Cookie Policy
Last Updated: January 2025
Like most financial services platforms, we use cookies and similar tracking technologies on neuriscognet.com. This isn't about collecting data for the sake of it — these tools help us understand how people actually use our platform so we can make it better.
We believe in being straight with you about what we track, why we track it, and what you can do if you'd rather we didn't. No confusing jargon or hidden practices. Just honest information about how your visit to our site creates small bits of data that help us serve you better.
What Are Cookies Anyway?
Cookies are tiny text files that get saved to your device when you visit a website. Think of them as digital breadcrumbs — they help the site remember things about your visit.
When you come back to neuriscognet.com, these files tell us you've been here before. They might remember your preferences, keep you logged in, or help us see which parts of our platform people find most useful. Some cookies stick around for months, others disappear the moment you close your browser.
And it's not just cookies. We also use web beacons (small invisible images), pixel tags, and localStorage — all doing similar jobs in slightly different ways. For simplicity, we're calling all of these "cookies" throughout this policy.
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These keep the site working. Without them, basic functions like secure logins and page navigation would break. You can't turn these off if you want to use our platform properly.
What they do:
Remember your login session, maintain security across pages, ensure your requests reach the right server, and keep your preferences during a single visit.
Functional Cookies
These remember your choices so you don't have to keep telling us the same things. They make your experience smoother but aren't strictly necessary.
What they do:
Save your language preference, remember your dashboard layout, store your display settings, and recall your timezone for accurate timestamps.
Analytical Cookies
These help us understand how people interact with our platform. We see which pages get visited most, where people spend their time, and where they run into problems.
What they do:
Track page visits and user flows, measure how long people spend on different sections, identify technical issues or broken features, and show us which content resonates with users.
Marketing Cookies
These track your activity across different sites to show you relevant ads. They also help us measure whether our marketing actually works.
What they do:
Remember which pages you visited on our site, track whether you clicked through from an ad, prevent showing you the same ad repeatedly, and measure campaign performance.
First-Party vs Third-Party Cookies
First-party cookies come directly from us — neuriscognet.com sets them, and only we can read them. These help us run the site and understand your experience on our platform.
Third-party cookies come from other companies whose tools we use. Maybe it's our analytics provider or an advertising platform. These cookies can track you across multiple websites, not just ours. We're selective about which third parties we work with, but we want you to know they're there.
How Long Do Cookies Last?
Session Cookies
These exist only while you're actively using our site. Close your browser, and they're gone. We use these for basic functionality like keeping you logged in as you move between pages.
Persistent Cookies
These stick around after you leave. They might last a few days or several months, depending on their purpose. We use them to remember your preferences between visits and to understand long-term usage patterns.
Each cookie has an expiration date built in. Once that date hits, your browser automatically deletes it. You can also clear them manually whenever you want.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You're not stuck with our cookies. Every browser gives you control over what gets stored on your device. You can block all cookies, delete existing ones, or set up automatic deletion for when you close your browser.
Fair warning though — blocking essential cookies will break parts of our platform. You might not be able to log in or access certain features. But the choice is yours.
Chrome
Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
Firefox
Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
Safari
Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
Edge
Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies
Why We Actually Need These
- Security matters. Cookies help us detect suspicious login attempts and protect your account from unauthorized access.
- Performance tracking shows us where our platform slows down or breaks, so we can fix it before it frustrates more people.
- Understanding usage patterns helps us build features people actually want instead of guessing in the dark.
- Personalization means you don't have to reconfigure your dashboard every single time you log in.
- Marketing measurement tells us whether our outreach efforts are working or just burning money.
Look, we could build a platform without cookies. But it would be slower, less secure, harder to use, and we'd have no idea what needs improvement. That's not a trade-off we're willing to make — and we suspect it's not one you'd want either.
Updates to This Policy
Technology changes. Regulations evolve. Sometimes we add new tools or retire old ones. When we make significant changes to how we use cookies, we'll update this policy and change the date at the top.
We won't send you an email every time we tweak a sentence, but if we fundamentally change our approach to tracking, we'll make sure you know about it. Check back here occasionally if you're curious about what's current.
Questions About Our Cookie Use?
If something in this policy doesn't make sense, or if you have specific concerns about how we're tracking your activity, just ask. We'd rather have a conversation than leave you wondering.