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Cookie Policy

Effective Date: 07.06.2026.
Last Updated: 10.04.2026.
Version: 1.1

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Summary in One Sentence

Secure Academic Studio uses exactly zero HTTP cookies on its own domain — no tracking, no analytics, no advertising cookies, and therefore no "cookie consent" banner is needed whatsoever.

This is not a marketing gimmick, but the direct consequence of a conscious technical decision: user preferences are managed using a technology that is far more privacy-friendly than cookies, stored exclusively within your browser (localStorage and, for our offline-capable tools, the browser's Cache Storage). Below, we explain in detail what this means and exactly what data is stored — exclusively on your device.

1. What is a Cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that a website places in your browser. One of the critical characteristics of cookies is that the browser automatically attaches them to every single request it sends back to the server that placed them. This automated round-trip behavior is precisely what makes cookies suitable for user tracking, profiling, and behavioral analysis — and this is why most cookies require the user's prior explicit consent.

Cookies are generally categorized according to two criteria:

Secure Academic Studio does not use any of these categories on its own domain — neither first-party nor third-party cookies.

2. The Key Difference: Cookie vs. Local Storage (localStorage)

To preserve your user settings, we do not use cookies. Instead, we rely on the localStorage technology built into all modern browsers. There is a fundamental privacy difference between the two:

Aspect HTTP Cookie localStorage (What we use)
Where is it stored? In your browser In your browser
Does the browser automatically send it to the server? Yes, with every network request No, never
Is it suitable for tracking? Yes No (it does not leave the browser automatically)
Does it expire on its own? Typically yes Only when you actively delete it
Does it require a consent banner? Yes, for non-essential types No, in the absence of tracking

The bottom line: data stored in localStorage is never automatically attached to network requests, meaning it is technically unsuitable for tracking you across the web. The data stays right where you are: on your own device.

3. Do We Use Cookies on Our Own Site?

No. There are precisely zero HTTP cookies on the own domains of Secure Academic Studio. There are no:

Because we do not place tracking or any other non-strictly necessary cookies, under the relevant EU regulations (ePrivacy Directive and GDPR) we do not need a cookie consent banner on our site.

4. What Local Storage (localStorage) Do We Use?

For a seamless and convenient user experience, we store the following data points — exclusively in your browser, exclusively in localStorage. None of these leave your device automatically, and none are used for profiling or tracking.

Stored Item Purpose Content
Language selection To ensure the interface appears in your chosen language The code of the selected language (e.g., hu, en, de, fr, es)
Theme (light/dark mode) To ensure the interface appears according to your eye-comfort preference The chosen appearance (e.g., light / dark)
Credit Pack Code and balance To allow you to continue working without registration after refreshing the browser The validated, anonymous code and the queried credit balance associated with it
Cookie-notice dismissal To avoid showing the informational "no tracking cookies" notice again once you have seen and dismissed it A single boolean flag (true) — no personal data

These data points are created directly by your own actions (you choose a language/theme, or you validate a purchased code). They exclusively serve your convenience and the functional operation of the purchased service, and they are never transmitted anywhere for marketing or analytical purposes.

Offline cache (Cache Storage) of our offline-capable tools

Our tools marked "Offline capable" use a browser feature called a Service Worker together with the browser's Cache Storage. On your first visit, your browser saves a copy of the tool's own program files (the page, scripts, styles, fonts and icons) on your device, so the tool can open and run without an internet connection. This is not a cookie, and it is not used for tracking:

Because this storage is used only to make the tool you chose work offline, we treat it as strictly necessary in the sense of Section 6.

5. Third Parties and the Purchasing Process

Secure Academic Studio uses a provider named Creem (operating in a Merchant of Record model) to manage purchases and credit packs. Creem is fully responsible for processing the payment and issuing the invoice.

When you initiate a purchase and transition to the payment interface provided by Creem, Creem may place cookies on its own domain — typically to ensure secure payment processing, to prevent fraud, and to maintain the payment session. These cookies:

Creem's privacy and cookie policy is available at https://www.creem.io/privacy.

Important: The own pages of Secure Academic Studio continue to have zero HTTP cookies regardless of this. The cookies placed during the payment process are tied exclusively to Creem's interface and are only created if you actually initiate a purchase.

Our site has no embedded advertising, social media buttons, external font services (fonts are served locally from our own server), external CDNs, or any other third-party tracking code.

6. Transparency and Consent — Why Is There No Traditional Cookie Consent Banner?

Placing non-strictly-necessary cookies (especially tracking and advertising cookies) requires prior user consent under EU regulation (ePrivacy Directive, Article 5(3)), regardless of the underlying technology — this applies equally to cookies, to localStorage and to Cache Storage. An exemption applies when storage is strictly necessary to provide a service you have explicitly requested (for example, remembering your selected language or your Credit Pack balance, or making an offline-capable tool work without a connection).

Since our site only ever stores this kind of strictly necessary, browser-only data — never tracking or advertising data — there is no data processing that would require an accept/reject-style cookie consent banner.

This does not mean we have no information obligation, however: it is fulfilled both by this Cookie Policy and by a simple, dismiss-only informational notice shown on your first visit, letting you know that we do not use tracking cookies. That notice does not request consent — it is purely informational, and its own dismissal is remembered using the same type of local storage it describes.

7. How Can You Manage or Delete Local Storage?

The data stored in localStorage is entirely under your control. You can view and delete these items at any time:

Please note that if you clear the content of your localStorage, your language and theme settings will revert to their defaults, and you will need to re-enter your validated Credit Pack Code in order to access your credit balance in the browser again. If you delete the offline cache, the tool downloads its files again at your next online visit; until then it will not open offline.

8. Changes to This Policy

We update this Cookie Policy as necessary — for example, in the event of changes in legislation, or changes to our payment and technical infrastructure. The current version is always available by clicking the "Cookie Policy" (or "Cookies") link in the footer of the site. For significant changes, we will display a separate notice on the site.

This policy serves as a supplement to our more comprehensive Privacy Policy; the two documents should be read and interpreted together.

9. Contact

If you have any questions regarding our cookie management or the use of local storage, please write to us at: