Effective Date: September 23, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how The Art of Practice (“we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on theartofpractice.com. The Art of Practice is operated by Gafarova Tanzilia, a Hungarian sole proprietor (egyéni vállalkozó). Registered seat: Szondi utca 2/A, 1201 Budapest, Hungary. Contact: support@theartofpractice.com.
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. Websites can also keep information in your browser’s local storage and session storage, which work in a similar way. Together they help a site work properly, remember what you were doing, and, if you allow it, measure how the site is used.
Essential cookies and storage are needed for the site, the checkout, and the library sign-in to work. Everything else runs only with permission:
To change your choice at any time, use the Cookie settings link in the footer of every page. Your choice is remembered in this browser (see aop_consent below).
These are required for the site to work and cannot be switched off.
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Set by |
|---|---|---|---|
membership_session | Keeps you signed in to your reader library after you enter the code from your sign-in email. Shared between this site and theartofpractice.app. | 30 days | Our membership app |
__stripe_mid, __stripe_sid | Set by our payment processor, Stripe, on the checkout page to process your payment securely and prevent fraud. | 1 year / 30 minutes | Stripe |
book-checkout-draft | Session storage. Keeps what you have typed at checkout (name, email, edition, add-ons, delivery details, and your pending order reference) so a refresh does not lose it. Never card details. | Until you close the tab | This site |
book-proof:<order> | Session storage. Lets the thank-you page confirm your order after payment. | Until you close the tab | This site |
aop_consent | Local storage. Remembers your cookie choice (accepted or declined). | Until you change it or clear your browser data | This site |
umami.disabled | Local storage. Set while visitor statistics are switched off (see section 4), so our host’s counter stays off. | Until you change your choice | This site |
If you pay with Apple Pay or Google Pay, Apple or Google may set their own cookies under their own terms.
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Set by |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga, _ga_WD2HZ4H75J | Google Analytics 4 (Google Ireland Ltd.). Measures how the site is used: pages viewed, roughly where visitors come from, and how they move through the site. | 2 years | |
| Visitor counter (no cookie) | Our host, Replit, adds a simple visitor counter to every page. It sets no cookie and stores no identifier; it sends the page address, the referring page, your screen size, language, and browser type to Replit. It follows the same choice as Google Analytics. | None | Replit |
| YouTube | The film in the “About the author” section is a YouTube video in privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com). With your permission it loads as you scroll to it; otherwise it loads only when you press play. When a YouTube video plays, YouTube may store data in your browser. | Set by YouTube | |
| Wistia | Most of the reader video stories and the podcast conversation play through Wistia. A video loads only when you press play. When it plays, Wistia may store data in your browser for playback and viewing statistics; in Europe, without your permission, we load Wistia with its statistics switched off. | Set by Wistia | Wistia |
A few reader videos play from our own app’s server and set nothing.
You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings:
Blocking all cookies may prevent you from completing a purchase or signing in to your library, as the session and payment cookies are required.
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.
For questions about our use of cookies, contact us at support@theartofpractice.com. Our Privacy Policy explains what else we do with your data.