Cookie Policy & Local Storage

How cookies and similar technologies are used to keep this portfolio online, secure and useful—without turning your visit into a tracking experiment.

Last updated: 30 October 2025 · Applies to: luiskoepke.com and related subpages

In one sentence

A small, carefully selected set of cookies is used: mostly essential ones for WordPress, Hostinger, Cloudflare and form security, plus optional analytics and list-building tools that you can control.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They can be used to keep the site working, remember preferences, measure usage or support additional features. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage and tracking pixels in emails.

2. Types of cookies used here

On this portfolio, cookies and similar technologies fall into the following categories:

Strictly necessary

Required for security, routing and basic WordPress/Elementor functions.

These cookies are essential for the site to function and cannot be turned off through the cookie banner. They are typically set in response to actions you take, such as loading a page, submitting a form or interacting with Cloudflare’s Turnstile.

  • Core WordPress and Elementor cookies needed to render pages and forms.
  • Security tokens for Hostinger, Cloudflare CDN and Turnstile.
  • Short-lived cookies or local-storage flags to remember your consent choice.
Examples of strictly necessary data

Anonymous request IDs, session identifiers required by the CMS, tokens used to check if a form submission comes from a real browser, or flags indicating whether you accepted or rejected optional cookies.

Analytics & performance (Google Analytics)

Optional – helps understand what content is visited and from where.

Analytics cookies measure how the site is used so that it can be improved. They provide aggregated information, such as which pages are most popular, approximate regions of visitors and which devices are used.

Google Analytics may set its own cookies and process information including IP address, device identifiers and events like page views. Settings are configured to collect only what is necessary for high-level statistics, and you can block Analytics entirely using your browser settings or dedicated privacy tools.

Typical information collected for analytics

Page URLs, referrer information, approximate geolocation, device type (mobile/desktop), browser family and high-level navigation paths. The intention is to improve the portfolio, not to build individual marketing profiles across the web.

Functional & preferences

Optional – makes future visits smoother when enabled.

Functional cookies remember small choices you make so the site feels more personal—for example, whether you have already closed a notification or which language you selected in the interface.

At the moment, these cookies are kept to a minimum. If new features are introduced that rely on them, this section will be updated.

Marketing & third-party embeds

Very limited – used only if external media or signup widgets are embedded.

In general, this portfolio avoids heavy marketing scripts, social widgets and tracking pixels. Videos are hosted on the same server or within the site’s own infrastructure whenever possible.

If, in the future, a Mailchimp signup form or third-party media (such as a YouTube or Vimeo embed) is used, those providers may set their own cookies or tracking technologies. Such features will only be activated after your explicit consent, and this section will name the providers involved.

Conceptual breakdown
This visual is indicative, not a live tracker. It illustrates the intended emphasis: a majority of essential cookies, limited but useful analytics, minimal functional cookies, and a very small footprint for marketing or external embeds.

3. How consent is handled

If a cookie banner or preference center is displayed, you can use it to accept or refuse optional categories such as analytics and functional cookies. Strictly necessary cookies are always active, because the site would not work properly without them.

Your choice is stored for a limited time in a small technical cookie or local-storage entry. When that period expires, you may be asked again so that your consent stays up to date.

4. Managing cookies in your browser

You can also manage cookies directly in your browser, for example by blocking, deleting or limiting them per site. The exact steps depend on your browser and device; they are usually found under “Privacy & Security” settings.

5. Changes to this Cookie Policy

As the portfolio evolves and new tools or embeds are tested, this Cookie Policy may be updated. Significant changes, such as adding a new provider, will be reflected here with an updated “Last updated” date.

6. Questions

If you have any questions about how cookies are used on this website, or if you would like more technical detail about a specific integration, you can write to legal@luiskoepke.com.

This Cookie Policy aims to be transparent and understandable rather than purely legalistic. It does not replace formal legal advice. For strict compliance needs, please review it with legal counsel.