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Cookies

Short version: we use one cookie to keep you signed in. That's it.

Last updated: 20 April 2026

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file a website stores in your browser. Some cookies are strictly necessary to make a site work; others are used for analytics, advertising, or personalisation and typically require your consent under the ePrivacy Directive and GDPR.

What we use

acervus only uses one cookie, and it is strictly necessary for the Service to function.

Cookie	Purpose	Duration	Consent required?
`session`	Keeps you signed in between page loads. Contains an encrypted session identifier; no personal data is stored in the cookie itself.	Until you sign out, or ~30 days of inactivity	No — strictly necessary

Why no consent banner? Under the ePrivacy Directive (as implemented in Portugal and across the EU), strictly-necessary cookies do not require user consent. Because we only use a session cookie for authentication, there is nothing to opt in or out of. If we ever add analytics or marketing cookies, we will deploy a consent banner and ask first.

What we don't use

No Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, Mixpanel, Hotjar, Segment, or any similar analytics or behavioural-tracking tools.
No advertising or remarketing cookies.
No third-party cookies.
No “fingerprinting” or similar tracking that bypasses cookies.

Disabling cookies

You can disable the session cookie in your browser, but then you will not be able to sign in — the Service cannot function without it. If you want to stop using acervus, you can delete your account and data from Settings at any time.

Third-party services you connect

When you connect acervus to a third-party service (Discogs, cloud storage, Airtable, Notion, etc.), that service may set its own cookies on its own domain. Those cookies are governed by the third party's own cookie policy. acervus does not read or write cookies on third-party domains.

Questions

Email privacy@acervus.app.

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