1. What are cookies and local storage technologies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) by your web browser when visiting a website. Similar technologies include HTML5 localStorage and sessionStorage, which allow web applications to store necessary configuration or interface preferences locally.
2. How does OVVINEX use these technologies?
OVVINEX adheres strictly to the principle of Privacy by Default. Our public website is built to operate without mandatory advertising tracking or commercial behavioral profiling. We use storage technologies exclusively for:
- Ensuring platform navigation security and fraud prevention.
- Persisting your privacy and consent choices.
- Maintaining ephemeral session state during interactive AI assistance (upon your explicit request).
- Remembering your UI theme selection (Dark / Light mode) if you have consented to Preferences.
3. Storage and Cookie Categories
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly NecessaryEssential for core website operation, security, fraud prevention, saving consent preferences, and enabling user-initiated AI chat interactions. Cannot be disabled.
Preferences & Customization
OptionalAllows the website to remember your interface choices, such as UI theme preference (Dark / Light) across browsing sessions.
Analytics & Performance
OptionalAnonymous aggregated metrics via Google Analytics 4 to understand website usage and improve performance.
Marketing & Advertising
Currently InactiveUsed for campaign attribution and tailored content. (No third-party marketing tags or advertising pixels are currently active).
4. Complete Inventory of Active Technologies
The table below accurately reflects the persistence elements currently utilized across the OVVINEX public website:
| Name | Storage Type | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ovvinex_consent_v1 | Cookie | OVVINEX (First-party) | Stores your consent preferences for website storage categories in compliance with GDPR. | 1 year (365 days) |
| ovvinex_chat_* / conversation | sessionStorage | OVVINEX Platform AI | Maintains ephemeral conversation state exclusively during active user-initiated chat interactions. | Session (cleared on tab close) |
| theme | localStorage | OVVINEX UI Engine | Persists user's manual UI theme preference (Dark Mode or Light Mode). | Persistent until cleared / consent withdrawn |
| __prerender_bypass | Cookie | Next.js / OVVINEX | Active exclusively for authorized editors to preview draft CMS content in real time. | Session |
| __next_preview_data | Cookie | Next.js / OVVINEX | Stores preview validation token for editor preview mode. | Session |
| _ga, _ga_* | Cookie | Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC) | Collects aggregated, anonymous statistical data regarding visitor interactions across pages to measure traffic and performance. | 2 years (_ga) / 24 hours (_ga_*) |
5. Third-Party Services & AI Assistance
The OVVINEX Platform AI widget is hosted on our secure infrastructure and communicates exclusively with https://api.ovvinex.com. We do not transfer navigation identifiers, do not deploy ad cookies via the assistant, and do not load third-party data broker scripts.
6. Modifying or Withdrawing Your Consent
You may adjust your permitted optional categories at any time by clicking the “Cookie Settings” button available in the footer of any page or using the button above. When disabling Preferences, locally stored values (such as theme selection) are cleared automatically without requiring a full page reload.