Cookie Policy

What a cookie is

Cookies are small text files placed on your device through your browser by the websites you visit. They contain information that can later be read by the web servers of the domain that sent them, and work like identity cards that show a site the same visitor has returned. Cookies do not contain personal data such as name, gender or address.

Web beacons, tags and scripts may be used together with cookies to count visitors, analyse usage and determine whether content was clicked.

Cookie types used on this site

The VMIND cookie policy defines four categories: strictly necessary cookies, cookies required for functionality, cookies required for performance and analytics, and targeting and advertising cookies.

portvmind.com uses only two of these: necessary storage and, when the visitor explicitly allows it, analytics cookies. No targeting or advertising cookie is ever placed on this site.

Strictly necessary cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are required for the website to work correctly; they serve purposes such as security and verification and are never used for marketing.

On portvmind.com, necessary storage consists of a single record: your cookie preference (pvm-consent), kept in your browser's local storage. It records whether tracking cookies are on or off, contains no personal data and is not sent to the server.

Analytics and performance cookies

Performance and analytics cookies collect information about how visitors use the site and are used to check that the site works as intended and to detect errors.

On portvmind.com, analytics starts only after the visitor chooses "Accept All" or turns tracking cookies on in the preference center. Before that choice Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity are not loaded and no event is recorded. Consent is passed for analytics_storage through Google Consent Mode, while advertising storage stays denied in every state. Microsoft Clarity records heatmaps and session replay; name, email, phone, job title, organisation and message text on the contact form are not captured.

Functionality cookies

Functionality cookies remember visitor preferences such as language or font-size choices.

portvmind.com carries the language preference in the address (/ and /en/) and sets no cookie for that purpose.

Every page loads vMind's own AI assistant (vking-ai-assistant.vmind.com.tr). The assistant is not used for tracking or advertising; it keeps only its language choice in your browser's local storage. What you type into the assistant is processed by vMind; do not share passwords or sensitive data.

Cookie retention periods

The analytics preference record (pvm-consent) stays on your device until you delete it or clear browser data; it has no expiry.

The names and retention periods of cookies set by Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager after consent are determined by Google. The names and periods of Microsoft Clarity cookies are determined by Microsoft. The list and periods of cookies used in the PortvMind Cloud console (console.portvmind.com) are tabulated in the VMIND Cookie Policy document published in the console.

Third-party cookies

After consent, two third parties run on portvmind.com: Google (Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics) and Microsoft (Clarity, for heatmaps and session replay). Both load only after tracking consent. The only external resource loaded before consent is vMind's own AI assistant on a vMind domain; it does not track.

The other third-party cookies listed in the VMIND Cookie Policy (for example advertising-network cookies) apply to the PortvMind Cloud console and are not used on this site.

Managing cookie preferences

On the first visit a "We use cookies" bar appears at the bottom of the page. "Accept All", "Reject All" and "Manage Cookies" have equal weight. "Manage Cookies" opens the cookie preference center. Ignoring the bar is not consent; analytics does not start until a choice is made.

The choice can be changed at any time from the "Manage cookies" link at the bottom of every page. When a granted permission is withdrawn, the page reloads and the analytics tags no longer run.

Deleting cookies from browser settings

You can enable or later disable cookie use through your browser; cookie settings and private-browsing options for Firefox, Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Safari are described in each browser's own help pages. You can still visit the site with cookies disabled, though some features may be limited.

For a detailed guide on how to control, disable or delete cookies, visit www.aboutcookies.org.

Changes to this policy

This policy combines the definitions of the VMIND Cookie Policy (22 October 2024) with the actual cookie behaviour of portvmind.com. When the cookies used on the site change, this page is updated and the effective date in the header renewed; VMIND reviews its cookie list periodically.

Sources: the VMIND Cookie Policy (22 October 2024, the document published in the PortvMind Cloud console) and this site's published source code.