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Cookie Policy
Last updated September 20, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Ai Synapse Inc, doing business as Nodes ("Company," "we," "us," and "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at https://nodes.inc ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or information that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.
Table of contents
- What are cookies?
- Why do we use cookies?
- How can I control cookies?
- What cookies do we use?
- How can I control cookies on my browser?
- What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
- Do you use Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects?
- Do you serve targeted advertising?
- How often will you update this Cookie Policy?
- Where can I get further information?
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Ai Synapse Inc, doing business as Nodes) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
2. Why do we use cookies?
We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies enable us to understand how our Website is used and to enhance the experience on our Website. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for analytics and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
3. How can I control cookies?
You can control analytics through the "Preferences" button in the site footer. Google Analytics is on by default for visitors who have not opted out. Additional analytics (PostHog, Snitcher, and OpenAI attribution) remain off until you enable them. Essential cookies cannot be rejected, as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.
You can change your decision at any time by selecting the "Preferences" button in the site footer, which opens the cookie controls. Your choice is stored in your browser (local storage key nodes.consent.v1). If you decline non-essential cookies, the Website remains fully usable. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.
Your saved choices, including earlier opt-outs, take priority over the Google Analytics default. We also honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals: if your browser sends a GPC signal, Google Analytics and all additional analytics stay off.
4. What cookies do we use?
The specific first-party and third-party cookies and similar technologies served through our Website, and the purposes they perform, are described in the tables below. The specific entries you see may vary depending on the pages you visit and the choices you make in the cookie banner.
Strictly necessary
These entries are required for the Website to work and to remember the choices you make. They cannot be switched off.
Vercel BotID checks browser and request signals to protect our Contact and Pilot forms from automated abuse. These security checks run independently of analytics consent.
| Name | Purpose | Provider | Type | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
nodes.consent.v1 |
First-party preference record. Remembers your Google Analytics and additional analytics choices, including opt-outs, across visits. | nodes.inc (first party) | Browser local storage | Persists until you clear your browser storage |
Analytics and customization
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing is, or to help us customize our Website for you. Google Analytics runs by default unless you opt out or send a GPC signal. PostHog, Snitcher, and OpenAI attribution run only after you enable additional analytics in Preferences.
| Name | Purpose | Provider | Type | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_ga |
Used by Google Analytics 4 to distinguish users (a unique visitor identifier for analytics). On our Website, Google Analytics is enabled by default. It stays off when you opt out or send a GPC signal. | Google LLC | HTTP cookie | 2 years (Google's default). In practice browsers may cap this: Chrome limits it to about 400 days and Safari to 7 days without a return visit. |
_ga_# |
Used by Google Analytics 4 to persist session state for our specific measurement stream (for example _ga_XXXXXXXXXX). Set when Google Analytics is enabled; disabled when you opt out or send a GPC signal. |
Google LLC | HTTP cookie | 2 years (Google's default), with the same browser caps as _ga. |
ph_<project-key>_posthog |
PostHog product analytics identifier store: holds your visitor ID, session ID and device ID, active feature flags, and configuration such as whether session recording (session replay) is enabled. Only essential values go in the cookie; the rest lives in local storage. | PostHog Inc. | HTTP cookie plus browser local storage | Cookie: 365 days. Local storage counterpart: does not expire (persists until cleared). |
ph_<project-key>_window_id |
Stores the current browser tab or window ID, used by PostHog to segment sessions and session replay by window. | PostHog Inc. | Session storage | Session (cleared when the tab is closed) |
ph_<project-key>_primary_window_exists |
Flag PostHog uses to detect whether a tab is new versus duplicated or restored, so window and session IDs are assigned correctly. | PostHog Inc. | Session storage | Session (cleared when the tab is closed) |
SNID |
A unique identifier used to distinguish between different visitors on the same network, used for Snitcher's business-to-business company identification: visitor IP addresses are matched against Snitcher's database to identify the visiting company. | Snitcher B.V. | HTTP cookie | 2 years |
__obref, __oppref, __oaiq_consent |
OpenAI's oaiq attribution pixel: measures whether visits and actions on our Website are attributable to OpenAI's services and advertising (ad attribution), records the referring source, and stores the pixel's consent state. Set only after you enable additional analytics in Preferences. | OpenAI | HTTP cookie | Set by the OpenAI oaiq SDK; cookie lifetimes are controlled by the SDK and may vary by configuration. |
For more detail on how these providers handle cookies and data, see Google's privacy information, PostHog's persistence documentation, and Snitcher's GDPR guidance.
5. How can I control cookies on my browser?
As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information. The following is information about how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers:
In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit:
- Digital Advertising Alliance
- Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada
- European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance
6. What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when someone has visited our Website or opened an email including them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to the website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.
7. Do you use Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects?
No. We do not use Flash cookies (also known as Local Shared Objects or "LSOs") on our Website, and we have no plans to. If that ever changes, we will update this Cookie Policy first.
8. Do you serve targeted advertising?
No. We do not currently serve targeted advertising on the Website, and we do not set advertising cookies. If this changes, we will update this Cookie Policy and request your consent before any advertising cookies are placed on your device. The advertising-industry opt-out resources listed in Section 5 are provided as general resources.
9. How often will you update this Cookie Policy?
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
10. Where can I get further information?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at support@nodes.inc or submit a request through https://nodes.inc/contact. You can also reach us by post at:
Ai Synapse Inc, doing business as Nodes
8 The Green, STE A
Dover, DE 19901
United States