Cookie Policy

Last updated: 2026-05-19

This Cookie Policy explains how Forum Tutoring uses cookies and similar technologies on forumtutoring.com. It supplements our Privacy Policy and is meant to be read alongside it.

A “cookie” is a small text file that a website stores on your device to remember something between page loads or visits. We use cookies sparingly and explain each one below.

What We Use Cookies For

Cookies on the Platform fall into three categories:

Strictly necessary. These cookies keep you signed in, hold your timezone for correct schedule display, and remember that you have dismissed required legal banners. The Platform cannot function correctly without them, so they cannot be disabled.
Functional. These cookies improve your experience — for example, by remembering interface preferences and the tutors you have recently viewed — but the Platform will still work if they are blocked.
Analytics. We use PostHog to understand how people use the Platform in aggregate. PostHog is configured to anonymize IP addresses and to respect Do Not Track. You can also disable analytics cookies from the EU cookie banner at any time.

Specific Cookies We Set

Cookie	Purpose	Lifetime
auth-session	Keeps you signed in across page loads. Strictly necessary.	Until logout
viewer-tz	Stores your detected timezone so session times display correctly. Strictly necessary.	1 year
legal-banner-dismissed	Remembers that you have dismissed the in-progress legal review banner so it does not reappear on every page. Strictly necessary.	Session
ph_*	PostHog product analytics. Anonymized; used to understand feature usage and find UX issues.	1 year
consent-status	Stores your cookie-banner choices so we do not re-prompt on every visit.	1 year

Third-Party Cookies

Some features of the Platform load third-party content that sets its own cookies. We do not control these cookies directly, but they are subject to the third party’s own privacy policy.

Stripe Checkout sets cookies on its hosted checkout pages and on embedded payment elements for fraud detection and session continuity.
Daily.co may set cookies inside the live-video iframe used during sessions, to manage the WebRTC connection and recover from network interruptions.

How to Disable Cookies

You can clear or block cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers expose these controls under “Privacy & security” or a similarly named menu. You can also use private/incognito mode, which usually clears cookies when you close the window.

For analytics cookies specifically, the EU cookie banner that appears on your first visit lets you decline analytics while keeping the rest of the Platform working. You can re-open the banner at any time from a link in the site footer.

Be aware that disabling strictly-necessary cookies will break sign-in: you will not be able to stay logged in across pages, and features that depend on your account will not work. If your goal is to reduce tracking rather than to sign out, decline the analytics category in the banner and leave strictly-necessary cookies enabled.