Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They help the website work properly, make it more secure, improve your experience and help us understand how the website performs and where improvements are needed.
In addition to cookies, we also use the browser's local storage (localStorage and sessionStorage) for certain technical functions.
What cookies and technologies do we use?
1. Necessary cookies and storage
Purpose: These are absolutely necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are used for authentication, security and basic functionality.
Legal basis: Legitimate interest (Art. 6.1.f GDPR) - necessary for the service to function
Requires consent: No
JWT Authentication Token (localStorage)
Name: Stored in localStorage without a cookie
Purpose: Keeps you logged in and ensures you can access your account
Duration: 7 days
Type: First party (Digicard)
Session Storage (sessionStorage)
Purpose: Handles temporary session data (e.g. admin impersonation)
Duration: Cleared when the browser tab is closed
Type: First party (Digicard)
2. Analytics and statistics cookies
Purpose: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6.1.a GDPR)
Requires consent: Yes
Google Tag Manager (GTM-MZCG57C)
Purpose: Centralised management of analytics and marketing tools
Cookies that may be set: Varies depending on the tags configured in GTM
Data collected: Page views, clicks, user interactions
Retention: Varies depending on the specific tag
Type: Third party (Google)
Note: GTM only loads after consent and is used to manage analytics tools
Purpose: Track the number of views of your digital business cards and QR code scans
Data collected: Anonymised IP address (last octet removed), User-Agent, referrer, timestamp
Retention: 12 months, then deleted automatically
Type: First party (Digicard)
Note: This data is only shown to you as the card owner in your statistics panel
Note: By accepting analytics cookies you consent to us using Google Tag Manager to analyse how the website is used, and to us logging visits to your digital business cards for statistical purposes. You can withdraw your consent at any time via the cookie settings at the bottom of the page.
3. Third-party cookies
Purpose: We use certain external services that may set their own cookies.
Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6.1.a GDPR) or performance of contract (Art. 6.1.b GDPR)
Stripe (Payments)
Purpose: Secure handling of card payments
Cookies that may be set: __stripe_mid, __stripe_sid, m (and others)
Data shared: Email, company name, billing address, payment method
Requires consent: No (necessary for performance of contract)
We may update this cookie policy to reflect changes in our use of cookies or for legal reasons. We recommend that you review this page regularly to stay up to date.
When we add new types of cookies that require consent, we will ask for your consent again via the cookie banner.