Cookie policy

In short

Without your consent, this website sets no cookies. The only thing stored is your choice in the cookie banner, and it is kept in your browser’s local storage. Cookies from Google Analytics and Google Ads are added only if you agree to the category “Statistics” or “Marketing”.

How we process personal data in this context is described in our privacy policy.

Your choice in the browser

elba-consent

• Type: entry in your browser’s local storage (localStorage), not a cookie
• Purpose: stores which categories you agreed to, and the date
• Provider: Elba Technologies GmbH
• Lifetime: until you delete the entry; after 12 months we ask again
• Legal basis: § 25(2) no. 2 TDDDG (German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act), because the entry is strictly necessary

Cookies after consent to “Statistics”

Google Analytics sets these cookies on our domain elba-tech.com. The legal basis is your consent (§ 25(1) TDDDG, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

_ga

• Purpose: distinguishes visitors for statistics
• Provider: Google Ireland Limited
• Lifetime: 2 years

_ga_ followed by the ID of our Google Analytics property

• Purpose: stores the state of your current session for statistics
• Provider: Google Ireland Limited
• Lifetime: 2 years

Cookies after consent to “Marketing”

The legal basis is your consent (§ 25(1) TDDDG, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

_gcl_au

• Purpose: links clicks on our Google ads to enquiries on our website (conversion tracking)
• Provider: Google Ireland Limited, set on our domain elba-tech.com
• Lifetime: 90 days

Google cookies on google.com / doubleclick.net

• Purpose: serving and measuring ads and remarketing, for example the cookie IDE
• Provider: Google Ireland Limited
• Lifetime: varies, IDE for example up to 13 months; see Google’s privacy policy

Changing your choice

The “Cookie settings” link in the footer of every page opens the banner again. There you can change or withdraw your consent at any time.

When you withdraw, we delete the Google cookies on our domain and stop loading Google’s scripts. We cannot delete cookies that Google has set on google.com or doubleclick.net; you can do this in your browser.

Deleting cookies in your browser

You can delete cookies and local storage at any time in your browser settings, and choose there whether and which cookies your browser accepts. Your browser’s help pages explain how. If you delete the elba-consent entry, the banner asks again on your next visit.

More information

How we process personal data and what your rights are is described in our privacy policy. How Google processes data is described in Google’s privacy policy.

Last updated

13 October 2026