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Cookie policy

This Cookie Policy forms part of our Privacy Policy. As most websites, we use cookies to help us understand how our users use Picroc so that we can keep improving our Service. Our aim is with this Cookie Policy to provide you clear and explicit information about cookies that we use on picroc.com, and that what choices you have regarding these cookies.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files transferred onto computers or devices by websites for recordkeeping purposes and to enhance functionality on the website. These files can be read by these websites and help to identify you when you return to a website. Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your computer when you have gone offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser. You can find more information about cookies here.

What cookies we use?

We use the following type of cookie for the purposes and time period explained in this chart:

NECESSARRY COOKIES

  • picroc-cookies-accepted

    (type: http, expiry: 9999 years)

    Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain.

  • openDropboxDialog

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores if the Dropbox dialog is currently opened.

  • openInstagramDialog

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores if the Instagram dialog is currently opened.

  • measureCouponCode

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Provides coupon codes on the basket page that is needed during checkout.

  • showBookEditorDialog

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores if the book editor dialog is currently opened.

  • bookPhotoList

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores currently uploaded photos.

  • activeIndex

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores the actually active step during the book creating process to ensure successful proceeding or going backwards in the method.

  • sortDirection

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores the Sort Direction settings of the create book page.

  • configureCache

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores settings on the order configuration page: number of large and small books and addons.

  • instagramPictures

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores pictures inserted from Instagram.

  • devicePictures

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores images uploaded from the user's device.

  • dropboxPictures

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores pictures inserted from Dropbox

  • googlePhotosPictures

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores pictures inserted from Google Photos

  • facebookPictures

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores pictures inserted from Facebook

  • showDialog

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores if the dialog is opened on the create-book page.

  • selectedAlbums

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores album ids of different image sources (Facebook, Instagram, Google Photos, Dropbox, own device).

  • selectedImages

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores selected photos from the create-book page.

  • selectedFormat

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores the selected book format (landscape, portrait, square).

  • selectedTab

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores the selected photo selection method (likes, smart, all).

  • instagramTokenExpiresAt

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores the expiry of the Instagram token.

  • bookPhotoList

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores images of a given photo book.

  • footerInfoProperties

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores preferences selected during book creation (number of images selected, format selected).

  • filesAndFoldersGuid

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores guid of the file selector dialog.

  • show-zoom-warning-{image_id}

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores if the “too close zoom” warning dialog is shown already to an individual picture.

  • picrocNewsletter

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores if the newsletter checkbox is selected.

  • loginType

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores the login type the user has selected.

  • nlt

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores token for normal login type.

  • nlt-username

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores username of normal login type.

  • facebookSocialUser

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores user object of Facebook logins

  • googleSocialUser

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores user object of Google logins.

  • measureProducts

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Used to measure ordered books.

  • bookTitle

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores the title of the book

  • cachedGooglePhotos

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores Google Photos cache.

  • cachedDropboxPhotos

    (type: Local storage, expiry: Indefinite)

    Stores Dropbox phots cache.

PREFERENCES COOKIES (STATISTICS COOKIES)

  • _ga

    (type: http, expiry: 2 years)

    Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

  • _gat

    (type: http, expiry: 1 day)

    Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate

  • _gid

    (type: http, expiry: 1 day)

    Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

  • collect

    (type: Pixel, expiry: 2 Session)

    Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.

  • _hjSessionTooLarge

    (type: Boolean true/false, expiry: Session)

    Causes Hotjar to stop collecting data if a session be comes too large. This is determined automatically b y a signal from the WebSocket server if the session size exceeds the limit.

  • _hjSessionRejected

    (type: Boolean true/false, expiry: Session)

    If present, this cookie will be set to '1' for the duration of a user's session, if Hotjar rejected the session from connecting to our WebSocket due to server overload. This cookie is only applied in extremely rare situations to prevent severe performance issues.

  • _hjSessionResumed

    (type: Boolean true/false, expiry: Session)

    A cookie that is set when a session/recording is reconnected to Hotjar servers after a break in connection.

  • _hjid

    (type: UUID, expiry: 365 days)

    Hotjar cookie that is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID.

