# Cookie & Tracking Policy

> This policy describes exactly how referral tracking works: when the affiliate cookie is created, when it ends, and how the referral relationship becomes permanent. Read it carefully — attribution disputes are resolved by what is written here.

Source: https://doothemes.com/docs/affiliates/cookie-tracking-policy

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## 1. How Tracking Works
 
When a user visits Doothemes through your referral link, our system places a **tracking cookie** in their browser. That cookie identifies you as the potential referrer of that user.
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## 2. The Cookie Ends at Account Registration
 
This is the central rule of our tracking, and we want it to be absolutely clear:
 
**The affiliate cookie terminates the moment the referred user completes the registration of their account.**
 
At that exact moment, two things happen:
 
1. **The cookie has fulfilled its purpose and expires.** It is no longer needed, read, or considered for anything.
2. **The referral relationship is recorded permanently in our system**, server-side, tied to the referred user's account — not to their browser, their device, or any cookie.
From registration onward, attribution no longer depends on tracking technology of any kind. It is a fixed record in our database.
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## 3. What This Guarantees You
 
Because the referral is consolidated at registration and stored server-side:
 
- **No cookie can overwrite your referral.** Once your referred user registers, other affiliates' links, new cookies, cleared browsers, or different devices change nothing.
- **The referred customer keeps you as their referrer forever** and cannot adopt a new referrer, as established in [Recurring Commissions](https://doothemes.com/docs/affiliates/recurring-commissions).
- **Every purchase that customer makes — from any device, at any time — is attributed to you automatically.** No cookie required, ever again.
The cookie's only job is to carry the referral from the click to the registration. After that, the system takes over — permanently.
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## 4. Before Registration
 
While the referral is still in the cookie stage — that is, before the user registers — standard cookie limitations apply:
 
- If the user **clears their cookies** or switches devices before registering, the referral cannot be attributed.
- If the user clicks **multiple affiliate links** before registering, the attribution follows the **last valid click** prior to registration.
- Cookies blocked by the user's browser or extensions cannot be placed, and no attribution is possible without them.
This is precisely why our model consolidates attribution at registration: to reduce the fragile, cookie-dependent window to the minimum possible.
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## 5. Tampering Is a Violation
 
Any attempt to manipulate tracking — cookie stuffing, forced clicks, scripts that place cookies without a genuine user click, or interference with another affiliate's attribution — is a serious violation of the [Terms & Conditions](https://doothemes.com/docs/affiliates/terms-conditions), sanctioned with termination, forfeiture of funds, and release of referred customers.
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## 6. User Consent
 
The tracking cookie is used exclusively for referral attribution. Its use is disclosed to visitors in accordance with applicable cookie-consent regulations, and it does not collect personal data beyond what is necessary to attribute the referral.
 
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This policy is part of the Program's [Terms & Conditions](https://doothemes.com/docs/affiliates/terms-conditions).