COOKIE POLICY

1. What Are Cookies

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

2. How We Use Cookies

Solius Alpha uses cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

2.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the Service to function properly. They include:

• Authentication: An HTTP-only cookie named "access_token" containing an encrypted JWT to keep you signed in across sessions. This cookie cannot be read by JavaScript and is only sent to our server over secure connections in production.

2.2 Analytics Cookies

We use the following analytics services to understand how visitors interact with our Service:

• Cloudflare Web Analytics: A privacy-first analytics service provided by Cloudflare, Inc. It collects page views, referrers, and browser information without using client-side cookies or tracking individual users across sites. The analytics beacon (beacon.min.js) is injected by Cloudflare at the network edge.
• Ahrefs Analytics: A lightweight analytics service provided by Ahrefs Pte. Ltd. It collects page views and traffic sources to help us understand how visitors find and use our Service.

These services may collect:

• Pages visited and referral sources
• Browser type, screen resolution, and device information
• Country-level location (not precise geolocation)

3. Local Storage

In addition to cookies, we use browser local storage extensively to persist your preferences and UI state. The following data is stored locally on your device:

3.1 Authentication

Authentication is handled via an HTTP-only cookie ("access_token") that is not stored in local storage. No authentication tokens are stored in local storage.

3.2 Preferences

• Theme: Your selected color theme (dark/light)
• User Preferences: Chart type, timeframe, number format, timezone, currency, scanner view mode, and notification settings

3.3 Console State

• Console Open State: Whether the terminal console was open or closed
• Console Height: Your preferred console panel height
• Command History: Recent commands entered in the console for up-arrow recall

3.4 UI State

• Guided Tours: Which onboarding tours you have completed, so they are not shown again
• Recent Commands: Your recently used command palette commands for quick access

Preference and UI state keys are prefixed with "solius_". All local storage data can be cleared via your browser's developer tools or by clearing site data. Clearing local storage will reset your preferences to defaults but will not sign you out (authentication is handled via HTTP-only cookies). Clearing cookies will sign you out. Neither action affects your server-side data.

4. Third-Party Cookies and Scripts

Some third-party services we integrate with may set their own cookies or collect data via scripts:

• Google: For OAuth 2.0 authentication services. Privacy Policy
• Cloudflare: For CDN, security, and privacy-first web analytics. Cloudflare Web Analytics does not use cookies for tracking. Privacy Policy
• Ahrefs: For website analytics and traffic analysis. Privacy Policy

We do not control third-party cookies or data collection. Please refer to their respective privacy policies linked above for more information.

5. Managing Cookies and Local Storage

You can control and manage cookies and local storage in several ways:

5.1 Browser Settings

Most browsers allow you to:

• View what cookies and local storage data are stored
• Delete all or specific cookies and site data
• Block cookies from specific sites
• Block all cookies (though this may affect functionality)

5.2 Impact of Clearing Data

If you clear cookies and local storage, the following will occur:

• You will need to sign in again
• Your theme, chart, and display preferences will reset to defaults
• The console will reset to its default closed state and height
• Onboarding tours may be shown again
• Your server-side data (subscriptions, alerts, AI conversation history) will not be affected

6. Cookie Duration

We use both session and persistent storage:

• Session Cookies: Deleted when you close your browser.
• Authentication Cookie: The "access_token" HTTP-only cookie expires after 7 days or when you sign out.
• Local Storage: Persists indefinitely until you clear it. No expiration date is set on local storage items.

7. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at [email protected].