Cookie Policy
Cookies are small files saved by your browser, and local storage (localStorage) is a space where the app keeps settings inside your browser. We do not use analytics, marketing, or cross-site tracking cookies.
1. Cookies
- token
- strictly necessary; the sign-in session (JWT). HttpOnly (not accessible to page scripts), Secure (sent only over HTTPS), and with a SameSite restriction (protection against being sent in cross-site requests); lifetime equal to the session validity.
- NEXT_LOCALE
- functional; remembers your chosen interface language. SameSite=Lax; about 12 months.
2. Local Storage
The following entries are functional, first-party, and not used for tracking:
- afai_theme
- your chosen light or dark theme.
- afai-selected-aquarium-id
- the aquarium selected in the interface.
- read_notif_…
- which announcements you have already read.
- afai_access_granted
- remembers that the access code was entered (only when the access gate is enabled).
- afai_cookie_notice_ack
- remembers that you dismissed the cookie notice.
- afai_attach_warning_ack
- remembers that you acknowledged the attachment warning.
3. Google Sign-In
When you sign in with Google, Google sets its own cookies on its domain (accounts.google.com). They are necessary for authentication. The sign-in script loads only when you sign in, and Google’s practices are described in its own privacy policy. These cookies are set by Google as an external service; we do not use them for tracking or analytics.
4. Widgets on Partner Sites
Our widgets embedded on partner sites use only functional local storage (abuse limiting, interface state). They do not set cookies and do not track users.
5. No Tracking, No Consent Banner
Because we use only strictly necessary and functional first-party data and no tracking technologies, a cookie consent banner is not required (Art. 399(3) of the Polish Electronic Communications Law).
6. Managing Cookies
You can clear or block cookies and local storage in your browser settings. Blocking the strictly necessary session cookie will prevent you from signing in.