Cookie Policy
A plain explanation of what this site stores in your browser, for how long, and how you control it, wherever you are accessing the site from.
What cookies are
Cookies are small files a website stores in your browser to remember information between visits. Similar technologies, such as local storage, play a comparable role and are also described on this page. For the purposes of this policy, we treat both technologies the same way.
Categories we use
We organize what we store into two categories, following the distinction adopted by most data protection and privacy laws around the world: items strictly necessary for the site to work, which do not depend on your consent, and optional items, which are only activated if you agree.
Necessary
| Name | Type | Purpose | Approximate duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| ap_lang | Cookie | Remembers the language you chose. Without it, you would be redirected to the detected language on every visit. | Persistent |
| ap-theme | localStorage | Remembers whether you prefer the light or dark theme. | Persistent, until cleared in the browser |
| ap_consent | localStorage | Records your choice in the consent banner so we don’t ask again. | Persistent, until cleared in the browser |
These items do not identify you personally and exist only so that the site works as expected on your next visit.
Optional (analytics)
If you accept in the consent banner, Google Analytics 4 sets cookies, such as _ga, to measure site visits in aggregate. The IP address is anonymized before any processing. If you refuse, no analytics cookie is created and the site works exactly the same, with no loss of functionality.
Consent
The consent banner is shown before any optional cookie is created, following the prior consent (opt-in) model adopted by the main privacy laws worldwide, among them the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive (European Union and European Economic Area), the LGPD (Brazil) and equivalent laws in other jurisdictions. Your choice is recorded in ap_consent and can be changed at any time, without affecting your use of the site.
International transfers
Analytics cookies are processed by Google, a company with infrastructure in different countries, including the United States. This may involve processing the aggregated data outside your country of origin. We seek to use only providers that adopt appropriate safeguards for this type of transfer.
How to manage your preferences
You can:
- refuse or withdraw consent for analytics directly in this site’s banner, at any time;
- clear cookies and local storage data in your browser settings;
- set your browser to block third-party cookies in general.
None of these actions compromises browsing on this site, since the necessary items do not depend on your consent and the optional ones are, by definition, dispensable.
Relationship with the Privacy Policy
This page deals specifically with cookies and similar technologies. For a broader understanding of which personal data we process and why, see our Privacy Policy.
Updates
If we add new tools that use cookies, this page will be updated before they are activated, and consent will be requested again whenever the applicable law requires it.