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Cookie Policy
This policy explains how si-lock.com uses cookies and similar technologies (local storage, session storage). It sits alongside our Privacy Policy. EU ePrivacy rules (Directive 2002/58/EC, as transposed in Malta) and equivalent laws elsewhere generally require consent for non-essential cookies; essential cookies needed to deliver a secure service may run without consent.
1. Your choices
On first visit you will see a banner with:
- Accept all — essential + functional + analytics (open counters).
- Reject non-essential — essential only. Same prominence as accept.
- Manage preferences — toggle categories and save.
You can change your mind anytime on this page, or by clearing site data in your browser. Contact: [email protected].
2. Categories we use
| Category | Purpose | Consent? |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | Security, CDN delivery, load balancing, remembering your cookie choice | Not required (strictly necessary) |
| Functional | Lightweight UI memory (e.g. “I’m interested” already signalled) | Yes — accept or enable in preferences |
| Analytics | Open pulse counters (visits / interest) so demand is visible — not an ad network | Yes — accept or enable in preferences |
| Marketing / ads | Not used on this marketing site today | N/A |
3. Technologies in detail
3.1 First-party (si-lock.com / VF Empire)
vf_consent(cookie) +vf_consent_v1(localStorage) — stores your accept/reject/custom choice (essential).silock_visited(sessionStorage) — prevents double-counting a visit in one browser session (analytics category).silock_interested(localStorage) — remembers you tapped “I’m interested” (functional category).- Lead form submissions send the data you enter to our intake API when you choose to apply (see Privacy Policy).
3.2 Cloudflare (hosting / CDN / security)
We host on Cloudflare Pages. Cloudflare may set essential cookies or similar technologies for security, bot mitigation, and network delivery (for example cookies commonly associated with Cloudflare security). These are controlled by Cloudflare as our processor / infrastructure provider. See Cloudflare’s cookie policy.
3.3 Fonts
Pages may load typefaces from Google Fonts, which can involve a connection to Google’s servers when the stylesheet is fetched; where fonts are self-hosted on si-lock.com, no third-party connection occurs. If fonts fail to load, the site works with system fonts as fallbacks.
4. What we do not do
- No third-party advertising pixels or retargeting networks on this site today.
- No selling of personal data.
- Open counters are demand signals, not a substitute for a full analytics suite.
5. Retention
- Consent cookie / storage: up to 12 months, then you will be asked again.
- Session visit flag: ends when the browser session ends.
- Interest flag: until you clear site data or we change the key.
- Server-side pulse aggregates: operational counters on our intake service (see Privacy Policy).
6. Your rights
Under the GDPR you have rights of access, erasure, objection, and to withdraw consent. Withdraw consent via Manage cookie preferences on this page, or by emailing [email protected]. You may also complain to your supervisory authority — in Malta, the Information and Data Protection Commissioner (idpc.org.mt).
7. Changes
We may update this Cookie Policy when our technologies change. The effective date above will move; material changes may be highlighted on this page.