Cookie Policy
Last updated: April 7, 2026
This policy explains which cookies or equivalent storage mechanisms StickAtlas currently uses on the public publication and in the product’s private areas, and how you can review or change your preferences.
What cookies and similar technologies are
Cookies are small files stored in the browser. Equivalent technologies also exist, such as local storage, session storage, or technical identifiers that help remember states, preferences, or security measures.
Current scope and usage
At the current stage of the product, StickAtlas mainly uses technical or strictly necessary storage for language, consent, authentication, and basic operation.
When you accept the analytics category, StickAtlas uses Google Analytics to measure traffic, page views, navigation patterns, and aggregated usage signals that help us understand product performance.
Marketing categories remain disabled by default unless they are specifically identified here and, where relevant, loaded only after the appropriate consent.
Technologies currently active
We may currently use cookies or technical storage in the following categories.
Language and navigation
The internationalization system may use a locale cookie or technical preference, such as NEXT_LOCALE, to remember the selected language or keep redirections coherent between language versions.
Cookie consent
We store the consent choice in the browser under the local key "stickatlas-cookie-consent" so the banner is not shown on every visit and the latest recorded preference can be respected.
Analytics with consent
If you accept analytics cookies, StickAtlas enables Google Analytics to measure traffic, page views, navigation behavior, and certain aggregated interaction events.
These analytics cookies are optional and should not load until you grant consent through the banner or the preferences manager.
Authentication and security in private areas
The backoffice and other private areas may use session, callback, CSRF, and authentication cookies or technical states managed by Auth.js/NextAuth or equivalent components.
These technologies are required to sign in, keep sessions active, renew credentials, protect forms, and manage accounts and authorized access.
Framework technical operation
The framework, infrastructure, or load-balancing layer may require temporary storage or strictly necessary cookies to serve pages, route requests, maintain forms, or apply anti-abuse controls.
Optional technologies and categories not active by default
Google Analytics currently forms part of the optional analytics category and should only be activated if you give consent.
Advertising, marketing, pixels, heatmaps, ad tags, or other non-essential tools different from Google Analytics will remain disabled until they are specifically identified here and, where the law requires it, subject to prior consent.
Legal basis and consent management
Strictly necessary cookies or storage mechanisms are used under the technical exception that allows us to provide the expressly requested service or guarantee site security.
Any optional analytics or marketing technology activated in the future will rely on your prior informed consent.
You can accept, reject, or customize non-essential categories from the initial banner and review that choice again from this cookie policy page.
How to change or withdraw preferences
You can review or update your preferences from the manager available on this page.
You can also delete cookies or local storage directly from your browser. If you do, the banner may appear again and certain technical preferences, such as language or session state, may reset.
Third-party services
When you accept analytics cookies, Google Analytics acts as a third-party analytics provider under its own privacy conditions and commitments.
If you leave StickAtlas for federations, clubs, social networks, media outlets, or other external services, their cookies and technologies are governed by those third parties’ own policies.
If another optional analytics or advertising provider is enabled in the future, this policy will identify that third party and the corresponding purpose before or when it is used.
Retention and policy changes
The duration of technical cookies depends on their purpose: some disappear when the session or browser is closed, while others remain until expiration or until you delete them.
- •Language preferences: until technical expiry or until replaced by a new selection.
- •Consent preferences: until you change them, remove local storage, or they are recorded again.
- •Google Analytics cookies: until their configured expiry, until you withdraw consent, or until you delete browser storage.
- •Authentication and security cookies: until sign-out, session expiry, or the necessary technical renewal.
- •Framework technical storage: for the time strictly required to deliver the relevant functionality.
- •We will update this policy before or when new relevant technologies or providers take effect.
If StickAtlas introduces new analytics or marketing tools beyond the current setup, this page will identify their purposes and providers before activation or at the moment they begin to be used.