GZOO Media LLC – Cookie Policy
Last updated: 9 June 2025
Effective date: 9 June 2025
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website or use a web application. They allow the site to recognize your device, store preferences, and track usage for analytics and security. “Cookies” in this Policy also covers local storage, pixels, tags, SDKs, and similar technologies.
2. Why We Use Cookies
We deploy cookies to:
Purpose Example Activities Legal Basis*
| Strictly Necessary | Sign-in, session persistence, CSRF protection, load-balancing | Contract necessity
| Preferences & Functional | Remember language/region, UI settings, feature toggles | Legitimate interest / Consent
| Analytics | Measure page views, feature adoption, error rates (e.g., Plausible, GA 4) | Legitimate interest / Consent
| Marketing & Advertising | Track campaign performance, retarget ads (e.g., Google Ads, LinkedIn) | Consent
| AI Prompt Caching | Short-term storage of prompt IDs to improve completion speed | Legitimate interest
* GDPR / UK GDPR legal bases. CCPA/CPRA treat analytics/ads cookies as “sharing” for cross-context advertising.
3. Cookies We Set
Cookie Type Expires Purpose
| gzoo_session | Strictly Necessary | 1 day | Maintains authenticated user session
| XSRF-TOKEN | Strictly Necessary | 2 hours | Prevents cross-site-request forgery
| remember_user | Functional | 30 days | Keeps you signed in if you select “Remember me”
| cookie_consent | Functional | 6 months | Stores your banner preferences
| *_ga / ga ** | Analytics (Google Analytics 4) | 13 months | Site usage metrics
| *plausible_ ** | Analytics (Plausible) | 13 months | Privacy-friendly statistics
| _gcl_au / _fbp / li_fat_id | Marketing | 90 days | Ad conversion & retargeting pixels
| ai_prompt_cache | Functional | 30 minutes | Reduces latency on repeat AI calls
Note: Actual cookie names and lifetimes may change as we update the platform. The live Cookie Preference Center always reflects the current set.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies originate from domains other than gzoo.net:
- Analytics Providers – plausible.io, google-analytics.com
- Ad Networks – doubleclick.net, facebook.com, ads.linkedin.com
- AI Model Vendors – *.openai.com (only when you enable AI features)
Third-party cookies are governed by their own privacy policies. We contractually require vendors to respect user choices recorded through our Cookie banner.
5. How You Can Control Cookies
5.1 Cookie Banner & Preference Center
On your first visit, we show a banner that lets you:
- Accept All non-essential cookies
- Reject All or
- Customize by category
Your selections write the cookie_consent cookie and remain in force for six months (or until you clear cookies or change settings).
5.2 Browser Settings
Most browsers let you delete or block cookies entirely. Doing so may break essential functions (e.g., staying logged in).
5.3 Do Not Track
Our system currently does not act on “Do Not Track” signals, but the banner gives equivalent control.
5.4 Opt-Out of Interest-Based Ads
- Google Ads: Ads Settings
- Facebook: Ad Preferences
- LinkedIn: Ad Settings
6. Changes to This Policy
We’ll update this Cookie Policy when we add or remove cookies or change vendors. Material changes trigger a 30-day notice via the banner or in-app alert. The “Last updated” date reflects the latest revision.
7. Contact
Questions about our use of cookies?
GZOO Media LLC – Privacy Team
[123 Business Way], Los Angeles, CA 90000, USA
Email: privacy@gzoo.net
Implementation Checklist
- Deploy a TCF 2.0–compatible cookie-banner script (e.g., Cookiebot, CookieYes, or your custom Vue/React component).
- Create /cookie-policy and link it in the banner footer and website footer.
- Hook the banner’s “Reject” state to disable Google Analytics and ad pixels (e.g., using gtag('consent', 'update', { analytics_storage : 'denied' })).
- Log consent events to your database for audit (store: user ID, timestamp, categories granted).
- Review every 6 months (or sooner if you add new third-party tools).