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Cookie Policy

Last Updated: February 2026

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide a better user experience, and give website owners information about how their site is being used.

Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device after you close your browser, while session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

How We Use Cookies

Mato uses cookies and similar technologies for several purposes:

  • Essential functionality: To enable core features of our platform, such as keeping you logged in and remembering your preferences.
  • Authentication: To verify your identity when you sign in to your account and maintain your session security.
  • Preferences: To remember your settings and preferences, such as language, region, and display options.
  • Analytics: To understand how visitors interact with our website, which pages are most popular, and how we can improve our services.

Types of Cookies We Use

The following table provides details about the cookies we use on our website:

Cookie NamePurposeDurationType
mato_sessionMaintains your authenticated session and securitySessionEssential
mato_preferencesStores your user settings and display preferences1 yearFunctional
_gaGoogle Analytics: Distinguishes unique users2 yearsAnalytics
_gidGoogle Analytics: Distinguishes unique users24 hoursAnalytics
_gatGoogle Analytics: Throttles request rate1 minuteAnalytics

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are required for the basic functionality of our website. These cookies enable core features such as:

  • User authentication and session management
  • Security features to protect your account
  • Load balancing to ensure website performance
  • Remembering items in your workflow or forms

Because these cookies are strictly necessary, they cannot be disabled without affecting the functionality of our services. By using our website, you agree to the use of essential cookies.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This data helps us improve our services and user experience.

We use Google Analytics to collect information about:

  • The number of visitors to our website
  • Which pages are visited and how long visitors spend on each page
  • How visitors navigate through the website
  • Where visitors come from (referral sources)
  • Technical information such as browser type and device

All analytics data is anonymized and aggregated. We do not collect personally identifiable information through analytics cookies.

Marketing Cookies

We may use marketing cookies to deliver relevant advertisements and track ad campaign performance. These cookies may be set by third-party advertising partners.

Marketing cookies are used for:

  • Delivering advertisements relevant to your interests
  • Limiting the number of times you see an advertisement
  • Measuring the effectiveness of advertising campaigns
  • Remarketing and retargeting across platforms

You can opt out of marketing cookies through your browser settings or by using the opt-out mechanisms provided by advertising networks.

Managing Cookies

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to block or delete cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent.

Please note that if you disable or delete cookies, some features of our website may not function properly, and your user experience may be affected.

Browser Cookie Settings

Click the links below to learn how to manage cookies in your browser:

Important: Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website. Essential cookies are required for authentication and core features to work properly.

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on our website are set by third-party services that we use. These services may set their own cookies to provide their functionality.

Third-party services we use include:

We do not control these third-party cookies. Please refer to the respective privacy policies of these services for more information about how they use cookies.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.

We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies. Your continued use of our website after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

Privacy Inquiries

Email: privacy@heymato.com

For more information about how we handle your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.