This Cookie Policy explains the small text files that Video AD Builder stores on your device when you use our website and application. It lists exactly which cookies we set, why we set them, how long they last, and how you can control them.

Last updated: 25 May 2026.

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1. What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small piece of text that a website asks your browser to store and to send back on later visits. Cookies are widely used to make websites work properly, to remember preferences, and to gather usage statistics. Some cookies are strictly necessary for the service to function; others are optional and only set with your consent.

"Cookie" in this policy is shorthand for any client-side storage mechanism, including HTTP cookies, HTML5 local storage, and session storage, that we use for the same purposes.

2. How we categorise cookies

• Strictly necessary cookies. Required for the service to work. Without them, you cannot log in or use protected pages. These cookies do not require consent under most privacy laws because you have implicitly requested them by using the service.
• Preference cookies. Remember choices you have made, such as your language. Set only when you change a preference.
• Analytics cookies. Help us understand how the service is used in aggregate. We do not currently set analytics cookies until you have given consent through the consent banner.
• Marketing cookies. Used by advertising networks to build profiles for cross-site tracking. We do not currently use any marketing or advertising cookies.

3. The cookies we set

3.1 Session cookie

• Name: videoadbuilder_session (or a framework-defined equivalent).
• Purpose: identifies your authenticated session so that you stay logged in while you move between pages.
• Type: strictly necessary.
• Lifetime: expires when you close your browser, or after a defined idle period, whichever comes first.
• Set by: us (first-party).

3.2 CSRF token

• Name: XSRF-TOKEN and a paired server-side token.
• Purpose: protects you against cross-site request forgery attacks by ensuring that every form submission really comes from your browser, not from a malicious site that has tricked your browser into making a request.
• Type: strictly necessary (security).
• Lifetime: two hours.
• Set by: us (first-party).

3.3 Consent record

• Name: gdpr_cookie.
• Purpose: records the choices you made in our consent banner so that we do not ask you again on every page load and so that we have evidence of your consent.
• Type: strictly necessary (compliance).
• Lifetime: twelve months. After this period the consent banner will appear again so that you can refresh or change your choices.
• Set by: us (first-party).

3.4 Language preference

• Name: locale (or an equivalent name depending on configuration).
• Purpose: remembers the language you selected so that we show the interface in that language on your next visit.
• Type: preference.
• Lifetime: twelve months.
• Set by: us (first-party).

4. Third-party cookies

The current public build of Video AD Builder does not embed third-party advertising or social tracking pixels. We do not load Facebook Pixel, Google Ads conversion tags, LinkedIn Insight, TikTok Pixel or any equivalent script by default.

If, in the future, we introduce optional analytics (for example, a privacy-preserving product analytics provider), the corresponding cookies will only be set after you have given specific consent through the consent banner, and this Cookie Policy will be updated to describe them in the same level of detail used above.

Note that our payment processor, Stripe, may set its own cookies on the pages where you enter card details, for fraud-prevention purposes. Those cookies are governed by Stripe's own cookie policy and are essential to processing the payment you have asked us to process.

5. How to manage cookies

5.1 In our consent banner

When you first visit the website you are presented with a consent banner that lets you accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can re-open this banner at any time from the link in the footer to change your choices.

5.2 In your browser

Every major browser offers controls for blocking, deleting and managing cookies. You can usually find these in the privacy or security section of the browser's settings. Useful links:

• Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data.
• Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data.
• Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data.
• Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies.

5.3 Do Not Track

Most browsers can send a "Do Not Track" signal. There is no single industry standard for how websites must respond to this signal, but we treat a clear DNT signal as a refusal of consent for any non-essential cookies.

6. What happens if you disable cookies?

If you block strictly necessary cookies, the platform will not work: you will not be able to log in, generate ads, or save your work. If you block preference cookies, the interface will still work but it will not remember your language between sessions. If you decline analytics or marketing cookies (none of which we set by default today), we will simply not collect that information from you.

7. Updates to this policy

We will update this Cookie Policy whenever we add, remove or change a cookie. If a change is material — for example, the introduction of any new third-party cookie — we will surface the change through the consent banner so that you can review and re-confirm your choices. The "Last updated" date at the top of this document always reflects the most recent revision.

8. Contact

Questions about this Cookie Policy can be sent to hello@videoadbuilder.com. See also our Privacy Policy for the broader picture of how we handle your personal data.