Cookie Policy
Effective Date: January 1, 2026 | Last Updated: January 1, 2026
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit our website or use our service. They contain information that can be retrieved by our servers when you visit again. Cookies serve several important purposes including remembering your preferences, maintaining your login session, and understanding how you use our platform.
2. How We Use Cookies
Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the core functionality of APIAtlas. They enable you to log in, maintain your session, and navigate securely through the application. Without these cookies, many features would not work properly.
Preference Cookies: We use these cookies to remember your choices and settings, such as language preferences, timezone, dashboard layout preferences, and dark mode settings. This improves your experience by not requiring you to reconfigure these settings on each visit.
Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use APIAtlas, including which features you access, how long you spend in different sections, and which endpoints you view most frequently. This helps us understand usage patterns and identify features that need improvement.
Analytical Cookies: We use analytics services to understand aggregate site usage and identify trends. These cookies track your journey through our website and application to help us improve user experience and diagnose technical issues.
Marketing Cookies: With your consent, we may use cookies to track your interactions with marketing campaigns and understand the effectiveness of our advertising efforts. These cookies may be shared with advertising partners.
Security Cookies: We use cookies to detect and prevent fraudulent activity, unauthorized access attempts, and security threats to your account and our platform.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Session Cookies: These cookies expire when you close your browser. They are used to maintain your login session and track your activity during a single visit.
Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them. We use persistent cookies to remember your preferences across multiple visits and sessions. Persistent cookies may be deleted automatically or may remain for years.
First-Party Cookies: We set these cookies directly through the APIAtlas domain. They allow us to track your activity within our own platform.
4. Third-Party Cookies
While browsing APIAtlas, you may receive cookies from third-party services that provide analytics, advertising, or other functionality. These third parties include:
Analytics Providers: We use Google Analytics and similar tools to understand how visitors interact with our website. These services set cookies to track page views, referral sources, and user journeys.
Payment Processors: Our payment partners may set cookies to facilitate secure transactions and fraud prevention.
Advertising Networks: We may work with advertising partners who set cookies to track advertising performance and tailor ads to your interests.
5. Cookie Consent & Control
Your Choices: When you first visit APIAtlas, we present you with a cookie banner explaining our use of cookies. Essential cookies are required for the service to function. Non-essential cookies require your consent, which you can grant or decline.
Changing Preferences: You can change your cookie preferences at any time through your account settings. We will respect your choices and not set or retrieve cookies for categories you have declined.
Browser Controls: You can use your web browser to control cookies. Most browsers allow you to block cookies, delete existing cookies, or receive notifications when cookies are being set. Disabling cookies may affect functionality of the website and application.
Opt-Out Links: You can opt out of interest-based advertising by visiting:
- Network Advertising Initiative: www.networkadvertising.org/choices
- Digital Advertising Alliance: www.aboutads.info/choices
- European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance: www.youronlinechoices.eu
6. Cookie Retention
Session Cookies: Session cookies are deleted automatically when you close your browser.
Preference Cookies: These are typically retained for 2 years unless you delete them manually or your browser automatically clears them.
Analytics Cookies: Analytics data is typically retained for 26 months before being automatically deleted from our analytics platform.
Marketing Cookies: Marketing and advertising cookies are typically retained for 12 months, though some third-party platforms may retain data longer.
7. Cookies & Privacy
Privacy Protection: We handle cookie data according to our Privacy Policy. While cookies can contain identifiers like your user ID or session token, we do not store sensitive information like passwords or payment details in cookies.
GDPR & CCPA Compliance: We comply with GDPR and CCPA requirements regarding cookies. Residents of the EU and California have the right to control which non-essential cookies are set and may withdraw consent at any time.
Data Security: Cookies transmitted over HTTPS are encrypted in transit. We do not set or retrieve cookies for services that do not use encryption.
8. Similar Tracking Technologies
Web Beacons: We may use web beacons (also called "tracking pixels") in emails and on web pages to understand whether you opened an email or clicked a link. This helps us improve our communications.
Local Storage: Our web application may use browser local storage to cache data, remember your preferences, and improve performance. Local storage persists until manually deleted.
Device Fingerprinting: For security purposes, we may collect information about your device (browser version, operating system, screen resolution) to detect anomalous access patterns that could indicate unauthorized access to your account.
9. Deleting Cookies
Manual Deletion: You can manually delete cookies using your browser's settings:
- Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Clear browsing data > Cookies
- Firefox: Preferences > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data
- Edge: Settings > Privacy > Clear browsing data
Impact: Deleting cookies will log you out of your account and remove stored preferences. You will need to provide your preferences again on your next visit.
10. Cross-Domain Tracking
We do not allow third parties to track your activity across unrelated websites using cookies set by APIAtlas. However, third-party analytics and advertising services may use cookies to track your activity across multiple websites if you have consented to their cookies.
11. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. Material changes will be communicated to you by email or through a prominent notice on our website. Your continued use of APIAtlas after changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
12. Do Not Track
Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" feature. Currently, there is no industry standard for recognizing Do Not Track signals. We do not respond to Do Not Track browser signals, though we respect your cookie preferences as indicated through our cookie consent banner.
13. International Considerations
GDPR (EU/UK): If you are in the European Union or United Kingdom, non-essential cookies require your explicit consent before they are set. You have the right to withdraw consent at any time.
CCPA (California): California residents have the right to opt out of the sale of personal information, which may include cookie data. You can exercise this right through our cookie preferences or by contacting us.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or want to exercise your rights regarding cookies, please contact us: