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1. What cookies and similar storage are

A cookie is a small text file that a website places on your device through your browser. The site can read it again on later requests, which lets it remember things such as whether you are signed in.

Websites can also keep information on your device in other ways. This policy covers all of them, and refers to them together as “cookies and similar storage”:

Cookies. Sent to the server with requests. A first-party cookie is set by the site you are visiting. A third-party cookie is set by a different domain.
Local storage. A storage area in your browser that the site can read through scripts in the page. It is not sent to the server automatically.
Service worker cache. A store of files kept by the browser for a site that can be installed as an app, so that it loads faster and can work in part without a connection.

Cookies and similar storage are usually grouped by purpose. “Strictly necessary” items are needed for a site to work or to provide a function you asked for, and the law does not require consent for them. Other categories, such as analytics and advertising, require your consent.

2. What Cloudswap uses

The Cloudswap site uses only the strictly necessary items listed below. This list is complete as of the date shown at the top of this page.

Name	Type	Purpose	Duration
cs_session	First-party cookie, HTTP-only. Strictly necessary	Keeps a signed-in user logged in to their account. It is set only after you sign in. If you do not sign in, it is not set	30 days, or until you sign out
cs-consent	Browser local storage entry (not a cookie). Strictly necessary	Remembers the choice you made in the cookie banner, so that the banner is not shown on every visit	Until you clear the browser storage for the site
cloudswap:vid	Browser local storage entry (not a cookie). Strictly necessary	A random label for this browser. Together with a device fingerprint and your IP address it lets us protect the service from abuse: for example, a promo code that is limited to one swap per person cannot be reused by reloading the page. It also lets us count how many visitors are on the site. It does not contain your name, email or wallet address	Until you clear the browser storage for the site. Our own record of a visit is deleted after 90 days
cloudswap:ref	Browser local storage entry (not a cookie). Set only if you arrive through a partner link or widget	Remembers the code of the partner who referred you, so that the partner is credited for your swap. It contains only the partner code and nothing about you	30 days, or until you clear the browser storage
Service worker cache	Files stored on your device by the site's service worker. Strictly necessary	Cloudswap can be installed as an app (a progressive web app). The service worker stores static files (the page shell, styles, scripts and images) so that the app opens faster and can show an offline page. It contains no personal data	Until you uninstall the app or clear the site data
Security cookies	Cookies set by our hosting and security provider. Strictly necessary	Distinguish people from bots and protect the site against attacks and abuse	Short-lived: from up to 30 minutes to up to 1 year, depending on the cookie

More about these items

The cs_session cookie is HTTP-only, which means that scripts running in the page cannot read it. It contains a session identifier and not your email address or password.
The cs-consent entry stays in your browser and is used only to remember your banner choice.
The security cookies are set by the provider that hosts and protects the site, which acts on our behalf. The provider may process your IP address and technical details of your browser for this purpose, as described in our Privacy Policy. The exact names of these cookies are determined by the provider and may change.

3. What we do not use

There are currently no analytics, advertising or third-party tracking cookies on the Cloudswap site. In particular:

we do not use third-party analytics. We keep our own short record of visits (pages opened, buttons pressed, what is typed into the swap form, time and device details; never passwords, email addresses or card details) to protect the service and to see how visitors use the site; it is not shared with advertisers or analytics companies;
we do not use advertising or retargeting cookies, tracking pixels or social media plug-ins that track you;
we do not use cookies or similar storage to build a profile of you or to follow you across other sites;
we do not sell or share with advertisers any information obtained through cookies.

You can make a swap without an account. In that case the cs_session cookie is never set.

4. The cookie banner and your choices

When you first visit the site, a banner offers two options:

Accept all. You agree to all categories of cookies and similar storage that the site uses.
Only necessary. You keep only the strictly necessary items.

Because the site uses only strictly necessary items today, both choices currently result in exactly the same storage on your device. Your choice is recorded in the cs-consent entry described above.

If we add optional categories in future, such as analytics, they will be switched off until you accept them. Before introducing them we will update this policy and the banner, and a choice of “Only necessary” made earlier will continue to be respected. Where a new category requires consent, we will ask you again and will not treat an earlier “Accept all” as covering a category that did not exist when you made it.

Changing your choice

You can change your choice at any time through the Cookie settings link in the footer of the site. This reopens the banner so that you can choose again. Withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it and does not affect anything done before the withdrawal.

Strictly necessary items cannot be switched off through the banner, because the site, the sign-in function or its protection would not work without them. You can still remove or block them in your browser as described in the next section.

5. Managing and clearing cookies in your browser

You can view, block and delete cookies and site data in your browser settings. The exact steps depend on the browser and its version, but they are usually found as follows:

Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers: Settings, then Privacy and security, then the options for cookies, site data and clearing browsing data.
Firefox: Settings, then Privacy and Security, then Cookies and Site Data.
Safari on a Mac: Settings, then Privacy, then Manage Website Data.
Safari on an iPhone or iPad: the Settings app, then Safari, then the options for clearing history and website data.
Edge: Settings, then the section on cookies and site permissions, and the option to clear browsing data under privacy settings.

Most browsers also let you clear the data of a single site from the icon next to the address bar. Clearing the site data for Cloudswap removes the session cookie, the banner choice and the service worker cache together.

What happens if you clear or block them

Deleting or blocking cs_session signs you out, and you will not be able to stay signed in to an account. Swaps without an account continue to work.
Deleting cs-consent makes the banner appear again on your next visit.
Removing the service worker cache means the app loads its files from the network again and the offline page is unavailable until the files are stored again.
Blocking the security cookies may lead to extra checks when you open the site, or may prevent the site from loading.

Removing the installed app

If you installed Cloudswap as an app, uninstall it in the same way as any other app on your device, or through your browser's list of installed apps. This removes the files stored by the service worker. Clearing your cookies does not affect a swap that is already in progress: you can open it again with its link or swap ID.

6. Changes to this policy

We will update this policy whenever the cookies or similar storage used by the site change, and when the law requires. The current version is always published on this page, with the date of the last update shown at the top.

If we introduce a new category that requires consent, we will not use it until the banner has been updated and you have had the opportunity to choose.

7. Contact

The site is operated by [legal entity: to be completed before launch]. If you have a question about this policy or about how we use cookies and similar storage, write to [contact email: to be completed before launch].

For information about how we handle personal data more generally, including your rights and how to exercise them, see our Privacy Policy. The rules for using the service are in our Terms of Service.