Last updated: March 19, 2026

Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how WhenYouOpen uses cookies and similar technologies on whenyouopen.com and related applications or services.

Cookies help us keep the website functioning, maintain secure sessions, remember preferences, understand usage patterns, and improve performance.

By continuing to use the website where consent is not required for strictly necessary cookies, or by providing consent where required, you agree to the use of cookies and similar technologies as described in this policy.

2. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on a device when a website is visited. They can help websites recognize devices, maintain sessions, remember settings, and support analytics and security.

Similar technologies can include:

• local storage,
• session storage,
• pixels,
• tags,
• SDK-based identifiers,
• log-based identifiers,
• device fingerprints where legally permitted and appropriately disclosed.

3. Why We Use Cookies

We may use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

3.1 Essential Operation

• keeping users logged in,
• maintaining secure sessions,
• protecting authentication flows,
• routing requests correctly,
• preserving essential state during form submission,
• protecting against abuse and malicious traffic.

3.2 Preferences and User Experience

• remembering non-sensitive settings,
• preserving language or regional selections where applicable,
• remembering consent choices,
• improving navigation continuity.

3.3 Analytics and Performance

• measuring site usage,
• identifying popular pages and flows,
• understanding performance bottlenecks,
• diagnosing errors,
• improving reliability and conversion journeys.

3.4 Security

• detecting suspicious activity,
• validating sessions,
• preventing automated abuse,
• supporting fraud prevention,
• auditing security-sensitive events.

4. Types of Cookies We May Use

4.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for the website or service to function properly. They may support authentication, load balancing, session continuity, security controls, and request integrity.

Without these cookies, parts of the service may not work.

4.2 Functional Cookies

These cookies remember preferences and improve convenience, such as retaining certain non-critical user choices.

4.3 Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use the site, such as which pages are visited and where errors occur. They help improve content, performance, and overall user experience.

4.4 Communication and Campaign Cookies

If used, these cookies may help understand campaign effectiveness, referrals, or interaction with transactional journeys. We do not intend to use such cookies in a way that overrides the privacy commitments in our Privacy Policy.

5. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies

Cookies may be set by:

• first parties, meaning WhenYouOpen itself, or
• third parties, meaning external service providers supporting analytics, infrastructure, security, payment, or communication workflows.

Where third-party cookies are used, their collection and handling may also be subject to the third party's own policies.

6. How Long Cookies Last

Cookies may be:

• session cookies, which expire when the browser is closed, or
• persistent cookies, which remain for a defined period or until manually deleted.

Retention periods vary depending on purpose. Security and authentication-related cookies may remain only as long as operationally necessary, while preference or analytics cookies may persist longer based on configuration and legal requirements.

7. Examples of Cookie-Related Uses on WhenYouOpen

Depending on the final production implementation, cookies or similar storage may be used to:

• keep a user signed in,
• remember successful authentication state,
• store short-lived session tokens or identifiers,
• maintain CSRF or anti-forgery protections,
• remember consent choices,
• support secure login and registration workflows,
• improve performance and monitoring,
• help prevent repeated abuse attempts.

8. Managing Cookie Preferences

Most browsers allow users to manage cookies through settings. Depending on the browser, users may be able to:

• view cookies,
• block cookies,
• delete stored cookies,
• block third-party cookies,
• clear site storage,
• receive alerts before a cookie is stored.

Blocking all cookies may affect functionality, including registration, login, secure sessions, and other parts of the service.

Where required by law, we may provide consent controls for non-essential cookies.

9. Do Not Track and Browser Signals

Some browsers offer privacy signals such as "Do Not Track." Because there is no universal technical standard for interpreting such signals across all services, we may not respond to them uniformly unless required by applicable law.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect operational, technical, legal, or service changes. Updated versions will be posted with a revised date.

11. Contact

For questions about our use of cookies or similar technologies, users may contact WhenYouOpen through the support or contact information available on the website.