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Cookie policy

Last update: 30/09/2026

1. Essential cookies

ZahoUp sets three technical cookies, without which the site doesn’t work. None of them holds your sign-in key or any profile data, and none is passed on to a third party.

  • zahoup_auth: only says that a session is open (its value is “1”), so that private pages can be shown. Your sign-in key isn’t in it: it stays in your browser’s local storage. It lasts 7 days and disappears when you sign out.
  • zahoup_gate: where your sign-up stands (address to confirm, profile to complete, what you do on ZahoUp to tell us, or done), so the right page opens. Same duration, also erased when you sign out.
  • NEXT_LOCALE: the language you chose. It lasts one year.

2. Browser local storage

The theme (light or dark), the display currency, your sign-in key, your choice about audience measurement and some drafts of what you write are kept in your browser’s local storage. None of it is passed on to third parties.

3. Audience measurement (Google Analytics)

ZahoUp uses Google Analytics 4 to measure site traffic: pages viewed, where visits come from, type of device. It tells us which content really helps, and where the people who discover us come from.

This measurement is off by default. Until you give your consent, the Google Analytics script isn’t loaded: your browser doesn’t contact Google for measurement, and no measurement cookie is set.

If you accept, Google Analytics sets two cookies (_ga and _ga_…) that last up to two years. Each page view sends its address without its parameters: only campaign parameters (utm_…) are kept, and identifiers in an address (certificate, public profile, short link) are masked. Pages whose address holds an access key (new password, email confirmation, shared class dashboard) are never measured.

Like any request on the Internet, those sent to Google carry your IP address. ZahoUp asks Google to anonymize it.

ZahoUp uses no advertising cookies: Google’s advertising signals (targeting, personalization) stay refused at all times, even if you accept audience measurement.

4. Sign in with Google

On the sign-in and sign-up pages, and on the address confirmation screen, the “Continue with Google” button is provided by Google: to show it, your browser contacts Google, even if you don’t click. What Google does with that visit falls under its own policy.

5. How do I accept, decline or change my mind?

You choose from the banner shown on your first visit, and you can change it here at any time. Declining doesn’t remove any feature of the site. Withdrawing your consent stops the measurement right away, in all your tabs open on ZahoUp, and erases the Google Analytics cookies set on ZahoUp.

You can also delete cookies from your browser settings. If you block the zahoup_auth cookie, private pages no longer open.