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Cookie Policy

Last updated: June 17, 2025

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

ExFaangConnect uses cookies to improve your experience on our platform, to provide essential functionality, and to analyze how our service is used.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our platform to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our platform.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our platform and to use some of its features.

Cookie Name
auth_token
Purpose
User authentication
Duration
7 days
Cookie Name
user_id
Purpose
User identification
Duration
7 days

3.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.

Cookie Name
_ga, _gid
Purpose
Google Analytics tracking
Duration
2 years / 24 hours

3.3 Functional Cookies

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

Cookie Name
preferences
Purpose
Store user preferences
Duration
1 year

3.4 Targeting and Advertising Cookies

These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites.

Note: We currently do not use advertising cookies, but may implement them in the future with proper consent mechanisms.

4. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the service and deliver advertisements on and through the service.

4.1 Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website.

4.2 Social Media

Our platform includes social media features, such as LinkedIn and Google sign-in buttons. These features may collect your IP address and which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

5.1 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may worsen your overall user experience.

5.2 Opt-Out Options

You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by visiting:Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on

5.3 Cookie Consent

When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner. You can accept or decline non-essential cookies at that time. You can also change your preferences at any time by accessing our cookie preference center.

6. How to Delete Cookies

If you want to delete cookies that are already on your computer, here are instructions for common browsers:

  • Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Clear browsing data
  • Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data > Clear Data
  • Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data > Remove All
  • Edge: Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Clear browsing data

7. Mobile Devices

On mobile devices, you can adjust your cookie settings through your browser app settings. For mobile apps, we use similar technologies like device identifiers and local storage instead of cookies.

8. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us:

Email: privacy@ex-faang.com

Cookie Questions: cookies@ex-faang.com

Address: ExFaangConnect Inc.

859 The Queensway ON

Toronto, Ontario, Canada