Cookie Policy
This cookie policy explains how the Svetki.com platform uses cookies and similar technologies, and how you can manage your choices.
Last updated: 11 June 2026
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help the site function, remember your preferences, and understand how the site is used.
2. Cookies We Use
The platform uses cookies that are necessary for its operation, cookies that remember choices you have made, a referral programme cookie, and analytics and session-recording cookies. The referral, analytics, and session-recording cookies are set only with your consent given in the cookie banner. We do not use any advertising cookies.
2.1. Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are essential for the operation and security of the platform. They cannot be disabled and do not require your consent.
| Cookie | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| Session cookie | Maintains your login session | Session |
| XSRF-TOKEN | Protection against fraud (CSRF) | Session |
| remember_* | Keeps you signed in if you choose "remember me" | Up to 12 months |
| cookie_consent | Remembers your cookie consent choice | Up to 12 months |
2.2. Functionality cookies
These cookies remember your choices to improve your experience. They are set only as a direct result of an action you take.
| Cookie | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| locale | Remembers your selected language | Up to 12 months |
| theme | Remembers light/dark mode | Up to 12 months |
| event_guest_* | Remembers your RSVP response when you respond to an event invitation | Up to 12 months |
| last_social_provider | Remembers which social login (Google or Facebook) you last used, so we can highlight it the next time you sign in | Up to 12 months |
2.3. Cookies that require consent
These cookies are set only if you choose "Accept all" in the cookie banner. If you choose "Essential only", they are not set, and in that case a referral link works only for the duration of your current visit and no analytics cookie or session recording is used.
| Cookie | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| vendor_referral_code | Remembers which provider's referral link you opened so that both sides receive the referral programme bonus if you register | 30 days |
| ph_* (PostHog) | Analytics and session recording: recognizes your browser so we can understand how the platform is used and review session replays to improve usability | Up to 12 months |
3. Analytics and Session Recording
To understand how the platform is used and to improve it, we use analytics in two ways, depending on your cookie choice:
- Without consent (cookieless): we collect aggregate usage statistics without cookies and without storing any identifier on your device, both through our own first-party system and through our analytics provider running in a cookieless mode. Visits are counted using a daily-changing, anonymized technical value that cannot be used to identify you or to track you across days or other websites. This processing is based on our legitimate interest in improving the platform (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)).
- With your consent ("Accept all"): we additionally use PostHog, an analytics and session-recording tool hosted in the European Union, which sets a cookie to recognize your browser across visits and records your sessions (a "session replay" of page views, clicks, scrolling, and interactions). Password fields are always masked and are never recorded; however, recordings may capture other information you type into forms. This processing is based on your consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)), which you can withdraw at any time by choosing "Essential only" or by clearing the cookie_consent cookie.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some services may set their own cookies on their own domains:
- Stripe: for payment processing and fraud prevention (when you make a payment).
- Google: if you sign in with a Google account.
The cookies of these services are governed by the respective companies' privacy policies.
5. Managing Cookies
You make your consent choice in the cookie banner shown on your first visit. To change it, delete the cookie_consent cookie in your browser settings, and the banner will appear again.
You can delete or block cookies at any time in your browser settings. Please note that disabling necessary cookies may affect the functionality of the platform (for example, you will not be able to stay logged in).
6. Changes to This Policy
We may update this cookie policy. The current version is always available on this page.
7. Contact Information
For questions about cookies, please use our contact form.