  • _hjRecordingLastActivity

    (type: Numerical Value (Timestamp), expiry: Session)

    This should be found in Session storage (as opposed to cookies). This gets updated when a user recording starts and when data is sent through the WebSocket (the user performs an action that Hotjar records).

  • _hjTLDTest

    (type: Boolean true/false, expiry: Session)

    When the Hotjar script executes we try to determine the most generic cookie path we should use, instead of the page hostname. This is done so that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). To determine this, we try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. After this check, the cookie is removed.

  • _hjUserAttributesHash

    (type: Hash, expiry: Session)

    User Attributes sent through the Hotjar Identify API are cached for the duration of the session in order to know when an attribute has changed and needs to be updated.

  • _hjCachedUserAttributes

    (type: JSON, expiry: Session)

    This cookie stores User Attributes which are sent through the Hotjar Identify API, whenever the user is not in the sample. Collected attributes will only be saved to Hotjar servers if the user interacts with a Hotjar Feedback tool, but the cookie will be used regardless of whether a Feedback tool is present.

  • _hjLocalStorageTest

    (type: Boolean true/false, expiry: Session)

    This cookie is used to check if the Hotjar Tracking Script can use local storage. If it can, a value of 1 is set in this cookie. The data stored in_hjLocalStorageTest has no expiration time, but it is deleted almost immediately after it is created.

  • _hjIncludedInPageviewSample

    (type: Boolean true/false, expiry: 30 minutes)

    This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's pageview limit.

  • _hjIncludedInSessionSample

    (type: Boolean true/false, expiry: 30 minutes)

    This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit.

  • _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress

    (type: Boolean true/false, expiry: 30 minutes)

    This cookie is used to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie.

  • _hjFirstSeen

    (type: Boolean true/false, expiry: Session)

    This is set to identify a new user’s first session. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether this was the first time Hotjar saw this user. It is used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions

  • _hjViewportId

    (type: UUID, expiry: Session)

    This stores information about the user viewport such as size and dimensions.

  • _hjRecordingEnabled

    (type: Boolean true/false, expiry: Session)

    This is added when a Recording starts and is read when the recording module is initialized to see if the user is already in a recording in a particular session.

PREFERENCES COOKIES (MARKETING COOKIES)

  • fr

    (type: http, expiry: 3 months)

    Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertiseme nt products such as real time bidding from third par ty advertisers.

  • tr

    (type: Pixel, expiry: Session)

    Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertiseme nt products such as real time bidding from third par ty advertisers.

  • (type: http, expiry: 2 years)

  • (type: http, expiry: 2 years)

Google reCAPTCHA

We use "Google reCAPTCHA" (hereinafter "reCAPTCHA") on Picroc. This service is provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google").
reCAPTCHA is used to check whether the data entered on our website (such as on a registration form) has been entered by a human or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, how long the visitor has been on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis will be forwarded to Google.
The reCAPTCHA analyses take place completely in the background. Website visitors are not advised that such an analysis is taking place.
Data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its site from abusive automated crawling and spam.
For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google's privacy policy, please visit the following links: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.

Opting Out

You are able to opt out of any personal data collection using cookies or other technologies. You can use the settings within your browser to control the cookies that are set on your computer or mobile device. However, please be aware that cookies are important to many aspects for the Site and Service – if you set your browser to reject cookies, you may not be able to enjoy all of the features of Service. Find more information about how to see what cookies have been set and how to reject and delete cookies.
To opt-out of analysis by Google Analytics you can find more information here.

Consent to cookies

If you choose to use our Site and/or Service without blocking or disabling cookies, you give your consent to our use of these cookies and to our use of any personal information that we collect using cookies in accordance with this Cookie Policy and the rest of our Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to the use of these cookies, please be sure to block or disable them using your browser settings and/or the opt-out link set out in this Cookie Policy.

How to Delete and Block our Cookies

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies),you may not be able to access all or parts of Picroc. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit Picroc.

Changing your Cookie Settings

The browser settings for changing your cookies settings are usually found in the 'options' or 'preferences' menu of your internet browser. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful. Otherwise you should use the 'Help' option in your internet browser for more details.

More information

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Contact Us

Should you have any questions regarding this Cookie Policy, please contact us on [email protected].