Cookie Policy

BL Atlas | blatlas.app Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Last Updated: August 8, 2026

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you visit a website. They allow the site to recognize your device, remember your preferences, and collect usage information to improve the experience.

In addition to traditional cookies, we may use similar technologies such as web beacons, pixel tags, local storage, and session storage. This policy covers all of these collectively as "cookies."

2. How BL Atlas Uses Cookies

We use cookies to:

• Keep you signed in across sessions
• Remember your preferences (e.g., display settings, language)
• Track your watchlist and rating activity
• Understand how users navigate and use the platform
• Detect and prevent security threats and abuse
• Measure platform performance
• (In the future) Serve and measure interest-based advertising

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the Service to function. Without them, features like logging in, saving your watchlist, and navigating the site would not work. You cannot opt out of these cookies.

| Cookie | Purpose | Duration | |---|---|---| | Session token | Keeps you authenticated | Session / 30 days | | CSRF token | Protects against cross-site request forgery | Session | | Preferences | Stores UI settings | 1 year |

3.2 Analytics & Performance Cookies

These cookies help us understand how users interact with the platform — which pages are most visited, where users drop off, and what features are used most. This data is aggregated and does not identify you personally.

We may use services such as Google Analytics, Plausible, or similar tools for this purpose.

| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Duration | |---|---|---|---| | ga | Google Analytics | User/session tracking | 2 years | | gid | Google Analytics | Session distinction | 24 hours |

3.3 Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced features like personalized recommendations and remembering your content preferences.

3.4 Advertising Cookies (Future)

We do not currently run advertising on BL Atlas. However, if we introduce advertising in the future, we may deploy advertising cookies to:

• Serve relevant ads based on your interests and browsing behavior
• Limit how often you see the same ad
• Measure ad campaign performance
• Share pseudonymized data with advertising partners

Before activating advertising cookies, we will update this policy and, where required by law, request your explicit consent through our cookie consent tool.

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on our Service are set by third-party providers — for example, authentication providers (Google OAuth) or analytics platforms. These third parties have their own privacy and cookie policies, which we encourage you to review:

• Google: policies.google.com/privacy

We do not control third-party cookies and are not responsible for their use.

5. Your Cookie Choices

5.1 Cookie Consent Tool

When you first visit BL Atlas, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner where you can accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can revisit and update your preferences at any time via the "Cookie Settings" link in the footer.

5.2 Browser Settings

You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

• View and delete stored cookies
• Block all cookies or only third-party cookies
• Set preferences for specific websites

Note that disabling strictly necessary cookies will affect the functionality of the Service (e.g., you will not be able to stay logged in).

Browser instructions: - Chrome - Firefox - Safari - Edge

5.3 Opt Out of Analytics

To opt out of Google Analytics across all sites, you can use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

6. Do Not Track

Some browsers send a "Do Not Track" (DNT) signal. We currently do not respond to DNT signals, as there is no consistent industry standard for doing so. We will reassess this position as standards evolve.

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when we introduce new features, technologies, or advertising. We will notify you of material changes by updating the "Last Updated" date above. Continued use of the Service after the update constitutes acceptance.

8. Contact Us

For questions about cookies or this policy, please contact us.