Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember your preferences, understand how you interact with pages, and deliver a more consistent experience across sessions. Cookies are not programs and cannot carry viruses or access information on your hard drive.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary

These cookies are essential for the my-column platform and website to function. They enable core capabilities such as secure login, session management, and API authentication flows. Without them, services you have requested cannot be provided. These cookies cannot be disabled.

Session tokens (user authentication)
CSRF protection tokens
Load-balancer routing cookies
Cookie-consent preference storage

Analytics

We use analytics cookies to understand how visitors navigate our website and developer documentation — which pages are most visited, where users drop off, and how long they engage with content. This data is aggregated and anonymous; it helps us improve our product and documentation continuously.

Page-view and event tracking
Session duration and bounce rate
Feature usage heatmaps
Error and performance monitoring

Marketing & Targeting

Marketing cookies allow us to deliver relevant content and measure the effectiveness of our campaigns. They may be used to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on third-party platforms. These cookies are only set with your explicit consent.

Conversion tracking for paid campaigns
Retargeting pixels (e.g., LinkedIn Insight Tag)
Campaign attribution identifiers

3. Why We Use Cookies

To authenticate users and protect accounts against unauthorized access.
To remember your platform settings and preferences across visits.
To measure and improve the performance of our website and developer portal.
To understand which features and content are most valuable to builders.
To deliver marketing communications relevant to fintech developers and product teams.

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on our site are set by third-party services that appear on our pages. We do not control these cookies. The main third parties are:

Provider	Purpose	Type
Google Analytics	Aggregated website analytics	Analytics
LinkedIn Insight	B2B campaign attribution	Marketing
Segment	Event data pipeline	Analytics
Intercom	In-app support & messaging	Strictly Necessary

Each third party has its own privacy and cookie policy. We encourage you to review their policies directly.

5. How to Manage & Disable Cookies

You have several options for controlling cookies:

1Browser settings: All major browsers let you view, block, and delete cookies. Visit your browser's help documentation for instructions (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge).
2Consent banner: When you first visit my-column, you may accept or decline non-essential cookies via our consent banner. You can revisit your choices at any time by clicking "Cookie Preferences" in the site footer.
3Opt-out tools: For Google Analytics, use the official Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. For LinkedIn, visit LinkedIn's Ad Settings.
4Do Not Track: We honor browser-level Do Not Track (DNT) signals where technically feasible.

Note: disabling strictly necessary cookies will impair or prevent access to authenticated areas of the my-column platform.

6. Your Consent

When you first visit our website, a cookie consent banner will be displayed. By clicking "Accept All" you consent to the use of all cookie categories described in this policy. By clicking "Essential Only" you consent solely to strictly necessary cookies. You may withdraw or update your consent at any time through our Cookie Preferences panel. Consent is recorded with a timestamp and stored in a strictly necessary cookie for a maximum of 12 months.

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, regulation, or our business practices. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, notify you via email or a prominent in-app notice. Continued use of our website or platform after the effective date of any update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact our Privacy team:

my-column, Inc.
Email: [email protected]
Address: 340 Pine Street, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA

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