy, need help managing your cookie preferences, or want to report cookie-related concerns, please contact us:
GroupSummari