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Cookie Policy
Last updated: May 22, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how HealthAICentral.com ("Company," "we," "us," and "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at https://healthaicentral.com ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them. This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information. They can be "session" cookies (deleted when you close your browser) or "persistent" cookies (remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them).
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, HealthAICentral.com) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
2. Why Do We Use Cookies?
We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website 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 Website.
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in our cookie consent banner. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our Website though your access to some functionality and areas of our Website may be restricted.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below:
| Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Essential / Strictly Necessary | Required for the website to function properly. These enable core features like authentication, security, session management, and your cookie consent preferences. | Session / 30 days |
| Functional | Remember your preferences and settings (such as theme and saved articles) to enhance your experience. | Up to 1 year |
| Analytics & Customization | We use Plausible Analytics, a privacy-friendly, cookieless analytics tool. Plausible does not use cookies and does not collect any personal data or personally identifiable information (PII). It collects only aggregate, anonymous usage statistics. | N/A (Cookieless) |
4. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have several options for managing cookies:
- Cookie Banner: When you first visit our site, you can choose which categories of cookies to accept or reject through our cookie consent banner. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.
- Browser Settings: Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies through their settings. Note that blocking essential cookies may prevent the website from functioning properly.
5. Do Not Track & Global Privacy Control
Most web browsers include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals.
Global Privacy Control (GPC): We fully support and honor the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal. If your browser or extension transmits a valid GPC signal, our systems will automatically detect it and opt you out of all non-essential cookies and third-party data sharing — without requiring you to manually adjust your cookie preferences. For more information about GPC and how to enable it, visit globalprivacycontrol.org.
6. Other Tracking Technologies
Web Beacons and Tracking Pixels
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when someone has visited our Website or opened a marketing email from us. This allows us to monitor the traffic patterns of users and measure the success of email marketing campaigns.
Note: Tracking pixels are used only in marketing and newsletter emails — not in transactional emails such as password resets or account security notifications.
Third-Party Cookies
We may allow certain third-party services to set cookies on your device through our website. These include:
- Stripe — payment processing for subscriptions
These third parties have their own privacy and cookie policies, which we encourage you to review. As noted above, our primary analytics provider (Plausible) does not use cookies.
7. How Often Will We Update This Cookie Policy?
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies. The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
8. Where Can You Get Further Information?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us at support@healthaicentral.com.