Cookie Policy
Last Updated: 1 April 2025
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies help us to improve the functionality and performance of our website and to provide you with a more personalized experience.
In addition to cookies, we may use other similar technologies like web beacons (also known as "pixel tags" or "clear GIFs") and local storage. For the purpose of this policy, all these technologies are referred to as "cookies".
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several reasons, which are detailed below. We believe in transparency and want to be clear about why we use them. Our primary goals for using cookies are:
- To ensure our website functions correctly and securely.
- To analyse how our website is used, which pages are most popular, and how we can improve the user experience.
- To remember your preferences, such as your acceptance of our cookie policy, so we don't have to ask you every time you visit.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Our website uses the following categories of cookies:
3.1. Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided. Because they are essential, they are placed on your device without requiring your explicit consent, based on our legitimate interest to provide a functioning website.
- Function: These cookies handle core functionalities like managing your cookie consent preferences and protecting our site from security threats (e.g., Cross-Site Request Forgery).
- Consent: Not required.
3.2. Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect information about how you use our website, for instance, which pages you go to most often, and if you get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies you personally. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our website works.
- Function: We use these cookies to understand website traffic, analyse user behaviour, and measure the performance of our content. We use Google Analytics for this purpose.
- Consent: Required. These cookies will only be placed on your device if you accept them via our cookie consent banner.
3.3. Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make to provide enhanced, more personal features. For example, our website uses a functionality cookie to remember your acceptance of our cookie banner so that it is not repeatedly shown to you on subsequent visits within a certain timeframe.
- Function: To remember user choices and provide a more convenient Browse experience.
- Consent: Required. These cookies will only be placed on your device if you accept them via our cookie consent banner.
3.4. Marketing and Targeting Cookies
Pylzex Studio is a professional business-to-business service provider. We value your privacy and a clean user experience. Therefore, **we do not use any third-party marketing or advertising cookies** on our website. We do not track your activity across other websites to serve you targeted advertising.
4. Detailed Cookie Information
The following table lists the main cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| pylzex_cookie_consent | Stores the user's cookie consent choice to prevent the banner from reappearing. | 1 year | Strictly Necessary |
| csrftoken | A security cookie used to protect against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks on our forms. | Session | Strictly Necessary |
| _ga | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users for statistical purposes. | 2 years | Performance |
| _gid | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | 24 hours | Performance |
| _gat_gtag_... | Used by Google Analytics to throttle the request rate, limiting data collection on high-traffic sites. | 1 minute | Performance |
Please note that third-party services like Google may set their own cookies, which we do not control. You should review the privacy policies of these third parties for more information.
5. How to Manage Your Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences in the following ways:
5.1. Our Cookie Consent Banner
When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner. This gives you the option to accept all cookies or to reject non-essential cookies. Your preference is then stored in the `pylzex_cookie_consent` cookie.
5.2. Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. You can set your browser to block all cookies, accept only certain types of cookies, or alert you when a cookie is being sent. Please be aware that if you block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
6. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies. The date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last updated.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at [email protected].