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Cookie policy
Cookie Policy for Applithic
How this educational site uses cookies and similar storage. Read together with the Privacy Policy.
Revised September 16, 2026 — applithic.com
What this page covers
A short, plain guide to storage on this site
This Cookie Policy explains how Applithic uses cookies and similar browser storage on applithic.com. It applies to every page of this educational resource about programmable key issuing and structured data movement.
We keep the setup narrow on purpose. The site remembers your consent choice, keeps forms working safely, and — only where you allow it — counts which guides get read in aggregate. There are no advertising profiles and no cross-site tracking for behavioral marketing here.
How to use this policy
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Start with Types Used if you want the quick list of what may be stored in your browser.
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See Managing Consent if you want to change a choice or clear stored items.
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See Contact About Cookies at the end for where to send questions. Related reading: Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Plain definition
What Cookies Are
Small text files your browser keeps on your device, so a site can remember a choice or keep a form secure.
When you visit applithic.com, your browser may store a small file on your phone or computer. On a later visit, the browser sends that file back so the site recognizes a preference you set before.
On this site those files do three quiet jobs: they hold preferences such as a display choice, they support security functions around form submission, and they can produce aggregated counts of which educational guides are read. The last category only runs where you allow it, and it never stores a personal identifier.
Similar storage, such as local storage used by a browser, works the same way and follows the same rules in this policy. Nothing here builds an advertising profile or follows you across other sites.
Limited categories
Types Used on This Site
Only three functional groups. If a cookie does not fit one of these rows, it does not belong on applithic.com.
Strictly necessary
Required for basic operation. They remember your cookie consent choice and help the contact form submit securely.
Always on. The site cannot work safely without them.
Functional preferences
Optional. When enabled, they remember display choices such as a language selection so pages open the way you left them.
Only with consent. Refusing them changes nothing except remembered display settings.
Measurement counts
Optional aggregated counts of page views, where enabled, showing which guides readers open. No personal identifiers are stored in these counts.
Aggregate only. We see totals, never who read what.
This site does not operate advertising cookies, social tracking pixels, or cross-site identifiers. If you arrived from a search ad, that click is handled by the ad platform under its own policy — nothing extra is stored here to follow it.
On this bench — no key material
Cookies on applithic.com keep pages and forms working. They never issue API keys and never move data between your systems.
Why each type exists
Purposes
Every cookie on this site has a practical job tied to reading or contacting us. Nothing here evaluates financial standing, approves transactions, or shapes personalized financial offers.
Operate the site
Keep navigation, pages, and the consent record itself working from visit to visit, so you are not asked the same question on every page.
Reduce spam in forms
Support secure submission of the contact form by recognizing a genuine browser session and filtering automated abuse.
Understand aggregate reading
Where enabled, count which educational guides are opened most often, so future explanations can focus on what readers actually use. Counts contain no identifiers.
Your controls
Managing Consent and Settings
On your first visit a notice lets you accept or reject non-essential cookies. Strictly necessary cookies still run, because the site cannot function securely without them. You can change your mind at any time in your browser.
Change your choice after the first visit
Open your browser settings for privacy or cookies, then block or delete cookies for applithic.com. Your next visit will be treated as a fresh choice for optional categories. The consent record itself is rewritten the next time you respond to the notice.
What happens if you block everything
Blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent the contact form from submitting correctly and may cause the consent notice to reappear on each visit. Display preferences will also reset, since there is nowhere to store them.
Browser paths readers use most
In Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari, look under Settings, then Privacy and Security, then Cookies and Site Data. From there you can view stored items for this site, delete them, or set the browser to clear them when you close the window. Steps vary slightly by version.
How long things stay
Retention Periods
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Consent records — up to 12 months
Your accept or reject choice is kept so you are not asked again on every visit.
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Preference cookies — up to 12 months
Display choices expire within 12 months of your last visit, then reset to defaults.
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Aggregate counts — up to 12 months
Where collected, totals are held up to 12 months. They contain no cookie identifiers after the retention period.
Expired cookies are removed automatically by your browser according to their expiry date. Server-side aggregates keep no identifier once the period ends.
Questions welcome
Contact About Cookies
Questions about cookies on applithic.com can be sent through the Contact page. Mention the heading of this policy and describe what you saw, including your browser and the page address if you can. Updates to this policy will be posted on this page with a revised date.
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Phone
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