Cookie Policy
Version 1.0
Version: 1.0
Effective date: [[EFFECTIVE_DATE]]
This Policy explains how LoveBooster uses cookies and similar technologies. It supplements the Privacy Policy and does not replace it.
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website stores in your browser. They are used for authentication, remembering settings, analytics and marketing.
"Similar technologies" include: localStorage, sessionStorage, web beacons, pixel tags, fingerprinting (we do not use the latter).
2. Categories of cookies we use
2.1. Strictly necessary — no consent required
Without these cookies the Service cannot function. They do not require consent under ePrivacy Directive Art. 5(3) and clauses 1, 2 of Art. 6 of 152-FZ.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
lovebooster_session (HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite=Lax) | Session authentication. | 30 days or until logout. |
lovebooster_csrf | CSRF protection. | Session. |
lovebooster_locale | Remember selected language. | 1 year. |
cookie_consent | Remember your choice in the cookie banner. | 1 year. |
2.2. Functional — consent required
Improve user experience. Activated after consent.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
lovebooster_theme | Interface theme (light/dark). | 1 year. |
lovebooster_sidebar_state | Sidebar state. | 1 year. |
lovebooster_tour_completed_* | Tour completion flags. | 1 year. |
2.3. Analytics — consent required
Help us understand how users interact with the Service. Activated after consent. IP anonymisation enabled.
| Cookie / provider | Purpose | Duration | Transfer |
|---|---|---|---|
_ym_* / Yandex.Metrica | Anonymous behavioural analytics. | Up to 1 year. | Russian Federation (Yandex) — no transfer to EU/US. |
[[ANALYTICS_PROVIDER]] (optional) | Alternative provider (e.g., Plausible / Matomo self-hosted) — no third-party transfer, no cross-site tracking. | Up to 1 year. | self-hosted. |
We do not use Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, TikTok Pixel or other mass cross-site tracking systems.
2.4. Marketing — explicit opt-in only
In the current version of the Service marketing cookies are not used. If they are added in future, this Policy will be updated and separate consent will be obtained.
3. How to manage cookies
3.1. Through our cookie banner
On your first visit you will see a cookie banner allowing you to:
- Accept all — strictly necessary + functional + analytics.
- Necessary only — strictly necessary.
- Customise — granular choice by category.
You can change your choice at any time: the "Cookie settings" link in the site footer.
3.2. Through browser settings
In most browsers you can:
- view all stored cookies;
- delete individual cookies or all cookies;
- block cookie storage entirely (the Service may not function properly).
Documentation:
3.3. Through Do Not Track / Global Privacy Control
We respect Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals and interpret them as an opt-out from analytics and marketing cookies (in accordance with CPRA for California residents).
The Do Not Track (DNT) signal is treated similarly in the absence of an explicit preference chosen via the cookie banner.
4. Consent and proof of consent
On each change of your choice in the cookie banner we record:
- timestamp,
- version of this Policy,
- categories for which consent was granted / withdrawn,
- IP address (pseudonymised),
- session identifier.
This log is retained for 3 years for the purposes of consent proof (GDPR Art. 7(1)).
5. Changes
Changes to this Policy are published with an updated version and effective date. For material changes (new cookie categories, new providers) — re-consent through the cookie banner.
6. Contacts
Cookie-related queries: privacy@lovebooster.ru.