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Cookie Policy

Last updated: 7 October 2026

✓ This site practices what it preaches: no analytics, no tracking, one strictly necessary storage entry by default

Who we are

Sitetals.com is operated by QUIKFORGE LIMITED (trading as Sitetals), a company incorporated in Hong Kong (BR No. 79555262). Registered office: Unit 2A, 17/F, Glenealy Tower, No.1 Glenealy, Central, Hong Kong S.A.R. Director: Olivier Jobert. Contact: legal@sitetals.com

This policy explains what we store on your device when you visit sitetals.com, the legal bases for that storage, and how you can change your choice at any time.

Legal framework and language versions

Storage on your device is governed by the ePrivacy rules of the country you visit from, alongside the GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679): in France, Article 82 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 (Loi Informatique et Libertés), supervised by the CNIL; in Germany, § 25 of the TDDDG (Telekommunikation-Digitale-Dienste-Datenschutz-Gesetz, formerly TTDSG); in Singapore, the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA) applies where storage involves personal data.

This policy is also published in French and German, and a Singapore-specific version is available at sitetals.com/sg/cookie-policy.html. All versions describe the same storage operations.

What we store on your device

By default, when you simply browse this website, we use exactly one storage entry: a browser localStorage entry, not an HTTP cookie. Four further items exist, each only in the situation named in the table: one optional cookie that is set only if you open a partner referral link and choose Allow, one record of a Decline, and two cookies used only by partners who sign in to the partner area. All fall within the ePrivacy rules above, which cover any storage of, or access to, information on your device:

NameTypePurposeRetention
cookie_consent Strictly necessary (localStorage) Records whether you accepted or declined our cookie notice, together with a timestamp and the version of this policy 12 months — after that the notice is shown again and your choice is renewed
sitetals_ref Optional cookie, first-party - set only with your consent Remembers the code of the partner who referred you, so that partner is credited if you buy, and pre-fills the partner-code box at checkout. Contains only that code. 30 days from the moment you click Allow; not extended by later visits
partner_ref_choice Strictly necessary (localStorage) - only if you click Decline Records that you declined, with a timestamp and the prompt version, so we do not ask again 12 months
sitetals_partner_challenge Strictly necessary (cookie) - partners only Completes the emailed-code sign-in of a partner; set only when a partner asks for a sign-in code 10 minutes
sitetals_partner_session Strictly necessary (cookie) - signed-in partners only Keeps a partner signed in to the partner area Up to 24 hours, or until the partner signs out

This entry does not track you. It contains only your choice (accepted/declined), a timestamp and the policy version. It is not shared with any third party and never leaves your device — we do not receive or store a copy of it on our servers.

Legal basis: the "strictly necessary" exemption from prior consent (Article 82 Loi Informatique et Libertés in France; § 25(2) No. 2 TDDDG in Germany), and our legitimate interest in remembering your choice (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Legal basis for the optional partner cookie: your consent, given by clicking Allow in the partner prompt (Article 82 Loi Informatique et Libertés in France; § 25(1) TDDDG in Germany). It is never set before you click, and declining has no effect on your purchase. The partner cookies marked strictly necessary rely on the exemption for the service requested by the partner (Article 82, § 25(2) No. 2 TDDDG).

What we do NOT use (currently)

Note on advertising: We may add advertising (such as Google AdSense) in the future. If we do, this policy will be updated and a fresh consent mechanism will be implemented before any advertising or tracking technology is activated — with declining as easy and as visible as accepting.

Embedded videos (YouTube)

A few of our blog articles include videos hosted on YouTube. To protect your privacy these videos do not load automatically. Each appears as a static placeholder that sends no data to YouTube or Google, and the placeholder itself tells you, before any connection is made, that clicking will load the video from YouTube (Google), set YouTube/Google cookies and transmit your IP address to Google, including to servers in the United States.

Only when you actively click the placeholder does the video load from youtube-nocookie.com (YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode). At that point YouTube/Google may set cookies on your device, receive your IP address and collect device information, as described in Google's Privacy Policy.

Transfer to the United States: loading the video transmits personal data (your IP address) to Google, including to US servers. Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, and the video loads only after your affirmative click on a placeholder carrying the notice above. If you do not click, no connection to YouTube or Google is made.

Your consent record

Your choice is recorded — together with a timestamp and the version of this policy you saw — inside the cookie_consent entry on your own device. We keep no server-side copy. Deleting the entry (see below) is the complete withdrawal of that record.

If you use a partner link, your answer to the partner prompt is recorded as described in the table: the cookie itself if you allow, the partner_ref_choice entry if you decline. We keep no server-side copy of either.

Managing or withdrawing your choice

You can change or withdraw your choice at any time, with immediate effect:

Because the cookie_consent entry is strictly necessary, accepting or declining has no effect on site functionality; the optional partner cookie, if you decline it, only means the partner code is not pre-filled at checkout.

Retention and renewal

The cookie_consent entry is kept for 12 months. After that, it is treated as expired, deleted, and the notice is shown again so that your choice is renewed — consistent with the CNIL's recommendation that consent be renewed at least every 13 months.

The sitetals_ref cookie expires 30 days after you allow it and is not renewed; after that the partner prompt is shown again on your next partner link.

Your rights

Your rights over personal data (access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, withdrawal of consent) and the competent complaint routes are set out in our Privacy Policy.

Changes to this policy

If we materially change our storage practices or introduce new technologies, we will update this policy and, where required, seek your renewed consent before any new technology is activated.

Contact

Questions about this policy: legal@sitetals.com