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Cookies and privacy settings

Cookies are small files saved by your browser. The browser’s local storage (localStorage) works in a similar way. I use them sparingly. Essential items need no consent. You can allow or refuse analytics and marketing separately. Cloudflare Web Analytics is described on its own, because it stores nothing on your device. Below I explain what each tool does and what it stores.

Essential: always on

The site would not work properly without these, so they do not require consent.

  • sf_consent (browser local storage): your choice from the cookie banner, so you are not asked on every visit. It is saved when you make a choice and stays in your browser until you change or delete it.
  • sstatts_lang (cookie, one year): the language you picked. It is saved only when you change the language with the language switch.

Cloudflare Web Analytics: no cookies

A small script from Cloudflare measures visits without cookies and without storing anything in your browser. Cloudflare receives the IP address and technical data of the request (page, referrer, browser, loading time), and I see only aggregated statistics. It runs on every visit, even without consent, because it does not use your device’s storage.

Google Analytics shows me which pages are read and where visitors come from, for example a search engine, Instagram or an ad. Google receives this data.

  • Without your consent. The Google Analytics script is not loaded and the site sends nothing to Google through it.
  • After you consent to analytics. Google saves the cookies _ga and _ga_<measurement ID>, valid for 12 months. They hold a random identifier that lets Google recognize the same browser on later visits.
  • If you withdraw your consent. The script stops, the page reloads and I delete these two cookies from your browser.

No marketing tool is active now. If I run ads on Instagram or Facebook, I may use Meta Pixel. It would load only after you consent to marketing and would set the cookies _fbp and _fbc (valid for about 90 days), and Meta would receive data about your visit. If you withdraw your consent, the site deletes both cookies. Without consent Meta receives no data about your visit. Clicking the WhatsApp or Instagram button takes you to a Meta app, and from that point that company’s privacy rules apply.

Google Maps: only after you click

The map is on the home page and on the Contact page. At first, it is only a placeholder with a button. The map loads from Google only after you click “Show map”, and that click is your consent. Google then receives your IP address and the address of this site (the domain only) and may save its own cookies on google.com. The site cannot delete those cookies, but you can delete them in your browser settings. The link “Open in Google Maps” opens Google Maps in a new tab, where Google’s own rules apply.

How to change or withdraw your choice

Use the “Change cookie settings” link in the footer of the site to reopen the settings. There you can allow or refuse analytics and marketing separately. The change applies at once, and when you withdraw analytics the page reloads. If you delete the site data in your browser, the banner will appear again.

You can read more about how data is processed in the privacy policy. It also explains which rights you have. You can ask questions through the Contact page.