ARIA Platform — Cookies

Cookie Policy

This Policy describes the cookies and similar technologies ARIA uses on its public surfaces and customer-facing application. The consent banner’s default state changes based on the jurisdiction your IP address resolves to: GDPR-strict (no non-essential cookies until you opt in) for the EU, EEA, UK, and Switzerland; opt-out-default (we set non-essential cookies and you can withdraw at any time) for the United States and other jurisdictions that permit it. You can change your preference any time below.

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1. What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file a website asks your browser to store on your device. Cookies let a site remember your sign-in, your language preference, or the fact that you have already dismissed a banner. We use the term “cookies” in this Policy to also cover similar technologies — local storage, session storage, web beacons, and server-set tracking pixels.

2. The categories of cookies we use

CategoryPurposeExamplesConsent required?
Strictly necessarySign-in, session management, security (CSRF tokens), load-balancing, locale and theme preferencesaria_session, aria_csrf, aria_locale, aria_themeNo (legitimate interest / contract)
FunctionalRemember your cookie-banner choice, the brand you last selected in a multi-brand workspace, your customised layoutaria_cookie_consent, aria_active_brandNo (strictly necessary to honour your choice)
AnalyticsUnderstand aggregated traffic patterns, which pages convert, where visitors drop offVercel Analytics (first-party, IP-anonymised), GA4 via Google Tag Manager (when enabled)Yes
MarketingMeasure the success of campaigns that brought you to ARIA; conversion-attribution for partners_fbp (only if you click a paid social ad), partner affiliate cookiesYes

3. Per-jurisdiction defaults

Different laws set different defaults for non-essential cookies. We honour the rule that applies where you are reading this from:

  • EU, EEA, UK, Switzerland — GDPR-strict. No analytics or marketing cookies are set until you explicitly opt in through the banner. Strictly-necessary cookies are set unconditionally because they are required for the site to work. You can decline non-essential cookies and still use the site.
  • United States — opt-out-default. Analytics and marketing cookies are set on first visit; the banner offers a single click to withdraw. California residents have a CCPA right to opt out of the “sale or sharing” of personal information; we do not sell or share, and the opt-out is honoured by default.
  • Canada and other jurisdictions — opt-out-default unless local law requires opt-in. Quebec residents under Law 25 see a strict-by-default banner consistent with EU treatment.

The jurisdiction is determined from the country your IP address resolves to at first visit, written to a short-lived first-party cookie (aria_jurisdiction) for the rest of the session, and never shared with third parties. If you would like to override the default for any reason, change your preference below.

4. Manage your cookie preferences

You can change your preferences at any time on this page. The settings are stored in aria_cookie_consent on your browser; clearing your browser storage resets the banner.

5. Third-party cookies and tracking

Some embedded content — for example a YouTube product video or a public Loom recording — sets its own cookies. We try to use privacy-respecting embeds (no-cookie YouTube, anonymised players) where possible, and we list any third-party tracker that could be set on our public pages here:

  • Vercel Analytics (first-party, IP-anonymised at edge before storage). Disabled if you decline analytics in your jurisdiction.
  • Google Tag Manager + Google Analytics 4 — only loaded if the customer organisation has provided container IDs in production env and you have consented (where consent is required).
  • Cloudflare bot-management tokens — strictly necessary for DDoS-protection and the security of the site.

8. Changes to this Policy

We will update this Policy whenever we add, remove, or change a cookie category. Material changes are notified at the top of the banner the next time you visit. Prior versions are accessible through the “View previous versions” link at the top of this page.

9. Contact

For cookie or privacy questions, email privacy@simplification.io. For complaints we cannot resolve, EU/EEA/UK residents may contact their local data protection authority; California residents may contact the California Privacy Protection Agency.