1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember your preferences, understand how you use the site, and improve your experience. Some cookies are essential for the site to function, while others help us analyze traffic and personalize content.
2. How We Use Cookies
PodLab LV (podlablv.com) uses cookies and similar tracking technologies for the following purposes:
- Site functionality: Ensuring the website works correctly, maintaining your session, and remembering your preferences
- Analytics: Understanding how visitors interact with our site so we can improve the experience
- Advertising: Measuring the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns and delivering relevant ads
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off.
- Session cookies: Maintain your browsing session as you navigate between pages
- Authentication cookies: Keep you logged in to the client portal (portal.podlablv.com) via Supabase
- Security cookies: Help protect against cross-site request forgery and other threats
Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website.
- Google Analytics 4 (G-F32FR2PPTT): Tracks page views, session duration, traffic sources, device type, and user behavior. Data is aggregated and anonymized. Retention: up to 26 months.
- Google Tag Manager (GTM-PMJQL5VL): Manages the loading of analytics and advertising tags. Does not collect data directly but facilitates other tracking tools.
- Microsoft Clarity: Records session replays and heatmaps to help us understand how users navigate the site. Personal data is masked. Retention: up to 30 days.
Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to measure and improve our advertising campaigns.
- Meta Pixel (Facebook/Instagram): Tracks conversions from our social media advertising campaigns. Helps us understand which ads lead to actions on our site. Retention: up to 180 days.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are set by third-party services that appear on our pages:
- Calendly: When you interact with our scheduling widget, Calendly may set cookies to manage your booking session
- YouTube: Embedded videos may set cookies to track viewing preferences and analytics
- Referral (beaker_ref): If you arrive through a PodLab partner's link, we remember which partner referred you for 90 days so they are credited if you buy. It stores only the partner's ID, is set on podlablv.com and its subdomains, and is not used for advertising
- Whop: Checkout pages are hosted by Whop on whop.com, which sets its own cookies there for fraud prevention and session management
These third-party services have their own cookie and privacy policies. We encourage you to review them.
5. Managing Cookies
You have several options for managing cookies:
Browser Settings
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically find these under "Privacy" or "Security" in your browser's preferences. Common options include:
- Block all cookies
- Block third-party cookies only
- Delete cookies when you close your browser
- Receive a notification before a cookie is set
Opt-Out Links
Note: Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website. Essential cookies cannot be disabled without breaking core features like the client portal login.
6. Do Not Track
Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" (DNT) setting. There is currently no industry standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. Our site does not currently respond to DNT signals, but you can use the opt-out methods described above to manage tracking.
7. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please check this page periodically for updates. The "Last updated" date at the top indicates when the policy was last revised.