Cookie Policy
Last Updated: 11/30/2025
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit our website. They help us provide you with a better experience by remembering your preferences and understanding how you use our service.
2. How We Use Cookies
Keelstead uses cookies for the following purposes:
Essential Cookies (Required)
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly:
- Session Management: Keep you logged in during your session
- Authentication: Verify your identity and maintain security
- Security: Protect against CSRF attacks and unauthorized access
- Load Balancing: Distribute traffic across our servers
Functional Cookies
These cookies enhance functionality and personalization:
- Preferences: Remember your settings and preferences
- UI State: Remember expanded/collapsed sections, selected tabs
- Language: Store your language preference
- Theme: Remember dark/light mode preference
Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how you use our service:
- Usage Analytics: Track page views and feature usage
- Performance Monitoring: Identify performance issues
- Error Tracking: Monitor and fix errors via Sentry
- User Journey: Understand how users navigate the platform
3. Cookies We Use
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| session_id | Maintains your login session | Essential | Session |
| csrf_token | Security protection | Essential | Session |
| user_preferences | Stores UI preferences | Functional | 1 year |
| cookie_consent | Remembers cookie preferences | Essential | 1 year |
| _ga, _gid | Google Analytics (if enabled) | Analytics | 2 years / 24 hours |
| sentry_session | Error monitoring | Analytics | Session |
4. Third-Party Cookies
We use the following third-party services that may set cookies:
- Sentry: Error monitoring and performance tracking
- Google Analytics (optional): Website analytics
- OAuth Providers: Social login services (Google, GitHub, etc.)
These third parties have their own privacy policies governing their use of cookies.
5. Managing Cookies
You have several options to manage cookies:
Cookie Consent Banner
When you first visit our site, you can choose which types of cookies to accept. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings" link in the footer.
Browser Settings
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings:
- Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies
- Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies
- Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Cookies
- Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions
Note: Disabling essential cookies may prevent you from using certain features of our service.
Do Not Track
We respect Do Not Track (DNT) browser settings. When DNT is enabled, we will not set analytics or tracking cookies.
6. Cookie Consent Categories
We categorize cookies as follows:
Strictly Necessary (Always Active)
These cookies are essential for the website to function. They cannot be disabled as they are necessary for security, authentication, and basic functionality.
Functional (Optional)
These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization. The site will work without them, but you may lose some convenience features.
Analytics (Optional)
These cookies help us understand how visitors use our site so we can improve it. All data is anonymized and used in aggregate.
7. Local Storage and Session Storage
In addition to cookies, we use browser local storage and session storage to:
- Cache data for better performance
- Store temporary form data
- Maintain application state
- Remember UI preferences
Unlike cookies, local storage data is not sent to our servers with every request.
8. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology or legal requirements. We will notify you of significant changes via email or through our platform.
9. Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at:
- Email: privacy@keelstead.com
10. More Information
For more information about how we handle your data, please see our Privacy Policy. For general terms of use, please see our Terms of Service.