Cookie Policy
Last updated: 2025-08-16
Website: https://dragonwebforge.com
Controller: Dragon Web Forge
Contact: info@dragonwebforge.com
This notice explains how we use cookies and similar technologies (e.g., localStorage) on this Website.
1) What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored by your browser. They help run the site, remember settings, and—if you consent—enable analytics and marketing.
Note: “Similar technologies” (e.g., localStorage) are treated the same way as cookies under privacy laws.
2) Who processes the data?
- Name: Dragon Web Forge
- Website: https://dragonwebforge.com
- Email: info@dragonwebforge.com
For details, see our Privacy Notice.
3) What cookies do we use?
We use strictly necessary cookies for technical operation. Analytics/marketing cookies are set only with your prior consent via the cookie banner.
Categories
- Strictly necessary: essential for the site to function. Legal basis: ePrivacy exemption / GDPR Art. 6(1)(f) legitimate interest. No consent required.
- Functional: convenience features (e.g., remembering language). Legal basis: consent if it involves tracking.
- Analytics: traffic and usage measurement (e.g., Google Analytics 4). Legal basis: consent.
- Marketing: advertising and profiling. Legal basis: consent.
Current cookies & similar technologies
| Name | Provider | Category | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PHPSESSID | First-party (dragonwebforge.com) | Strictly necessary | Session for contact forms and CSRF protection | Session | HTTP cookie |
_csrf | First-party | Strictly necessary | CSRF protection | Session | HTTP cookie |
cookie_consent (or similar) | First-party | Strictly necessary | Stores your cookie choices | 6–12 months | Cookie / localStorage |
language (or similar) | First-party | Functional | Remembers selected interface language | 6–12 months | localStorage |
Analytics/Marketing: Not loaded by default. If enabled in the future (with your consent), examples include *_ga, _ga_* (Google Analytics) with 2–13 months retention.
4) Managing your consent
You can accept/decline non-essential cookies in the banner and change your choices anytime via the “Cookie Settings” link (e.g., in the footer). You may also delete the cookie_consent entry to reset choices.
5) Browser controls
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Disabling strictly necessary cookies may break site functionality.
6) Third parties & international transfers
If we use third-party services (e.g., Google for analytics/reCAPTCHA), data may be processed by Google Ireland Limited and—where applicable—transferred outside the EU under Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) and safeguards. See: https://policies.google.com/privacy
7) Legal bases
- Strictly necessary: service provision/operation (ePrivacy exemption / GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)).
- Functional/Analytics/Marketing: consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)). You can withdraw at any time.
8) Your rights
You can request access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability (where applicable), and object to certain processing. Contact info@dragonwebforge.com.
9) Changes
We may update this policy; the “Last updated” date reflects the current version.