1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer or mobile device by your web browser when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to remember your preferences and input details.
2. Our Commitment: Privacy First
At **The White House Club**, we respect your right to privacy. Our website does not use cookies to track your browsing habits across other sites, nor do we employ any third-party marketing, retargeting, or advertising cookies.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
We use only a limited set of first-party cookies and local storage tokens. They fall under the following categories:
A. Essential Cookies (Strictly Necessary)
These are required for the technical operation of our website, specifically the admin back office and the members' booking portal:
- Session Identifiers: Secure tokens used to authenticate and remember committee officers logging into the `/admin` dashboard.
- State Retention: Used to temporarily store selection choices (such as date selections or slot times) as you navigate through our Room Booking, Event RSVP, and Gym schedule grids.
B. Functionality & Preference Cookies
These cookies enable the website to remember choices you make to provide a more tailored interface:
- Consent Tracking: We use local storage (`white_house_cookies_consent`) to record whether you accepted or declined our cookies banner, ensuring you do not see the notice repeatedly.
- Interface Settings: Used to save UI settings like sidebar open states or filter selections in the database listings.
4. Cookies & Tokens Deployed
| Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| white_house_cookies_consent | Saves your preference for our cookies banner. | Local Storage | Persistent (until cleared) |
| next-auth.session-token | Secures the admin dashboard login session. | HTTP-Only Cookie | Session / 30 Days |
5. Controlling Cookies
You can control and manage cookies in several ways:
- Browser Settings: You can configure your web browser to block all cookies or notify you when a cookie is set. Please refer to your browser's documentation (e.g. Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox) to adjust settings.
- Clearing Cache: Removing your browser's cache and cookies history will delete stored consent tokens, which will prompt the Cookie Banner to reappear on your next visit.
*Please note that if you disable all cookies, certain features like administrative login and booking processes may fail to function correctly.*