Cookie Policy

What cookies are

Cookies are small files stored on your device when you visit a website. Sites can also keep small pieces of information in your browser's local storage, which works in a similar way. This policy covers both, on the public website f9.contact. We use them to keep the site working and, only with your consent, to understand how it is used.

What we use

Strictly necessary

These are required for the site to work, so they are always on and we do not ask for consent for them:

• NEXT_LOCALE (cookie, up to 12 months) — remembers the language you chose.
• f9_cookie_consent (local storage, until you clear it; we ask again after 12 months) — remembers the choice you made in the cookie banner, so we do not ask on every visit.

Analytics (only with your consent)

If you accept analytics, we use Google Analytics 4 to measure how visitors use the site — which pages are opened, how visitors arrive and where they leave — so we can improve it. It sets these cookies:

• _ga (cookie, 2 years) — tells one visitor from another using a random number.
• _ga_<ID> (cookie, 2 years) — keeps track of your visit (session).

Analytics is off by default. Until you accept, nothing is loaded from Google and no analytics cookie is set. We do not use Google Analytics for advertising: its advertising and ad-personalisation features are switched off.

The service is provided by Google Ireland Limited. Google Analytics does not store your IP address. Some data may be processed by Google LLC in the United States, which is certified under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework. See the Privacy Policy for details.

We do not use marketing or advertising cookies.

Managing your choice

On your first visit, the cookie banner lets you accept or reject analytics with equal ease, or open the preferences to decide. You can change your mind at any time through the Cookie settings link at the bottom of every page. If you withdraw your consent, we stop measuring immediately and delete the analytics cookies from your browser.

So that we can show that consent was asked for and given properly, we keep a record of each choice: a random identifier, the choice, the policy version, a shortened (anonymised) IP address and the browser type. These records are deleted after about 13 months.

You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking the strictly necessary ones may affect how the site works.

Changes to this policy

We will revise the version and effective date above when our use of cookies changes, and the banner will ask for your choice again. For how we handle the personal data connected with these cookies, see the Privacy Policy.