Cookie Policy

Last updated: 9/30/2025

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember your preferences and provide a better user experience by enabling features like staying logged in and personalizing content.

How We Use Cookies

The Aviators Journal uses cookies for several purposes:

Essential Cookies

Required for the platform to function properly. These include authentication cookies that keep you logged in and security cookies that protect against malicious attacks.

Functional Cookies

Remember your preferences and settings, such as dashboard layout, timezone settings, and language preferences.

Analytics Cookies

Help us understand how users interact with our platform, which features are most popular, and how we can improve the user experience.

Performance Cookies

Collect information about how our platform performs, helping us identify and fix technical issues to ensure optimal performance.

Third-Party Cookies

We may use third-party services that set their own cookies, such as analytics providers and support tools. These services have their own privacy policies and cookie practices, which we encourage you to review.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have several options for managing cookies:

  • Browser Settings: Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies through their settings
  • Platform Settings: You can adjust cookie preferences in your account settings
  • Opt-out Tools: Use browser extensions or opt-out tools for specific types of tracking

Note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our platform and your user experience.

Cookie Retention

Different cookies have different retention periods:

  • Session Cookies: Deleted when you close your browser
  • Persistent Cookies: Remain for a set period (typically 30 days to 2 years)
  • Authentication Cookies: Expire when you log out or after a period of inactivity

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable laws. We will notify you of any material changes and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at privacy@aviatorsjournal.com.