Cookie Policy
Last updated December 2025
What are cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our website. They help us provide you with a better experience and allow certain features to work properly.
How we use cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
Essential cookies (Always Active) These cookies are necessary for our website to function properly and cannot be disabled:
- Authentication: Keep you logged into your account
- Security: Protect your payment information and prevent fraud (Stripe)
- Preferences: Remember your cookie consent choices
- Performance: Enable cache functionality for faster page loading (LiteSpeed Cache)
Statistics cookies (Optional – Require Your Consent) These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website and measure the effectiveness of our content:
- Google analytics (via Monster Insights): Tracks page views, user behavior, form interactions, and navigation patterns to help us improve our website. We use this data to understand which pages are most popular and how users engage with our content.
Marketing cookies (Optional – Require Your Consent) These cookies help us manage our email communications:
- ConvertKit: Tracks form submissions and subscriber interactions to help us measure signup form effectiveness and understand how visitors engage with our email subscription options.
Cookies we use
| Cookie Name | Category | Detailed Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress_* | Essential | Authentication cookies that keep you securely logged into your account as you navigate our website. These store encrypted login credentials and session information. | Varies |
| wp-settings-* | Essential | Stores your WordPress dashboard preferences, including screen layout options and customization settings, ensuring a consistent admin experience. | 1 year |
| PHPSESSID | Essential | A session management cookie that tracks your activity during a single visit. It maintains temporary data like form inputs and ensures continuity as you browse different pages. | Session |
| litespeed_* | Essential | Cache optimization cookies that help deliver pages faster by identifying whether to show you cached or fresh content based on your device, login status, and browsing context. | Varies |
| stripe_* | Essential | Security and fraud prevention cookies from our payment processor. These verify your checkout session, detect suspicious activity, and ensure PCI-compliant secure payment processing. | Session |
| wpca_* | Essential | Remembers your cookie consent choices so we don’t repeatedly ask for permission. This ensures compliance with privacy regulations while respecting your preferences. | 1 year |
| _ga | Performance | Google Analytics identifier that distinguishes you from other visitors. Helps us understand which pages are popular, how visitors navigate our site, and overall traffic patterns—all in an anonymized format. | 2 years |
| _gid | Performance | Session-level Google Analytics identifier that tracks your behavior within a 24-hour period, including pages visited per session and time spent on site. | 24 hours |
| _gat | Performance | Technical cookie that throttles Google Analytics data collection requests to ensure accurate tracking and prevent server overload. | 1 minute |
| ga* | Performance | Google Analytics 4 property cookie providing enhanced tracking capabilities including cross-device measurement and more detailed user journey analysis. | 2 years |
| ck_subscriber_id | Marketing | ConvertKit subscriber identifier that tracks your email subscription status, prevents duplicate signups, and helps us personalize your experience based on whether you’re already a subscriber. | 1 year |
| ck_form_* | Marketing | Tracks your interactions with our email signup forms, including views, partial submissions, and completions. Helps us optimize form performance and avoid showing you forms you’ve already completed. | Varies |
Managing your cookie preferences
You can manage your cookie preferences at any time by:
- Clicking the cookie settings link in our website footer
- Using your browser settings to block or delete cookies
- Note: Disabling essential cookies may affect website functionality
Third-party cookies
We use the following third-party services that may set cookies:
- Google Analytics (Statistics and analytics tracking)
- Stripe (Payment processing)
- ConvertKit (Email list management and form analytics)
Each service has its own privacy policy:
- Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Stripe Privacy Policy: https://stripe.com/privacy
- ConvertKit Privacy Policy: https://convertkit.com/privacy
Your rights
Under GDPR (EU) and CCPA (California), you have rights regarding your data:
- Access your personal information
- Request deletion of your data
- Opt-out of statistics tracking
- Withdraw consent at any time
For residents of Nigeria, we comply with the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR).
Contact information
For questions about these Terms, please contact us at:
Akada LLC
1200 Eton Court NW, Ste 204 #202, Washington, DC 20007 | journal@akadajournal.com
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