Cookie Policy

Last Updated: June 25, 2025

This Cookie Policy explains how Aikubus (“we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on our website, https://aikubus.com (the “Site”). This policy provides transparent information regarding our cookie practices.

Your use of this Site is also governed by our separate Privacy Policy, which details how we collect, use, and protect your personal data, and our Terms and Conditions for website use. By continuing to use our Site, you acknowledge the information in this Cookie Policy.

1. What are Cookies and Why Are They Used?

Cookies are small text files, often containing a unique identifier, that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide a more personalized browsing experience.

Cookies serve several general purposes:

  • Functionality: They enable essential website features, ensuring the site works correctly (e.g., remembering your preferences, keeping you logged in if applicable, or facilitating navigation).
  • Performance: They can help websites understand how users interact with pages, which parts are most popular, and if any errors occur, helping to improve the website’s performance.
  • Preferences: They allow websites to remember choices you’ve made (like language or region settings) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
  • Security: Some cookies are vital for website security, helping to prevent fraudulent activity and protect user data.

Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies:

  • Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that remain on your device only for as long as you are actively browsing a website. They are deleted automatically once you close your web browser. They are often used for managing your current visit and for security purposes during a session.
  • Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device for a set period specified in the cookie itself (which can range from a few minutes to several years) or until you manually delete them. They are activated each time you revisit the website that created that particular cookie and are used to remember your preferences or actions across multiple sessions.

2. Our Approach to Cookies on Aikubus.com

Our website, being built on WordPress, sets a limited number of first-party cookies primarily for essential website functionality and specific user-initiated interactions, as detailed in Section 3. We want to be unequivocally clear that Aikubus.com does not use Google Analytics or any other third-party analytical/tracking cookies (which gather extensive data about your browsing behavior across multiple websites) for statistical analysis, performance monitoring, or advertising targeting directly on our Site.

Any cookie activity on your device that is not strictly necessary for our website’s operation or directly tied to your explicit interaction (like leaving a comment or logging in as an administrator) is not initiated by Aikubus.com. Any other cookie activity you may encounter is related solely to your interactions with third-party platforms to which you are redirected from our Site.

3. Types of Cookies We Use and Their Specific Purpose

Based on the functionalities of our WordPress site (including the blog, comment section, and administrative access), the following types of cookies may be set on your device, primarily in response to specific user actions or for administrative purposes:

3.1. Strictly Necessary Cookies (Essential Cookies)

These cookies are absolutely essential for the basic operation of our website. They enable core functionalities such as secure access to administrative areas (if you are a logged-in user), proper page navigation, and basic website security features. Without these cookies, the website may not function correctly, and certain services would be unavailable. They generally do not store any personally identifiable information about you, nor do they track your browsing activity for marketing purposes.

  • Purpose: To ensure fundamental website functionality and security, manage user sessions for authorized users, and perform basic checks (e.g., if your browser accepts cookies).
  • Examples: WordPress session cookies (set for logged-in users like administrators or authors for their session management), and a temporary “test cookie” that WordPress sets to verify if your browser is configured to accept cookies.
  • Duration: Typically session-based (deleted when browser closes) or very short-term (e.g., few hours).

3.2. Functional / Preference Cookies

These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personalized features. They are designed to improve your user experience by recalling your preferences or details to save you time. These are generally set only if you actively engage in the described actions (e.g., leaving a comment and choosing to save details, or logging in).

Comment Cookies:

  • Purpose: If you choose to leave a comment on our blog posts, you have the option to opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website (if provided) in cookies. This is purely for your convenience, so you do not have to manually re-enter these details each time you wish to leave a subsequent comment.
  • Data Stored: Your name, email address, and website URL (only if you opt-in and provide them).
  • Duration: These specific comment preference cookies will last for one year from the date they are set.

Login Cookies (for Authorized Users – Administrators/Authors Only):

  • Purpose: If you are an authorized user (e.g., an administrator or content author) and visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to verify if your browser accepts cookies. Upon successful login, several cookies are set to save your login session information and your screen display choices within the WordPress dashboard (e.g., preferred layout, number of items to display).
  • Data Stored: Encrypted login details, screen display preferences.
  • Duration: Login session cookies typically last for two days. Screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me” during login, your login persistence cookie will last for two weeks. When you log out of your account, these specific login cookies are immediately removed.

Article Editing Cookies (for Authorized Users – Administrators/Authors Only):

  • Purpose: If you, as an authorized user, edit or publish an article on the Site, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data directly identifiable to you; it simply stores the post ID of the article you just edited, which helps the system manage your content changes.
  • Data Stored: Post ID (a numerical identifier for the content).
  • Duration: This cookie expires automatically after 1 day.

3.3. Third-Party Cookies (via Affiliate Links and Service Referrals)

While Aikubus.com does not directly set tracking cookies on our Site for its own analytical or advertising purposes, we do engage in affiliate marketing and service referrals. This means our Site contains links to third-party affiliate websites (e.g., those part of the Impact.com network, or other similar affiliate programs) and platforms where we or our team provide app development services (e.g., Fiverr.com).

  • How they work: When you click on one of these links, you are directed away from our Site to a third-party website (e.g., an affiliate merchant’s site or Fiverr.com). That third-party website or its associated networks may then use their own cookies or similar tracking technologies on their site.
  • Purpose: These third-party cookies are used by the external platforms (affiliate networks, merchants, service platforms) for their own purposes, which may include tracking referrals from our Site, attributing any resulting sales or leads, enabling their platform’s functionality, and accurately processing commissions or service engagements.
  • Control: These cookies are set and controlled by the respective third-party websites, not by Aikubus. We have no direct access to or control over these cookies or the data they collect once you leave our Site.

Recommendation: As mentioned in our Affiliate Links Disclosure, and in our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions, your interaction with any third-party website, including their cookie usage and data collection practices, is governed by their respective terms and conditions and privacy policies. We strongly encourage you to review the cookie policies and privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit via our links to understand their data handling practices.

4. Your Choices: How to Manage Cookies

You have the full right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. Most web browsers are initially set to accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. You can also manually delete cookies already stored on your device.

Here’s how you can generally manage your cookie preferences through your web browser settings:

  • View & Delete: You can see which cookies have been stored by your browser and delete them individually or all at once.
  • Block All Cookies: You can configure your browser to block all cookies from being set.
  • Block Third-Party Cookies: You can specifically block cookies that are set by domains other than the one you are currently visiting.
  • Receive Prompts: Some browsers allow you to receive a prompt each time a cookie is about to be set, giving you the choice to accept or refuse it.
  • Delete on Close: You can set your browser to delete all cookies automatically when you close it.

Please be aware that if you choose to disable or block cookies, particularly “Strictly Necessary Cookies” or those set by third-party sites you visit, some parts of our Site or other websites may not function properly, some features may be limited, or certain areas may not be accessible. For detailed instructions on how to control cookies, please consult your browser’s “Help” or “Settings” menu (e.g., Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari).

5. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices (e.g., if we start using any new technologies or begin setting cookies directly on our Site), or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. When we make changes, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about our practices. Your continued use of the Site after any changes to this Cookie Policy will constitute your acceptance of such changes.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, our practices, or your dealings with this Site, please contact us:

  • For general inquiries regarding the Site or this Cookie Policy:
    • Website: https://aikubus.com
    • Contact Form: Please use the contact form available on our website to send us your query.
    • Email: connectwithus@aikubus.com
  • For grievances or to exercise your data privacy rights (as detailed in our Privacy Policy):
    • Contact Person: Subarnamoy Bose
    • Email: subarnamoybose@aikubus.com