Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser. Websites also commonly use similar local storage technologies for the same purposes. This policy covers both, and explains what Genesis Steps to Success uses on our website and portals and why.

We only use strictly necessary cookies — the kind required to keep you signed in and the site working. We do not use advertising, analytics, or cross-site tracking cookies anywhere on our website or portals, and we do not sell or share data with advertisers.

Authentication cookies — when you log into the parent, staff, or admin portal, our sign-in provider (Supabase) sets a secure cookie that keeps you signed in as you move between pages. Without it, the portal cannot recognize who you are, so these cookies cannot be turned off if you want to use the portal.

These cookies do not track you across other websites and are not used for advertising.

Beyond cookies, your browser's local storage is used for a few small, non-tracking conveniences that stay on your device and are never sent to advertisers:

• Remembering whether you've collapsed the sidebar in the portal.
• Remembering which notifications you've already seen, so a badge doesn't reappear for something you've read.
• Temporarily saving your progress while filling out a form on-screen (like the enrollment application), so a refresh doesn't lose your answers.
• Remembering that you've seen the cookie banner described below, so it doesn't show again.

We do not use advertising or retargeting cookies, third-party analytics cookies (our website does not run Google Analytics or any similar service), or social media tracking pixels. If that ever changes, we will update this page and, where required, ask for your consent first.

Our website links out to a few third-party sites — for example, a Google Maps link to our location, and our Facebook and Instagram pages. We don't embed those sites or their tracking on our pages, but once you click through to them, their own cookie and privacy practices apply, not ours.

Because we only use strictly necessary cookies, the notice banner you may see on our website is an acknowledgment, not a choice between tracking categories — there is nothing non-essential to opt into. Closing it just remembers that you've seen it, using your browser's local storage, described above.

Most browsers let you block or delete cookies in their settings. Since our only cookies keep you signed in, blocking them will not affect browsing our public website, but it will prevent the parent, staff, or admin portal from working, since it will not be able to recognize your session.

We may update this Cookie Policy if what we use changes. We will post the revised policy here with an updated "Last updated" date. See also our Privacy Policy for how we handle personal information more broadly.

Questions about cookies on our website? Contact us at info@genesisstepstosuccess.com.