Cookie Policy
Version: Draft 0.1 · Last updated
Draft pending legal review. This document is not yet in force. Highlighted items are still to be confirmed.
This policy lists the cookies and similar browser storage used on the DeskAcross website. It covers the website only. The desktop application does not use cookies.
1. Summary
- The site works without analytics cookies.
- We store two small preferences in your browser so the site remembers your theme and your cookie choice.
- Google Analytics 4 is loaded only after you accept analytics. If you decline, no analytics script is loaded and no analytics request is sent.
- You can change your choice at any time with Cookie Settings in the footer.
2. Categories
Necessary
These keep the site working and remember choices you made. They do not need consent.
| Name | Type | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theme preference | Local storage | DeskAcross | Remembers whether you chose Light, Dark, or System so the page is drawn in the right theme from the first paint. | Until you clear site data |
| Cookie consent choice | Local storage | DeskAcross | Remembers whether you accepted or declined analytics so we do not ask on every page. | Until you clear site data or change your choice |
| Turnstile | Cookie and browser checks | Cloudflare | Used on the contact form to tell people from automated submissions. Set only on pages that show the form. | To be confirmed: duration, from Cloudflare's current documentation |
When customer accounts are available, a session cookie will keep you signed in. To be confirmed: session cookie names and durations once sign-in is live.
Analytics
Used only with your consent.
| Name | Type | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Cookie | Google Analytics 4 | Distinguishes visitors so visits can be counted. | To be confirmed: duration as configured, GA4 default is up to 2 years |
_ga_<ID> | Cookie | Google Analytics 4 | Keeps session state for our GA4 property. | To be confirmed: duration as configured, GA4 default is up to 2 years |
We use analytics to understand which pages are visited, whether the demo is played, how often the download button is used, and how visitors move through checkout. We do not add email addresses, form text, sign-in tokens, activation codes, or payment details to analytics URLs or events.
Marketing
We do not use advertising or marketing cookies. To be confirmed: confirm no advertising features or remarketing are enabled in the GA4 property at launch.
3. How consent works
On your first visit a banner asks whether you accept analytics.
- Accept: the choice is saved and Google Analytics is loaded.
- Decline: the choice is saved and Google Analytics is not loaded.
- No choice: Google Analytics is not loaded.
This follows Google's Basic Consent Mode: analytics tags are blocked until consent is given.
4. Changing or withdrawing your choice
Select Cookie Settings in the footer of any page to reopen the choices. If you withdraw consent, we stop sending new analytics data from your browser. Cookies that Google Analytics already set remain until they expire or you delete them. You can delete them in your browser's settings under site data for this website.
You can also block cookies for all sites in your browser settings. Blocking local storage may cause the site to forget your theme and ask about cookies again on each visit.
5. Third parties
- Google processes analytics data as described in its own privacy documentation.
- Cloudflare processes Turnstile data as described in its own privacy documentation.
- Checkout. When you buy a plan, payment takes place on pages hosted by To be confirmed: payment provider. That provider sets its own cookies under its own policy.
6. Preview and test environments
Test versions of the site are measured separately from the production site, and are not intended for public use.
7. More information
How we handle personal data in general, including your rights, is described in the Privacy Policy. Questions can be sent through the contact page.
8. Changes
We update this page when the storage we use changes. The version and date above identify the current text.