What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help sites remember your preferences, analyze usage, and deliver a smoother experience. We also use similar technologies such as localStorage (a browser storage mechanism) to hold the same kind of state. Throughout this policy we refer to all of these as “cookies.”
Cookie categories we use
Strictly necessary
Required for the site to function. We don’t currently set any strictly necessary cookies; the only first-party state we maintain without consent is your explicit cookie-consent choice itself (so we remember whether you accepted or rejected analytics). This is stored in localStorage, not a cookie.
Analytics (opt-in)
Load only after you click Accept on our cookie consent banner. Both providers are set to “consent default: denied” at page load, so they do not execute until your choice is recorded.
Cookies we set
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|
bionicly-analytics-consent | Bionicly (localStorage) | Remembers your cookie-consent choice (granted / denied) so we don’t re-prompt. | Until you clear browser data |
ph_* / ph_*_posthog | PostHog | Product analytics: anonymous visitor ID, session state, feature-flag evaluations. Stored in localStorage; PostHog does not write traditional cookies by default. | 12 months (default) |
_ga | Google Analytics 4 | Persistent anonymous identifier used to distinguish unique visitors. | 2 years |
_ga_<CONTAINER-ID> | Google Analytics 4 | Session state for the specific GA4 property, used to count sessions and compute engagement metrics. | 2 years |
Managing your consent
When you first visit the site, a banner at the bottom of the page offers Accept or Reject. Your choice is stored locally and respected on subsequent visits. You can change your mind at any time by clearing your browser’s site data for bionicly.ai — the banner will reappear on the next visit.
You can also block all cookies at the browser level. Most browsers expose this under Settings → Privacy & security. Note that blocking all cookies may break functionality on other sites.
Third-party processors
When analytics is granted, the following third-party processors receive anonymized usage data from your browser. Each operates under its own privacy policy:
- PostHog, Inc. — posthog.com/privacy
- Google LLC (Google Analytics 4) — policies.google.com/privacy
Do Not Track
Our site does not currently respond to Do Not Track (DNT) browser signals because there is no consistent industry standard for interpreting them. We instead rely on the explicit Accept/Reject consent choice described above.
Updates to this policy
If we add, remove, or change cookies, we’ll update this page and revise the “Effective date” above. Material changes will also be communicated in the consent banner on your next visit.
Contact
Questions about cookies or this policy: privacy@bionicly.ai