What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the website owners.

How We Use Cookies

At Sunslider, we use cookies and similar technologies for several purposes, including:

• Essential cookies: These are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be switched off in our systems.
• Authentication cookies: These help us identify you when you're logged in so you can access your account and content.
• Preference cookies: These remember choices you make to improve your experience, such as your language preference.
• Security cookies: These help us detect and prevent fraudulent activity and ensure the security of your account.
• Analytics cookies: These help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Specific Cookies We Use

Essential and Functionality Cookies

NEXT_LOCALE - Stores your language preference (English, Spanish, French). This cookie lasts for one year and helps us remember your preferred language when you return to our site.

userId - Created when you reserve a username, this cookie helps us maintain your session during the registration process. It lasts for one hour and is set with SameSite=Strict for security.

auth-token - Used for authentication when logging into the admin dashboard. This is a session cookie that expires when you log out or close your browser.

Security and Anti-fraud Cookies

hCaptcha cookies - We use hCaptcha to protect our site from bots and spam. hCaptcha may place cookies on your device to analyze behavior and confirm you're a human. These are third-party cookies controlled by Intuition Machines, Inc. For more information about hCaptcha's privacy practices, please visit https://www.hcaptcha.com/privacy.

Session vs. Persistent Cookies

Session Cookies - These cookies are temporary and expire when you close your browser. Our authentication cookies are typically session cookies.

Persistent Cookies - These cookies remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them. For example, our NEXT_LOCALE cookie is persistent (1 year) to remember your language preference across visits.

Your Cookie Choices

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can usually find these settings in the "Options" or "Preferences" menu of your browser. You can:

• Delete all cookies
• Block all cookies
• Allow all cookies
• Block third-party cookies
• Clear cookies when you close your browser

Please note that if you choose to block essential cookies, certain features of Sunslider may not function correctly. In particular, language selection and username reservation features require cookies to work properly.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the "last updated" date.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at [email protected].