Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners.

BlinkPic Studio uses cookies and similar technologies (such as local storage) to enhance your experience, maintain sessions, and understand how our service is used.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the basic functionality of BlinkPic Studio and cannot be disabled if you wish to use our service. They enable features such as:

• Authentication: Keeping you logged in as you navigate the platform
• Security: Protecting your account from unauthorized access and csrf attacks
• Session management: Maintaining your workspace state and preferences
• Service delivery: Storing essential data needed for image generation and editing

Examples: session tokens, authentication cookies, CSRF protection tokens

Functional Cookies

These cookies enhance functionality and personalization. They remember your choices and preferences to provide a more personalized experience:

• Preferences: Your theme, language, and display settings
• UI state: Sidebar visibility, panel positions, and layout preferences
• Workspace: Recent pipelines, last used settings, and workflow configurations

Examples: theme_preference, sidebar_state, recent_pipelines

Analytics Cookies (Optional)

These cookies help us understand how users interact with BlinkPic Studio. We use this information to improve our service, identify issues, and develop new features. Analytics cookies are only used with your explicit consent.

• Page views: Which pages and features are most used
• Performance: Page load times and error rates
• User flows: How users navigate through the platform
• Feature usage: Which tools and pipelines are most popular

Examples: Google Analytics, custom analytics events

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to:

• Authenticate you: Recognize you when you return to BlinkPic Studio
• Keep you secure: Protect your account from unauthorized access
• Remember your preferences: Save your settings and choices
• Deliver our service: Enable core features like image generation and pipeline management
• Improve our platform: Understand usage patterns and optimize performance (with consent)
• Fix bugs: Identify and diagnose technical issues

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on BlinkPic Studio are set by third-party services that we use to operate our platform:

• Authentication providers: If you sign in with Google, GitHub, or other services, they may set their own cookies
• Payment processors: Stripe and other payment services use cookies for secure transaction processing
• Analytics: If you consent to analytics, we use services that set cookies to track usage

These third-party cookies are governed by the privacy policies of the respective services.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

Cookie Consent Banner

When you first visit BlinkPic Studio, you'll see a cookie consent banner. You can choose to:

• Accept all cookies: Allow essential and optional analytics cookies
• Essential only: Only allow cookies necessary for basic functionality

Your choice is stored in your browser and will be remembered for future visits.

Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to:

• Block all cookies
• Block third-party cookies only
• Delete cookies when you close your browser
• Notify you before accepting cookies

Important: If you block or delete essential cookies, some features of BlinkPic Studio may not function properly. You may not be able to stay logged in or use certain features.

Changing Your Preferences

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clearing your browser's cookies and revisiting BlinkPic Studio. This will display the cookie consent banner again, allowing you to make a new choice.

Cookie Retention

Different cookies have different lifespans:

• Session cookies: Deleted when you close your browser
• Persistent cookies: Remain until they expire (usually 30-365 days) or you delete them
• Authentication tokens: Typically expire after 30 days of inactivity

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date.

Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at: