# Cookie Policy of Strawbees CODE

Last updated: May 23th 2018

## What Are Cookies

As is common practice this application uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the sites functionality.

For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.

## How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.

## Disabling Cookies

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

If you are logged in, you can opt-out from the analytics cookies (described below) in the Account Settings section of your profile page.

### The Cookies We Set

#### Necessary Cookies

If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.

We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.

To know what programs you have saved locally and what parts of the interface you are currently using we use cookies. Without that data the interface cannot work correctly.

All the necessary cookies are installed in the local storage of your browser (so they are actually not technically "cookies").

### Third Party Cookies

In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

#### Analytics Cookies

This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the app, the parts of the interface you use or if you have any errors so we can continue improving the interface.

Here is a detailed description of the third party cookies that are used:

Cookie name | Description | Default Expiration Time
--- | --- | ---
_ga | Used to distinguish users. | 2 years
_gid | Used to distinguish users. | 24 hours
_gat | Used to throttle request rate. | 1 minute
AMP_TOKEN | Retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. | 30 seconds to 1 year
_gat_gtag_UA_50042401_3 | Contains campaign related information for the user. | 90 days