Cookie Policy

📋 1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you access a website. They help websites remember your actions, device type, and preferences over time. At CostWise, we use cookies in a limited and policy-safe manner to ensure a consistent user experience and basic functionality.

🔍 2. Why We Use Cookies
Cookies are used strictly to support platform performance, structure, and navigation. We do not use cookies for marketing, advertising, or behavioral profiling.

Our usage is limited to:

✔️ Ensuring pages load properly across browsers and devices
✔️ Supporting core features like contact form functionality
✔️ Observing anonymous patterns to improve layout and page sequence
✔️ Remembering basic settings (like selected language or reading layout)

🧰 3. Types of Cookies Used
✅ Essential Cookies
Required for the platform to function. These cookies allow users to access core site features such as navigating between pages or submitting a contact form.

📊 Analytics Cookies
Used anonymously to understand overall site usage. This includes page visits, session durations, and basic interaction flow. All analytics cookies are configured to avoid personal tracking and are not linked to user identity.

⚙️ Functional (Preference) Cookies
Used to store small user preferences like display settings or device-specific adjustments. These are optional and only applied where applicable.

🔒 4. No Advertising or Tracking Cookies
CostWise does not use cookies for:

🚫 Advertising personalization
🚫 Third-party ad networks
🚫 Cross-site tracking
🚫 Social media targeting
🚫 Retargeting or behavioral analysis

Your activity on CostWise is not monitored or used to create a user profile.

⚖️ 5. Managing Cookies
Most browsers allow you to manage or disable cookies at any time. You can:

View current cookies stored

Delete some or all cookies

Block specific cookie types

Receive alerts when a site uses cookies

Please note that disabling essential cookies may limit basic functionality such as form submissions.

🔄 6. Cookie Storage Duration
Cookies on CostWise are stored for the minimum duration necessary. Temporary cookies (session-based) are deleted when you close your browser. Other cookies, used for structural preferences, may remain for a limited time unless manually deleted.

We do not extend cookie lifespan unnecessarily or for marketing purposes.

🛡️ 7. Data and Privacy Compliance
All cookies used by CostWise comply with applicable privacy frameworks, including GDPR principles. No cookies collect personally identifiable information. Analytics are anonymized and used solely for performance monitoring and layout structure evaluation.

We do not transfer cookie data to third parties.

📆 8. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect technical changes or platform adjustments. All updates will appear on this page. Continued use of the website indicates acceptance of the current policy version.

📞 9. Contact Us
For questions about cookies or how your data is handled, you can reach us at:

📧 Email: [email protected]
📍 Address: 425 Rue Wellington, Montréal, QC H3C 1T3, Canada
📞 Phone: +1 (438) 920‑1634