Cookie Policy

Effective Date: June 24, 2026

SOP Reports ("we," "our," or "us") uses cookies and similar technologies on sopreports.com and the SOP Reports platform (the "Service"). This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and your choices.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, improve user experience, and provide information to the site owners. Cookies may be "first-party" (set by our domain) or "third-party" (set by another domain, such as our analytics or payment provider).

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes:

Essential Cookies: Required for the Service to function. These enable core features like authentication, security, and session management. The Service cannot operate without them.
Preference Cookies: Remember your settings and preferences (e.g., language, display preferences) to improve your experience.
Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website — which pages are visited, how long users spend on the site, and where they come from. We use this data to improve the Service.

3. Cookies We Use

Cookie	Purpose	Type	Duration
`session`	Maintains your login session and keeps you authenticated	Essential	Session (deleted when browser closes)
`csrf_token`	Protects against cross-site request forgery attacks	Essential	Session
`cookie_consent`	Remembers your cookie preference choices	Preference	12 months
`_ga, _ga_*`	Google Analytics — measures website traffic and usage patterns	Analytics (3rd party)	2 years
`square_*`	Square payment processing — fraud prevention and session integrity	Essential (3rd party)	Session

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages:

Google Analytics — We use Google Analytics to understand website usage. Google's privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy. You can opt out of Google Analytics at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Square — Our payment processor places cookies for fraud detection and secure payment processing. Square's privacy policy: squareup.com/legal/privacy.

5. Your Choices

5.1 Browser Controls

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically:

View what cookies are stored on your device.
Delete all or specific cookies.
Block third-party cookies.
Block all cookies (note: this may break essential Service functionality).

Instructions for common browsers:

5.2 Cookie Consent

When you first visit our website, a cookie consent banner will appear allowing you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You may change your preferences at any time by clicking "Cookie Settings" in the website footer or by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting the site.

5.3 Do Not Track

Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" (DNT) signal. Our Service does not currently respond to DNT signals. We honor cookie consent preferences as described above.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. The "Effective Date" at the top indicates when it was last revised. We will notify you of material changes via our website.

7. Contact

Questions about this Cookie Policy? Contact us at privacy@sopreports.com.