Cookie Policy
Last updated: May 12, 2025
1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how Dmitry Dugarev ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies (such as pixels, tags, web beacons, scripts, and local storage) on our website (https://rechatra.com) and any related services, including our browser extension (collectively, the "Service").
This policy provides information about what these technologies are, why we use them, the types of cookies and technologies we use, the information they collect, and your rights to control our use of them.
This Cookie Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, and share personal information, including data collected via cookies.
For users in the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA), we only place non-essential cookies and similar technologies on your device if you provide us with your consent. You can manage your preferences at any time as described in Section 5.
2. What are Cookies and Similar Technologies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, tablet, or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the website owners.
- Session cookies are temporary and are deleted from your device when you close your web browser.
- Persistent cookies remain on your device for a longer period, specified in the cookie, or until you manually delete them. They are activated each time you visit the website that created that particular cookie.
Similar Technologies: We also use other tracking technologies like:
- Web beacons (or pixels/tags): Tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognize when someone has visited our Service or opened an email that we have sent them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within our Service to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to our Service from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns.
- Scripts: Small pieces of code embedded in our webpages that enable certain functionalities or allow us to collect information about your interaction with our Service.
- Local Storage (e.g., HTML5 Local Storage): Allows websites to store data in your browser on your device. It can be used to remember preferences, user activity, or other data without relying on cookies. Our use of Openpanel may leverage such technologies.
Hereinafter, all these technologies will be referred to as "cookies" for simplicity, unless specified otherwise.
3. How and Why We Use Cookies
We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Service to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Service, for performance analysis, or for advertising purposes.
The specific types of first-party and third-party cookies served through our Service and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (note: the specific cookies may vary depending on the specific parts of the Service you visit and how you interact with it. **You will be able to see a detailed list of cookies and manage your preferences via our Cookie Consent Tool/Banner when you first visit our Service, or via a "Cookie Settings" link usually found in the footer of our website.**):
3.1. Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for you to browse the Service and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, services you have asked for (like user login or shopping carts, if applicable) cannot be provided. You cannot opt out of these cookies.
| Cookie/Technology Name (or provider) | Purpose | Provider | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| session_id (example) | Maintains user session state across page requests. | First-party (https://rechatra.com) | Session |
| cookieConsent (example) | Stores your cookie consent preferences. | First-party (https://rechatra.com) | Up to 1 year |
3.2. Functional Cookies
These cookies allow our Service to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other parts of web pages that you can customize. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your Browse activity on other websites. We will only set these cookies with your consent.
| Cookie/Technology Name (or provider) | Purpose | Provider | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| language (example) | Stores your preferred language for the Service. | First-party (https://rechatra.com) | Up to 1 year |
3.3. Analytics and Performance Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use our Service, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies help us to improve how our Service works. This may include technologies like Google Analytics, Hotjar, and Openpanel (if used for analytics and not strictly essential). We will only set these cookies with your consent.
| Cookie/Technology Name (or provider) | Purpose | Provider | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hotjar (e.g., _hj*) | Helps us understand user behavior on pages (heatmaps, recordings, surveys - if used). | Hotjar Ltd. | Session to 365 days (varies) |
| Openpanel (if applicable) | Tracks user interactions for product analytics (clarify if it uses any local storage/identifiers). | Self-hosted / Dmitry Dugarev | Varies |
3.4. Marketing and Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you and your interests. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests. This includes cookies from Google Ads, Bing Ads, Mautic, Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Ads tag, and X Pixel. We will only set these cookies with your consent.
| Cookie/Technology Name (or provider) | Purpose | Provider | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Ads (e.g., IDE, NID, ANID, ads/ga-audiences) | Used for conversion tracking, remarketing, and personalized advertising across Google's network. | Google LLC | Session to 2 years (varies) |
| Bing Ads (Microsoft Advertising) (e.g., MUID, MR, _uet) | Used for conversion tracking, remarketing, and personalized advertising on the Microsoft Advertising network. | Microsoft Corporation | Up to 13 months (varies) |
| Facebook Pixel (e.g., _fbp, fr) | Used for conversion tracking, ad optimization, building target audiences for Facebook ads. | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Session to 3 months (varies) |
| LinkedIn Insight Tag (e.g., li_gc, bcookie, lidc) | Used for conversion tracking, website demographics, and remarketing for LinkedIn ads. | LinkedIn Corporation | Session to 2 years (varies) |
| X Pixel (Twitter Pixel) (e.g., personalizations_id, guest_id) | Used for conversion tracking, ad campaign optimization, and building audiences for X ads. | X Corp. (formerly Twitter, Inc.) | Session to 2 years (varies) |
| Mautic (e.g., mautic_session_id, mautic_device_id) | Used for marketing automation, tracking user activity for personalization and lead scoring (if self-hosted, it's first-party but purpose is marketing). | Self-hosted / Dmitry Dugarev | Varies (often long-term) |
Please note: The exact names of cookies and their durations may change as third-party providers update their services. We will strive to keep this information reasonably up-to-date. You can always find the most current list and details in our Cookie Consent Tool.
