This policy explains what cookies and similar tracking technologies InviteWise utilizes on invitewise.app, why we deploy them, and how you can exercise control over them. This document supplements and is fully incorporated into our Privacy Policy.
1. What Are Cookies and Tracking Technologies?
Cookies are small data text files stored on your hardware device when you interact with a web platform. We also utilize comparable local data technologies — including browser local storage, session storage, and pixel tags — referred to collectively as "cookies" within this policy.
2. Operational Categories We Utilize
| Category | Purpose | Examples | Consent / Opt-Out Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary | User authentication, secure sessions, CSRF token validation, and secure system database routing. | sb-…-auth-token | Core Operational Requirement (Cannot be disabled) |
| Preferences | Retention of user interface settings (light/dark theme), onboarding referral context, and privacy preferences. | iw.consent.v1, iw_ref | Optional / User Controlled |
| Analytics | Pseudonymous interface telemetry and product analytics (via PostHog, utilizing strictly anonymized IP collection). | ph_… | Optional (Subject to CCPA Opt-Out) |
| Affiliate Tracking | Processing outbound product registry hyperlinks via Skimlinks (Sovrn) to attribute commissions. | Destination click tokens | Optional (Subject to CCPA Opt-Out) |
3. Managing Your Privacy Choices
You possess the absolute right to modify your data collection preferences at any time. You may adjust your analytical and tracking permissions by visiting our dedicated interface at /privacy-choices, or open . Your custom preferences are securely recorded locally alongside a precise digital cryptographic timestamp for compliance audit tracks. Alternatively, you can systematically block or purge cookies utilizing your native hardware browser configuration or by executing sessions within incognito/private browser windows.
4. Global Privacy Control (GPC) Mandates
InviteWise automatically honors the Global Privacy Control (GPC) browser signal. If your browser transmits a valid GPC signal upon your initial interaction with our domain, all analytical pixels and affiliate monetization tracking structures are automatically disabled at the infrastructure level, and your preference is systematically logged as an active CCPA "Do Not Sell/Share" opt-out directive.
5. Authorized Third-Party Processors
Please reference Section 6 of our comprehensive Privacy Policy to review the explicit roster of sub-processors who may receive pseudonymous data parameters when you opt into analytical or affiliate tracking layers.
6. Contact Information
If you possess any inquiries, questions, or formal notices regarding this Cookie Policy, please transmit a communication to support@invitewise.app.