Cookies Policy
Effective 1 August 2025 · Last updated 17 August 2026 · Version 1.1
This is the cookies policy we publish on the InfoLoud website. Like our Website Privacy Notice, it is written for humans. The substance is the same as in our global Data Protection Policy.
Wait, what is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file your browser stores on your device when you visit a website. The site can then read it back later, which is how it remembers things like the fact that you are logged in, or that you closed a banner.
Cookies do not have a great deal in common with biscuits, despite the name. The story goes that an early programmer thought of them as a snack-sized piece of information passed between two pieces of software.
Some cookies are essential. Some are useful but not essential. Some are intrusive. When we use any, we only use the first two kinds, and not the third.
What we use, and why
The technologies below are the full list of cookies and similar technologies in scope on the InfoLoud website. At this moment, none of them are active.
| Cookie or technology | Provider | Purpose | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| session | none | none | none | none |
| consent | none | none | none | none |
| csrf-token | none | none | none | none |
| analytics | none | none | none | none |
| load balancer cookie | none | none | none | none |
If we use a cookie or add a new one, this list will be updated before the cookie goes live. If we stop using a cookie, it will come off the list.
Strictly necessary, analytics, what is the difference
Strictly necessary cookies are the ones the site cannot do without. Logging you in. Keeping forms safe. Remembering whether you accepted the cookie banner. We do not ask for your consent for these because the law does not require it, and asking would be moot because you cannot really use the site without them.
Analytics cookies tell us things like how many people read a particular page and where they came from. We use them because they are useful. We do not use them to identify individual people, and we do not pass the data to anyone for marketing. In the United Kingdom we ask for your consent before setting these. In Canada, the United States and elsewhere the rules differ, and we follow what applies where you are.
Marketing cookies are the kind that follow you around the internet showing you the same product for three weeks. We do not use them on the InfoLoud site. If that ever changes, we will tell you here first, and we will ask for your consent.
How to control them
When you first arrive at the site and when we do deploy or use cookies, we ask you what you want via the cookie banner. You can change your mind at any time from the cookie settings link in the footer of every page.
You can also control cookies in your browser. The exact steps depend on which browser you use. The relevant settings are usually under Privacy or Security:
- Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data
- Safari: Preferences > Privacy
- Firefox: Settings > Privacy and Security
- Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions
You can delete cookies that are already on your device, and you can tell your browser not to accept new ones. We respect Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track signals where your browser sends them. Turning everything off will not break the strictly necessary cookies, but it will turn off the analytics ones.
Local storage and similar
Browsers also have other ways to store small amounts of information, with names like local storage, session storage and indexed databases. We may use a small amount of local storage on the InfoLoud Platforms for things like remembering whether you have dismissed a notification. It is treated the same way as the equivalent cookie. Whatever we use is listed in the table above.
Third parties
Where a cookie or technology is provided by a third party, we have chosen that third party because we are satisfied with their privacy practices. Their terms and privacy notices apply to the bits of the processing they control. We have linked them where we can. If a link is broken or out of date, please tell us.
If you have questions
Email privacy@infoloud.com. We answer everything that arrives there, whether it is a serious data protection question or a polite query about whether we have considered changing the name of the website.