COOKIES

Cookie Policy

The cookies we use, and why.

Last updated: 28 September 2026

This policy explains how “AU-PAIR RUMANIEN INSTITUTE” S.R.L., trading as Informational Pattern Design (“IPD”, “we”), uses cookies on The Cipher and CIPHERSPACE. It sits alongside our Privacy Policy.

What cookies are

Cookies are small files a website stores on your device. Some are essential to make a site work; others are optional and used for things like analytics or advertising.

What we use

We keep this to the minimum needed to run the service:

  • Essential cookies — to keep you signed in to your account, to keep your session and CIPHERSPACE secure, and to remember basic preferences. The service does not work without these.
  • Payment cookies — when you make a purchase, our payment processor (Stripe) sets cookies needed to process the payment securely and to help prevent fraud.
  • Advertising cookies — only if you accept. We run ads, and we need to know which of them bring people here. For that we use the Meta (Facebook) pixel, which sets a cookie in your browser (`_fbp`). If you accept, a purchase or a membership is also reported to Meta so a sale can be matched to the ad that led to it — your email address is hashed before it is sent, so Meta receives a fingerprint, not the address itself.

We do not sell your data.

Consent

Essential and payment cookies are necessary to provide a service you asked for, so they do not require your consent.

Advertising cookies are not. They run only after you accept them — nothing is loaded before you choose, and if you reject, the pixel is not loaded, the advertising cookies already in your browser are deleted, and no purchase is reported to Meta. You can change your choice at any time, on this page.

Managing cookies

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings, and set your browser to block them. Note that if you block essential cookies, parts of the service — including signing in — may stop working.

Changes

If we change this policy, we will update the date above.

 

Rejecting takes effect immediately: the pixel stops loading, the advertising cookies already in your browser are deleted, and no purchase is reported to Meta.

Questions about this document? Write to thecipher@informationalpatterndesign.com.

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