4. Third-Party Cookies and Services
As detailed above, some cookies are placed by third-party service providers. These third parties may use the information they collect through their cookies for their own purposes, in accordance with their privacy policies. We recommend you review their policies:
- Google (Analytics, Ads, Tag Manager): Google Cookie Policy and Google Privacy Policy.
- Microsoft (Bing Ads / Microsoft Advertising): Microsoft Privacy Statement.
- Meta (Facebook Pixel): Facebook Cookie Policy and Facebook Privacy Policy.
- LinkedIn (Insight Tag): LinkedIn Cookie Policy and LinkedIn Privacy Policy.
- X (X Pixel): X Cookie Policy and X Privacy Policy.
- Hotjar: Hotjar Cookie Information and Hotjar Privacy Policy.
- Stripe: Stripe Cookie Policy.
We may use Google Tag Manager to manage some of these third-party tags and scripts. Google Tag Manager itself does not set cookies that persist beyond the session for tracking purposes, but it facilitates the deployment of other tags which do.
5. How Can You Control Cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies (other than strictly necessary cookies).
5.1. Our Cookie Consent Tool
When you first visit our Service from the EU/EEA, or as otherwise required by law, you will be presented with a cookie banner where you can provide or withdraw consent for cookies. You can also access and change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the "Manage cookie settings" button in the bottom left corner of our website.
Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
5.2. Browser Controls
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, allowing you to decide whether to accept it. You can also block or delete cookies. If you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our Service.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
5.3. Opting Out of Interest-Based Advertising
Many advertising companies are members of industry associations that provide centralized opt-out mechanisms for interest-based advertising, such as:
- USA: Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) and Network Advertising Initiative (NAI)
- Europe: European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA)
- Canada: Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada (DAAC)
Please note that opting out through these services does not mean you will no longer receive ads; it means the ads you see will not be tailored to your interests based on your Browse history.
6. "Do Not Track" and Global Privacy Control
Some web browsers may transmit "Do Not Track" (DNT) signals to websites. Currently, there is no industry-standard for DNT signals, and we do not take action in response to DNT signals. We will continue to monitor industry developments in this area.
However, for users in jurisdictions that recognize Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals (such as California under CCPA/CPRA), we aim to process GPC signals as a valid request to opt-out of the sale or sharing of personal information for that browser or device.
7. Your US Privacy Rights (e.g., California Residents)
If you are a resident of certain US states, such as California, you may have additional rights regarding your personal information, including data collected by cookies. These rights may include the right to opt-out of the "sale" or "sharing" of your personal information (as these terms are defined under applicable state laws). Using advertising and analytics cookies as described above may constitute "sharing" or "sale" under such laws.
You can exercise your right to opt-out by:
- Adjusting your preferences in our Cookie Consent Tool (if available for your region or by clicking the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link).
- Enabling Global Privacy Control (GPC) on your browser.
For more information about your rights and how to exercise them, please see our Privacy Policy (ensure this link and anchor exist).
8. International Data Transfers
Information collected through cookies, especially by third-party providers like Google, Meta (Facebook), Microsoft, etc., may be transferred to and processed in countries outside of your country of residence, including the United States, where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.
We take steps to ensure that any such transfers comply with applicable data protection laws and that your data remains protected to the standards described in this Cookie Policy and our Privacy Policy. This may include relying on adequacy decisions, Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission, or for transfers to the US, the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework where applicable and if the recipient is certified. More details can be found in our Privacy Policy.
9. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. Where required by law, we may also seek your consent for material changes.
You are advised to review this Cookie Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Cookie Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:
- By email: privacy@rechatra.com
- By mail: Dmitry Dugarev, Welserstraße 3#218, 87463 Dietmannsried, Germany
Dmitry Dugarev
Welserstraße 3#218
87463 Dietmannsried, Germany