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GDPR and cookie usage

Cookie information and privacy choices

This page explains how Autorenwerkzeug uses cookies and similar browser storage. It is intended as transparent technical information for users and as a working basis for GDPR and ePrivacy compliance.

Consent model

The banner offers two direct choices: accept all cookies or use strictly necessary cookies only. Non-essential cookies are not enabled by default. Continuing to browse, scrolling, or ignoring the banner is not treated as consent.

Your choice is stored in a first-party consent cookie named aw_cookie_consent and mirrored in local browser storage. This record contains the selected category, a timestamp, and the consent version so the current preference can be respected on future visits.

Cookie categories

Category: Strictly necessary cookies
Status: Always active
Purpose: Remembering your consent choice, preserving security-relevant session state, and making requested site functions available.
Examples: aw_cookie_consent, session or security cookies
Retention: Consent choice: up to 180 days. Session cookies: until the browser session ends.
Category: Preference cookies
Status: Optional
Purpose: Remembering interface choices such as language, layout, or display settings.
Examples: Language or display preference identifiers
Retention: Usually up to 180 days, unless you clear them earlier.
Category: Analytics cookies
Status: Optional
Purpose: Understanding aggregated product usage, page performance, and navigation patterns.
Examples: Aggregated page-view or event identifiers
Retention: Defined by the analytics provider and documented before activation.
Category: Marketing cookies
Status: Optional
Purpose: Measuring campaign performance or conversions where marketing tools are enabled.
Examples: Campaign attribution or conversion identifiers
Retention: Defined by the marketing provider and documented before activation.

Your controls

Use the Cookie settings button on the site to reopen the banner. You can also clear cookies and local site data in your browser to remove stored preferences. If optional analytics or marketing tools are added later, they should check the stored consent level before loading.

Guideline orientation

This implementation follows common regulator guidance: provide clear and comprehensive information, require an active choice for optional cookies, keep strictly necessary cookies separate, and make preferences easy to change.

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