Cookie Policy
Last updated: 12 September 2026
This page explains which cookies and similar local-storage entries Plaithy uses, why we use them and how you can control them. For the legal basis and your rights see the Privacy Policy.
1. What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores in your browser. It can be a session cookie (deleted when you close the tab) or a persistent cookie (kept for a defined lifetime). We also use the closely related browser APIs localStorage and sessionStorage; the same disclosure applies.
2. Categories
- Essential — required for the site to work (e.g. login session, the cookie-banner choice). These are set on the basis of legitimate interest / contract performance and cannot be turned off.
- Analytics — pseudonymous measurement that helps us understand which features are useful. Set only after your explicit consent.
- Marketing — used to measure the effectiveness of our own ads (Meta pixel). Set only after your explicit consent. The Meta pixel is currently not in use; even once activated it will not load without your consent.
- Functional (only with consent) — storage entries of the chat and voice assistant on the start page. They are created only once you open the assistant and agree to its use (Privacy Policy, section 13).
3. Cookies we set
| Name | Purpose | Lifetime | Provider | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
NEXT_LOCALE | Remembers your language choice (DE/EN) so you see the site in the language you picked. | 12 months | First-party | Essential |
jarvis_access_token | Authenticated session — required for login. | Session (HttpOnly) | First-party | Essential |
jarvis_csrf | Cross-site request forgery protection for signed-in sessions. | Session | First-party | Essential |
plaithy_cookie_consent | Essential | |||
plaithy_session_id | Anonymous session identifier used to correlate the cookie-consent audit log with your decision in this browser session. | Session (sessionStorage) | First-party | Essential |
cw-session-id / cw-chat:<tenant> (sessionStorage) | ID and transcript of your current conversation with the chat and voice assistant so the conversation survives page changes. Created only once you agree to the assistant. | Session (sessionStorage) | First-party | Functional (only with consent) |
cw-voice-consent (sessionStorage) | Remembers for this session that you agreed to the voice function (streaming to Google Gemini Live, USA). | Session (sessionStorage) | First-party | Functional (only with consent) |
_plausible / _matomo (when enabled) | Pseudonymous pageview measurement so we can understand which pages are useful. | 12 months | Plausible / Matomo (EU-hosted, only when opted-in) | Analytics |
_fbp (Meta pixel — not active) | Meta pixel: distinguishes visitors so we can measure the effectiveness of our own ads. Set only after your consent — currently not active. | 90 days | Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. (third-party) | Marketing |
4. Managing your choice
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the Cookie Settings link (on our start page and in the footer of every other page). The change takes effect immediately — without consent no marketing scripts are loaded, any already loaded are removed, and no further measurement is collected.
You can also clear cookies for this site directly in your browser. The major browsers offer instructions: