Cookie Policy

Last Updated: January 2025

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit our website. They help us improve your experience, analyze site traffic, and serve relevant content. This policy explains what cookies we use, why we use them, and how you can manage them.

How We Use Cookies

Scalland Consultancy Services uses cookies for the following purposes:

• Authentication: Cookies are used to maintain your login session so you don't need to re-authenticate on every page. These include session tokens that identify your account while you are logged in.
• Security: We use cookies to protect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) and other security threats, ensuring that requests to our servers come from authenticated users.
• Preferences: Cookies store your preferences such as theme (dark/light mode) and display settings so they persist across visits.
• Analytics: We collect anonymous usage data to understand how visitors interact with our website, including which pages are visited most, time spent on pages, and navigation patterns. This helps us improve our services.
• Performance: Some cookies help us optimize page load times and overall performance by caching frequently accessed resources.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our website and cannot be disabled. They include:

• access_token: An HttpOnly cookie that stores your authentication token after login. It expires after 1 hour and is required to access protected areas of the platform.
• refresh_token: An HttpOnly cookie that stores your refresh token, allowing your session to persist. It expires after 7 days.
• CSRF tokens: Used to verify that form submissions originate from our own website.

Preference Cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make, such as your preferred theme (dark or light mode). They provide enhanced, personalized features.

• color-theme: Stores your theme preference (dark or light). Persists across sessions.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect anonymous information about how visitors use our website, including which pages are visited most often and how users navigate between pages. All data is aggregated and anonymized.

Third-Party Cookies

We do not allow third-party advertising cookies on our website. However, we may use third-party services (such as cloud infrastructure providers and email delivery services) that may set their own cookies as part of providing their service to us. These services are contractually obligated to protect your data.

Managing Cookies

You can control and manage cookies in the following ways:

• Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies, accept only certain cookies, or delete cookies when you close your browser.
• Opt-Out: You can opt out of analytics tracking by using browser extensions or privacy tools that block tracking scripts.
• Logging Out: Logging out of your account will clear your authentication cookies, ending your session.

Please note that disabling essential cookies may affect the functionality of our website, preventing you from logging in or using protected features.

Cookie Duration

Our cookies have varying lifespans:

• Session cookies: Expire when you close your browser.
• Authentication tokens: The access token expires after 1 hour; the refresh token expires after 7 days.
• Preference cookies: Persist until you clear them or they expire (typically 1 year).
• Analytics cookies: Typically expire after 2 years, though we regularly review and minimize retention periods.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, regulatory, or operational reasons. We will post the updated policy on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

Contact Us

For questions or concerns regarding this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

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