Cookie & Tracking Policy
This policy explains how cookies and similar tracking technologies are used on axiomagdpr.com (the “Site”), the legal basis on which we rely, and how you can control them. It applies to this marketing website only.
The short version: this Site currently sets no non-essential cookies and loads no third-party analytics, advertising, or social-media trackers. Our web fonts are self-hosted, so loading this page does not call out to any external content-delivery network or third party. Because nothing non-essential runs here, you are not asked for consent and no consent banner is shown. If that ever changes, this policy is updated first and a consent mechanism is added before any such technology is deployed (see Changes to this policy).
Last updated: [TO BE ADDED: date]
1. Who is responsible
The controller for personal data processed through this Site is [TO BE ADDED: registered company name], established at [TO BE ADDED: EU establishment address]. You can contact us about this policy at info@axiomagdpr.com. Where we have appointed a data protection officer, their contact details are: [TO BE ADDED: DPO contact]. This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which gives the full information required under Articles 13 and 14 GDPR.
2. What cookies and similar technologies are
A cookie is a small text file placed on your device by a website. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, pixels, software development kits, and device fingerprinting. In this policy “cookies” refers to all of these.
Under the ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC, as implemented in national law) and Article 5(3) in particular, storing information on, or gaining access to information already stored on, a user’s terminal equipment is permitted only where it is strictly necessary to provide a service you have requested, or where you have given prior consent. Where consent is required, it must meet the GDPR standard under Article 4(11) and Article 6(1)(a): a freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of your wishes, given by a clear affirmative act. Silence, pre-ticked boxes, or continued browsing do not constitute valid consent.
3. Cookie categories
The table below describes the standard categories used to classify cookies. It indicates which categories are currently in use on this Site.
| Category | Purpose | Legal basis | Consent required | In use on this Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Enable core functions you have explicitly requested, such as security, load balancing, and remembering choices made on a form within a single session. | ePrivacy Art. 5(3) “strictly necessary” exemption; where the activity involves personal data, GDPR Art. 6(1)(f) legitimate interests. | No | None currently set. See section 4. |
| Functional / preferences | Remember settings you choose, such as language or display preferences, beyond what is strictly necessary. | Consent — ePrivacy Art. 5(3) and GDPR Art. 6(1)(a). | Yes | Not used. |
| Analytics / performance | Measure how visitors use the Site (pages viewed, time on page, errors) to improve it. | Consent — ePrivacy Art. 5(3) and GDPR Art. 6(1)(a). | Yes | Not used. No analytics scripts load. |
| Marketing / advertising | Build a profile of your interests to show targeted advertising on this or other sites. | Consent — ePrivacy Art. 5(3) and GDPR Art. 6(1)(a). | Yes | Not used. No advertising or social trackers load. |
4. Cookies currently in use
At the date of this policy, this Site does not set any cookies in your browser through ordinary use, and does not place any analytics, advertising, or social-media trackers. Specifically:
- No first-party or third-party analytics (no Google Analytics, no Plausible, no Matomo, no equivalent).
- No advertising, retargeting, or conversion pixels.
- No social-media plugins or embedded content that would set cookies.
- No third-party content-delivery network for fonts or scripts; fonts are served from our own EU-hosted infrastructure, so rendering this page does not disclose your IP address to any external font provider.
If you contact us by email using the address on this Site, we process that correspondence under our Privacy Policy; that processing does not depend on cookies.
Your browser and operating system may set cookies or use local storage of their own (for example, to remember your preferred colour scheme). Those are outside our control and are not set by us.
5. How we will obtain consent if this changes
We do not deploy any non-essential cookie or tracker without your prior consent. If we introduce analytics or any other non-essential technology in the future, we will, before it runs:
- update this policy to describe each cookie, its provider, purpose, and storage duration;
- present a consent banner that lets you accept or reject non-essential categories with equal prominence, with no pre-ticked boxes and no “reject” option hidden behind extra clicks;
- load non-essential cookies only after you have given a clear affirmative consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Art. 5(3) ePrivacy); and
- let you withdraw consent at any time, as easily as you gave it (Art. 7(3) GDPR), and record your choice.
Strictly necessary cookies, if any are later introduced, would continue to operate without consent because they fall within the ePrivacy exemption.
6. International transfers
Because this Site sets no third-party cookies, it does not, through cookies, transfer personal data outside the European Economic Area. If we later add a provider that involves a transfer to a third country, we will identify it in this policy and rely on an appropriate safeguard under Articles 44 to 49 GDPR, such as an adequacy decision (Art. 45) or Standard Contractual Clauses (Art. 46), and document a transfer impact assessment where required.
7. How to control cookies in your browser
Even though this Site does not set non-essential cookies, you can manage cookies and local storage at the browser level at any time. Most browsers let you view stored data, block or delete cookies, and refuse cookies from specific sites. The relevant settings are usually found under “Privacy” or “Cookies and site data”. Note that blocking strictly necessary cookies on sites that use them may stop parts of those sites from working.
Browser-level controls are documented by each browser vendor in their own help pages: [TO BE ADDED: links to browser cookie-settings help pages, if you wish to include them].
8. Your rights
To the extent any cookie processes personal data, you have the rights set out in Articles 15 to 22 GDPR, including the rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability, and objection. You can exercise these rights as described in our Privacy Policy or through our data-subject request process. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority under Article 77 GDPR, in particular in the EU Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. The competent authority for us is [TO BE ADDED: lead supervisory authority], without prejudice to your right to complain to your own local authority.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy to reflect changes in the technologies we use or in the law. The current version is always available at /cookies and is dated at the top. Where a change introduces non-essential cookies or otherwise materially affects your choices, we will make the new version effective only together with the corresponding consent mechanism.
10. Contact
Questions about this policy or our use of cookies can be sent to info@axiomagdpr.com, or by post to [TO BE ADDED: EU establishment address].