Cookie Policy

Understanding how we use cookies to enhance your consciousness journey

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help us provide you with a better experience by remembering your preferences and keeping you signed in to your consciousness journey.

At LUCiD OS, we use cookies mindfully and transparently, focusing only on what's essential for your mystical experiences and platform functionality.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies (Always Active)

These cookies are necessary for the basic functionality of LUCiD OS and cannot be disabled.

  • Authentication: Keep you signed in to your consciousness account
  • Session Management: Maintain your progress through sacred realms
  • Security: Protect against unauthorized access and CSRF attacks
  • Preferences: Remember your accessibility and interface settings
  • Load Balancing: Ensure optimal platform performance

Functional Cookies

These cookies enhance your experience by remembering your choices and personalizing your journey.

  • UI Preferences: Your chosen theme, language, and display settings
  • Realm History: Recently visited sacred realms for quick access
  • Consciousness Settings: Breathing pace, animation preferences, sound levels
  • Collective Field: Your chat preferences and community settings

Performance Cookies

These cookies help us understand how you use LUCiD OS so we can improve the platform (you can opt out).

  • Usage Analytics: Anonymous data about which realms are most visited
  • Performance Monitoring: Loading times and error detection
  • Feature Usage: Understanding which consciousness tools are most helpful
  • A/B Testing: Testing new features with small user groups

Cookies We Do NOT Use

LUCiD OS is committed to your privacy and spiritual sovereignty. We explicitly do NOT use:

  • Advertising Cookies: We don't track you for ads or sell your data to advertisers
  • Social Media Tracking: No Facebook pixels, Twitter trackers, or similar surveillance
  • Cross-Site Tracking: We don't follow you across other websites
  • Behavioral Profiling: We don't build psychological profiles for manipulation
  • Third-Party Marketing: No external marketing companies have access to your data

Third-Party Services

LUCiD OS integrates with a few carefully selected third-party services that may use their own cookies:

Plausible Analytics (Optional)

Privacy-focused analytics that doesn't use cookies or track personal data. Provides anonymous usage statistics to help improve the platform.

Create Platform Infrastructure

Essential hosting and authentication services that power LUCiD OS. Uses minimal technical cookies for security and performance.

Stripe (Payment Processing)

Used only during subscription checkout. Stripe may use cookies for fraud prevention and payment processing security.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have full control over your cookie preferences and can adjust them at any time:

LUCiD OS Settings

Visit Settings → Privacy & Data to control:

  • Analytics cookies (on/off)
  • Performance monitoring
  • Functional enhancements
  • Data collection preferences

Browser Settings

Most browsers allow you to:

  • View and delete cookies
  • Block cookies from specific sites
  • Block third-party cookies
  • Get notified when cookies are set

Note: Disabling essential cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of LUCiD OS, such as staying signed in or accessing personalized content.

Browser-Specific Instructions

Chrome

  1. Click the three dots menu → Settings
  2. Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
  3. Choose your preferred cookie settings

Firefox

  1. Menu → Options → Privacy & Security
  2. Find "Cookies and Site Data"
  3. Adjust your cookie preferences

Safari

  1. Safari → Preferences → Privacy
  2. Choose "Block all cookies" or customize
  3. Click "Manage Website Data" for specifics

Edge

  1. Three dots menu → Settings
  2. Cookies and site permissions → Cookies
  3. Configure your cookie settings

Mobile Devices

iOS (Safari)

  1. Settings → Safari
  2. Privacy & Security section
  3. Block All Cookies (or customize)

Android (Chrome)

  1. Chrome → Three dots → Settings
  2. Site settings → Cookies
  3. Choose your cookie preferences

Data Retention

Different types of cookies have different lifespans:

  • Session Cookies: Deleted when you close your browser
  • Authentication Cookies: Last up to 30 days (or until you sign out)
  • Preference Cookies: Last up to 1 year to remember your settings
  • Analytics Cookies: Last up to 2 years (if enabled)

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy as LUCiD OS evolves or as privacy regulations change. Any significant changes will be communicated through the platform, and the updated policy will always be available at this URL.

Continued use of LUCiD OS after policy updates constitutes acceptance of the new terms.

Contact Us

If you have questions about our cookie usage or need help managing your preferences:

Cookie policy last updated: August 3, 2025

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