Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. We use them to keep you signed in, remember your choices, and understand how the site is used.

Cookies We Set Directly

• access_token: httpOnly, Secure, SameSite=Lax, 15 minutes — JWT access token used for API authentication.
• refresh_token: httpOnly, Secure, SameSite=Lax, 30 days — renews access without re-login.
• terms_accepted: Secure, SameSite=Strict, 365 days — confirms you accepted the latest Terms of Service.
• tarteaucitron: stores your consent choices for analytics and tracking cookies.

The first three are essential — they enable sign-in, security, and terms acceptance, and the site will not work properly without them.

Third-Party Cookies

Some third-party services set their own cookies. Apart from PostHog and Ahrefs Web Analytics, analytics and marketing trackers load only after you accept analytics cookies in the consent banner (TarteAuCitron):

• PostHog (EU): first-party product analytics (localStorage and cookies); loaded by default as it processes only first-party usage signals.
• Ahrefs Web Analytics: aggregate traffic counts; loaded by default as it is cookieless and stores nothing on your device.
• Google Analytics & Ads: traffic analytics and conversion tracking, both loaded by the Google Ads tag. Consent-gated.
• Facebook Pixel: ad attribution. Consent-gated.
• Yandex Metrica: traffic analytics. Consent-gated.
• Stripe: set on Stripe-hosted checkout pages (not on alphai.io itself) for payment processing.
• Google OAuth: set during the Google sign-in flow.

Managing Cookies

You can change your analytics and marketing consent at any time — use the button below, or the "Cookie Preferences" link in the site footer, to reopen the consent panel and switch any service on or off. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge each expose this under their Privacy / Cookies menu. Disabling essential cookies will break sign-in and other core features.

Retention

Session cookies are cleared when you close your browser. Persistent cookies last from 15 minutes (access token) up to roughly 24 months (analytics), as noted above.

Contact & Updates

Questions about this Cookie Policy? Email info@alphai.io. We may update this policy from time to time and will post any changes here.