Last Updated: February 25, 2026
This policy explains how Zed Industries, Inc. ("Zed," "we," "our," and/or "us") uses cookies and similar technologies to secure our platform and understand how you use our products.
Cookies are small data files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the website to distinguish you from other users of the website or products and services and remember your actions and preferences.
We use cookies to achieve three goals:
We currently distinguish between "Essential" cookies (which we need to operate), "Analytics" cookies (which are optional), and "Marketing" cookies (which are optional).
These are strictly necessary to make our products available to you. We use these to authenticate users, maintain secure sessions, and mitigate automated traffic.
Because the site cannot function securely without them, these cannot be disabled.
We use the following essential Cookies:
| Name | More Information | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| zed.session | Contains the session token that uniquely identifies the authenticated user on the server. | 30 days |
| zed.github_oauth_state | Short-lived state cookie used to validate the GitHub OAuth callback. | 15 minutes |
| __cf_bm | Cloudflare Bot Management cookie used to identify and mitigate automated traffic. | 30 minutes (inactivity) |
We and our third-party partners may use cookies to understand how visitors use our websites. Analytics Cookies may be used to track usage patterns, visitor counts, and page views. This helps us see which features are being used and how we can improve the Zed experience. We may allow third parties such as Amplitude to place cookies on our Website. These third parties have their own privacy policies and we do not control the cookies they may use.
We will only set these cookies if you consent to them via our cookie banner.
We use the following Analytics Cookies:
| Name | More Information | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| AMP_dff590dc00 | https://amplitude.com/docs/sdks/analytics/browser/cookies-and-consent-management | 1 year |
| AMP_MKTG_dff590dc00 | https://amplitude.com/docs/sdks/analytics/browser/cookies-and-consent-management | 1 year |
We and our third-party partners may use cookies to measure and improve the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. We may allow third parties such as Google to place cookies on our Website. These third parties have their own privacy policies and we do not control the cookies they may use.
We will only set these cookies if you consent to them via our cookie banner.
We use the following Marketing Cookies:
| Name | More Information | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| _gcl_aw | https://business.safety.google/adscookies/ | 90 days |
| _gcl_au | https://business.safety.google/adscookies/ | 90 days |
You have full control over your cookie settings.
We may update this policy as we add new Cookies from our websites or products and services. Changes will be posted to this page with an updated date.
If you have questions about this policy or our privacy practices, please email us at [email protected].