Cookie Policy
This page lists every cookie and similar technology PhotoDump can place on your device, what it is for, who sets it and how long it lasts. Nothing outside the "Strictly necessary" category is set until you agree to it.
What cookies are, in one paragraph
A cookie is a small text file a website stores in your browser so it can recognize you between page loads or visits — and "similar technologies" like localStorage do the same job with different plumbing. Some are genuinely functional: this site uses one entry only to remember the consent choice you made, so the banner does not reappear on every page. Others exist to measure or to advertise, and those belong to third parties. The tables below draw that line explicitly, cookie by cookie.
How consent works on this site
When you first visit, nothing beyond the strictly necessary storage is set. The consent banner offers three equal choices — accept all, reject all, or pick categories — and rejecting is exactly one click, the same as accepting. Your choice is passed to Google via Consent Mode v2, which means that until you opt in, analytics and marketing tags stay fully denied and no advertising identifiers are stored. If you later change your mind, the button below (also linked in the footer of every page) reopens the same banner, and your new choice applies immediately.
Strictly necessary
| Name | Provider | Type | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| photodump_cookie_consent | PhotoDump | localStorage | 6 months | Stores your cookie choices, when you made them and a reference id, so we do not ask again on every page. |
Analytics
| Name | Provider | Type | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics (Google Ireland Ltd.) | Cookie | 2 years | Assigns a random identifier so repeat visits can be counted as one visitor. |
| _ga_<container-id> | Google Analytics (Google Ireland Ltd.) | Cookie | 2 years | Keeps session state for the Google Analytics 4 property. |
| _gid | Google Analytics (Google Ireland Ltd.) | Cookie | 24 hours | Distinguishes visitors within a single day when Universal Analytics tags are present in the tag manager container. |
| ph_<project-key>_posthog | PostHog | Cookie + localStorage | 1 year | Identifies a returning device and stores product analytics session state. |
Marketing
| Name | Provider | Type | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _gcl_au | Google Ireland Ltd. | Cookie | 3 months | Set by Google Tag Manager for ad conversion measurement: stores the ad click that led to a conversion. |
| _fbp | Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. | Cookie | 3 months | Identifies browsers for advertising measurement and audience building. |
| _fbc | Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. | Cookie | 3 months | Stores the last ad click that brought you to the site, for attribution. |
Change your cookie settings
You can withdraw or change your consent at any time. It takes the same single click as giving it, and withdrawal does not affect anything processed before you withdrew.
Legal basis
Strictly necessary storage is used on the basis of our legitimate interest in operating the site. Analytics and marketing technologies are used only with your consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Google and Meta act as separate controllers or joint controllers for the data they receive; their own policies apply in addition to ours.
International transfers
Google and Meta may process data outside the EEA, including in the United States, under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and Standard Contractual Clauses.
Last updated: 2026-08-31