Private Pilot Mag LLC
The Light Trail We Leave
Cookies are the contrails of the digital sky: small packets of data that help us remember your altitude preferences without ever logging your passport. This policy details every crumb we drop while you navigate our routes, why we drop it, and how you can sweep the runway clean. Nothing here tracks you beyond the site; no cross-border profiling, no third-runway retargeting.
Essential Navigation Beacons
Certain cookies are non-negotiable for basic flight. They recall whether you’ve accepted this very policy, keep your session secure during login, and prevent the site from stalling when you switch pages. Without them the wings fold; with them you glide unnoticed. These beacons expire when you close the browser or after twelve months, whichever clears first.
Performance Altimeters
Anonymous counters measure wind speed across the site: how many souls land on a given page, how long they circle, where they eject. We read aggregate patterns only, never individual flight paths. Data feeds a private dashboard visible to the tower crew alone, retained ninety days, then jettisoned into encrypted archives.
Preference Autopilot
A lightweight cookie notes your chosen language, font size, or dark-mode toggle so the cockpit looks familiar on return. It weighs less than a paper chart and expires after one year unless you manually scrub it. No personal identifiers ride along; just comfort settings.
Third-Party Traffic Controllers
Embedded maps from charter partners and video briefings from secure hosts may set their own cookies. These operate under their own policies, linked at the footer of every page. We neither access nor merge their data with ours. Disable them via browser settings and the core experience remains intact.
Your Control Tower
Every visit triggers a banner with accept, decline, and settings options. Decline blocks all non-essential cookies instantly. The settings panel lets you toggle performance and preference crumbs individually. Browser tools offer a second layer: clear site data, block third-party cookies, or enable do-not-track headers, which we honor without argument.
Data Hangar and Retention
Cookies live on your device; only anonymous identifiers reach our servers. We store nothing that could reverse-engineer your identity. Performance aggregates are anonymized on arrival, retained ninety days, then permanently overwritten. Preference tokens self-destruct after twelve months of inactivity.
Policy Revisions on the Scope
Material changes to cookie deployment appear here and in the site banner thirty days before takeoff. Continued navigation after the effective date signals consent to the updated vector.
Final Approach for Questions
Direct cookie-related inquiries, deletion requests, or preference resets to [email protected], 2700 FL-16 #312, St. Augustine, FL 32092, US, or +1 904-789-1619. Responses launch within one business day.
Last revised: October 28, 2025