📋 LEGAL DOCUMENT

Cookie Policy

Last updated: June 2026

1. What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file stored on your device when you visit a site. It allows us to remember your preferences and improve your browsing experience.

2. Cookies we use

Essential cookies (always active, consent-exempt):

  • Login session: keeps you logged in during your visit (duration: session)
  • Language and theme preferences: remembers your interface choices (duration: 1 year)
  • Cookie consent: records your acceptance or refusal (duration: 6 months)
  • AI referrer detection (sessionStorage only): prevents counting the same visit from ChatGPT/Perplexity/etc. multiple times (duration: session)

Google Analytics 4 analytics cookies (with your consent):

With your consent, we use Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-KLWS3X63GK) to measure site audience. The cookies dropped by GA4 are:

  • _ga: anonymous unique identifier to distinguish users (duration: 2 years)
  • _ga_KLWS3X63GK: maintains GA4 session state (duration: 2 years)
  • _gid (occasional): session identifier (duration: 24h)

These cookies are configured with:

  • IP anonymization enabled (your IP is never stored in full)
  • No personally identifiable data (no name, email or password)
  • Data retention limited to 2 months (GA4 minimum setting)
  • No sharing with Google advertising features (Ads/AdSense disabled)

For the full list of events and purpose details, see section 9 of our privacy policy.

Third-party cookies from Google Fonts:

Our site loads the Bangers and Inter fonts from fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com. These requests don't drop tracking cookies but may be logged by Google. You can block these requests via a browser extension like uBlock Origin.

3. Managing cookies

You can at any time:

  • Change your preferences by clicking on "Manage cookies" at the bottom of the page
  • Disable cookies in your browser settings
  • Delete existing cookies via your browser

Note that disabling certain essential cookies may affect the proper functioning of the service.

4. Contact

For any question about our cookies: hello@mycomicscollection.com