Our principle
We have chosen to do without any non-essential tracker. The site has no advertising network, no embedded social sharing buttons and no profiling tools. This page therefore lists everything that is stored on your device.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small file placed on your device when you visit a site, allowing you to be recognised
from one page to the next. Local storage (localStorage) serves a similar
purpose, but the information is never sent to the server: it stays in your browser.
Trackers used
| Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
PHPSESSID | Cookie | Maintain your session: keep you signed in, remember your chosen language, carry confirmation messages and protect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) | Deleted when the browser closes |
REMEMBERME | Cookie | Sign you back in automatically — set only if you tick “Remember me” | 7 days |
meliform_cookie_notice | Local storage | Remember that you have seen the information banner, so it is not shown again | Until you clear your browser data |
None of these items is accessible to a third party: they are set by the site itself
(“first-party” cookies), with the Secure, HttpOnly and
SameSite=Lax security attributes.
Audience measurement
We measure site traffic with Umami, an open-source tool that we host ourselves on our own servers, in Europe. This measurement:
- sets no cookie and writes nothing to your device;
- does not store your IP address and creates no identifier relating to you;
- cannot track you across sites, nor reconstruct your individual browsing journey;
- produces only aggregate statistics: number of page views, most visited pages, device type, referring site.
The data is not shared with any third party and is used solely to understand which features are being used.
Why we do not ask for your consent
Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act requires consent to be obtained before any tracker is set — except for those strictly necessary to provide a service expressly requested by the user, and for certain anonymous audience measurements.
All the trackers listed above fall within those exemptions: they are essential to authentication and security, or they result from an action you triggered yourself (“Remember me”). As audience measurement is strictly anonymous and cookie-free, it falls outside the scope of Article 82. That is why we inform you with a banner rather than asking you to choose: there is nothing to accept or refuse.
Managing or deleting cookies
You can delete cookies already set at any time and configure your browser to refuse them. The relevant menus are usually found under “Preferences”, “Privacy and security” or “Browsing data”.
Please note: blocking session cookies prevents authentication. You will still be able to view public forms, but no longer to sign in to your account.
To sign out of a device without waiting for the REMEMBERME cookie to expire, simply use
the sign-out button: it is invalidated immediately.
Changes
This page is updated whenever the trackers used change. Its version and update date appear at the top of the document. Any questions: contact@meliform.com.