Understanding Our Use of Cookies

At Zabalik, we use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, remember your preferences, improve website performance, and ensure our platform functions securely and efficiently. This Cookie Policy explains how and why cookies are used on our website.

Cookie Policy

Learn how we use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience while using the Zabalik platform.

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. This page explains which cookies Zabalik uses, why, and how you can control them.

2. Essential Cookies

These cookies are needed for the website to work, so they are always on. They keep you signed in, protect forms against misuse and let you pay securely. They are not used for tracking or advertising.

CookieProviderPurposeLifetime
laravel_sessionZabalikKeeps you signed in as you move between pages.2 hours of inactivity
XSRF-TOKENZabalikSecurity token that protects forms and payments from cross-site request forgery.2 hours
zb_consentZabalikRemembers your cookie choice so we do not ask again on every visit.6 months
__stripe_mid, __stripe_sidStripeFraud prevention while you enter card details on sign-up and payment pages.1 year / 30 minutes

3. Analytics and Advertising Cookies

At present Zabalik does not use analytics, advertising or social media tracking cookies. If we introduce them in future we will ask for your consent first, and update this page.

4. Third-Party Services

Card payments are handled by Stripe, which sets the cookies listed above. See Stripe's Cookie Policy. Our pages also load typefaces from Google Fonts and code libraries from public content delivery networks. These do not set cookies, but your browser does send them your IP address when it fetches them.

5. Managing Cookies

You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. If you block essential cookies you will not be able to sign in or make payments. Most browsers explain how to do this in their help pages.

6. Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Changes will be published on this page.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please email hello@zabalik.world.