Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Active AI Writer ("Company", "we", "us", and "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at https://activeaiwriter.com and use our Chrome extension. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Active AI Writer) are called "first party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third party cookies". Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
2. Why do we use cookies?
We use first and third party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website and Extension to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
3. What types of cookies do we use?
Essential website cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
- Purpose: These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems.
- Duration: Session and persistent cookies
- Examples: Authentication cookies, security cookies, load balancing cookies
Performance and functionality cookies
These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Website but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality may become unavailable.
- Purpose: Remember your preferences and settings
- Duration: Typically up to 1 year
- Examples: Language preferences, region settings, theme preferences
Analytics and customization cookies
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Website for you.
- Purpose: Understand visitor interaction, measure advertising campaign effectiveness
- Duration: Up to 2 years
- Examples: Google Analytics cookies, session recording cookies
Advertising cookies
These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
- Purpose: Deliver relevant advertisements, limit ad frequency, measure ad effectiveness
- Duration: Up to 1 year
- Examples: Google Ads cookies, Facebook Pixel, retargeting cookies
4. Third-party cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and so on.
Third parties we work with include:
- Google Analytics: Helps us understand how visitors engage with our website
- Google Ads: Allows us to show relevant advertisements
- Facebook/Meta: Social media integration and advertising
- Payment Processors: Stripe, PayPal for secure payment processing
5. How can you control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager when you first visit our website, or by managing your preferences in your browser settings.
Browser controls
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Services.
How to control cookies in popular browsers:
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
- Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Cookies and website data
- Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions
Opt-out links
- Google Analytics: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
- Google Ads: Google Ads Settings
- Network Advertising Initiative: NAI Opt-out Tool
6. Detailed cookie list
Below is a list of the main cookies we use on our website:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| laravel_session | Maintains user session state | 2 hours | Essential |
| XSRF-TOKEN | Security cookie for CSRF protection | 2 hours | Essential |
| remember_web | Remember me functionality | 5 years | Functional |
| _ga | Google Analytics - distinguish users | 2 years | Analytics |
| _gid | Google Analytics - distinguish users | 24 hours | Analytics |
| _fbp | Facebook Pixel for ad tracking | 3 months | Advertising |
7. Updates to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
8. How to contact us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at:
Email: support@activeaiwriter.com
Website: https://activeaiwriter.com/contact