Cookie Policy

GLEENIE
Last updated August 29, 2024

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies. This helps us provide you with a better user experience when you visit our website and also allows us to optimize our site. Without your prior consent, we only place strictly necessary cookies. For all other cookies, we first ask for your permission via our cookie banner. You can always manage your cookie preferences through the link in our footer. Your cookie consent is valid for 6 months, after which we will ask for your preferences again.

The cookie list below gives you an overview of the cookies used by our website.

Cookie List

A cookie is a small text file containing data that a website (when visited by a user) wants to store on your device in order to remember information such as your language preference or login information. These cookies are set by us and are called first-party cookies. Additionally, we use external or third-party cookies, which are cookies from a domain other than the website you are on. We use cookies and other tracking technologies specifically for the following purposes:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for our website to function properly and are therefore placed without your consent. For example, we use them to secure our website. We do not collect any personal data with these cookies and never share the collected information with third parties.

Name Origin Purpose Retention Period
gleenie_cookie_consent https://www.gleenie.org This cookie helps us remember your privacy settings concerning data collection. 6 months
locale https://www.gleenie.org This cookie helps us remember your language choice for the site. 1 year
gleenie_session https://www.gleenie.org Stores the session data of the user for authentication status and non-marketing popup messages. 2 hours after user inactivity
XSRF-TOKEN https://www.gleenie.org This is a security token that helps prevent certain security attacks. 2 hours after user inactivity

Local Storage

The following data is stored in local storage and is necessary for the interface to work properly. Values stored in local storage persist indefinitely until they are explicitly removed by the user through browser settings (e.g., clearing browser data).

  • isOpen - User panel: is menu open or collapsed?
  • collapsedGroups - User panel: what groups are collapsed?
  • excludedLevels - User panel: what menu levels are excluded?
  • fileViewerDirection - User panel: horizontal or vertical file viewer?
  • selectedFileTypes - User panel: what file types did the user last select to upload?
  • theme - User is using dark or light mode on this device?

Analytical Cookies

We want to continue improving our website and services. Analytical cookies are a useful tool for this. They provide us with information such as the number of visitors to our website, which pages are the most popular, etc. However, we never place them without your consent. We would greatly appreciate it if you could grant us your permission.

Name Origin Purpose Retention Period
referrer https://www.gleenie.org This cookie provides us information on from which site you were linked to Gleenie. As long as the user account is active
ip-address https://www.gleenie.org This cookie provides us information on from which country you are visiting our site. As long as the user account is active