Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed 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

FlowBoard uses cookies to:

• Keep you signed in
• Remember your preferences
• Understand how you use our service
• Improve our website and services

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They include:

• Authentication cookies: Keep you logged in
• Session cookies: Maintain your session state
• Security cookies: Protect against fraud and abuse

3.2 Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. We use these to improve our service. Examples include:

• Google Analytics: Website analytics and usage statistics
• Firebase Analytics: Service usage analytics

These cookies help us understand how users interact with FlowBoard, which features are most used, and how we can improve the service. All analytics data is anonymized and aggregated.

3.3 Marketing Cookies

These cookies are used to track visitors across websites to display relevant advertisements. We currently do not use marketing cookies. If we introduce marketing cookies in the future, we will update this policy and request your consent before setting any marketing cookies.

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. These include:

• Firebase/Google: Authentication, session management, and analytics. See Google Privacy Policy
• Stripe: Payment processing and fraud prevention. See Stripe Privacy Policy
• Google Analytics: Website analytics. See Google Privacy Policy

We do not control these third-party cookies. Please refer to their respective privacy policies for more information about how they use cookies.

5. Managing Cookies

You can manage your cookie preferences:

• Through our cookie consent banner when you first visit
• In your account privacy settings
• Through your browser settings

Note: Disabling essential cookies may affect the functionality of the Service.

6. Cookie Duration

Cookies can be either:

• Session cookies: Temporary, deleted when you close your browser
• Persistent cookies: Remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them

Specific cookie durations:

• Authentication cookies: 30 days (keeps you logged in)
• Session cookies: Deleted when browser closes
• Preference cookies: 1 year (remembers your settings)
• Analytics cookies: 1-2 years (varies by service)

7. Your Rights

Under GDPR and ePrivacy Directive, you have the right to:

• Be informed about cookie usage
• Give or withdraw consent for non-essential cookies
• Access information about cookies we use
• Delete cookies through your browser settings

8. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by:

• Updating the "Last updated" date on this page
• Sending an email notification if significant changes are made
• Displaying a notice in the Service

We will provide at least 30 days' notice before material changes take effect.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us: