Cookie
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What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the site to remember your preferences, recognise your device, and provide a more personalised experience. Vowly Event also uses similar technologies such as local storage, session storage, and pixel tags, which are collectively referred to as "cookies" in this policy.

Categories of cookies we use

We classify our cookies into four categories based on their purpose. Strictly necessary cookies are always active because they are essential for the Service to function. Analytics cookies are on by default so that we can measure how the Service is used; you can switch them off at any time in Cookie Preferences. Functional and marketing cookies require your explicit consent under UK PECR and the EU ePrivacy Directive.

• Strictly necessary — your cookie choice, RSVP management on invitation pages, automated-abuse protection, and the live support chat. These cannot be switched off
• Functional — optional conveniences. We use none of these today; the category exists so that we could never enable one without asking you first
• Analytics — usage statistics that show us how the site is used, so we can run and improve it (on by default, can be switched off at any time)
• Marketing — advertising and re-targeting. We use none of these today; the category exists so that we could never enable one without asking you first

Specific cookies in use

Below is the complete list of what Vowly Event stores on your device, verified against the live site. The duration indicates how long each item persists after it is set.

• vowly_consent (cookie, strictly necessary, 12 months) — records your cookie choices so we do not ask again
• _ga, _ga_* (cookies, analytics, on by default, 13 months) — Google Analytics 4 with IP truncation, used to measure how the site is used. Switching analytics off in Cookie Preferences deletes them from this device
• _GRECAPTCHA (cookie) and _grecaptcha (local storage) — set by Google reCAPTCHA on invitation pages to block automated abuse of RSVP forms. Strictly necessary; see Third-party services below
• vowly_rsvp_device (local storage, strictly necessary) — a random token created only when you submit an RSVP, so you can edit or cancel it later without an account
• vowly_rsvp_manage_*, vowly_k_* (local storage, strictly necessary) — remember your RSVP so you are not asked for the event PIN again on the same device
• vowly_gifts_*, vowly_guest_photos_* (local storage, strictly necessary) — remember the gifts you reserved and the photos you uploaded, so you can manage them without an account
• crisp-client/* (cookies and local storage, strictly necessary) — live-chat session, so a reply reaches you. Set when the chat loads in the background, on every page except invitation pages. Always active

Third-party cookies

Three third parties can receive data from this website. There are no others: this site loads no advertising, social or tracking pixels of any kind, and all fonts are served from our own servers.

• Google Analytics 4 (Google Ireland Ltd) — usage statistics with IP truncation. On by default, on invitation pages too, where the page address is shortened to the page type so that your personal invitation link is not sent. You can switch it off in Cookie Preferences
• Google reCAPTCHA / Firebase App Check (Google Ireland Ltd) — verifies that RSVP and photo-upload requests come from a real browser. Runs on invitation pages as a security measure, without which those forms would be open to automated abuse
• Crisp (Crisp IM SARL, data hosted in the EU) — live chat support. Loads in the background on every page except invitation pages; part of the service, always active

We use no Meta Pixel, no TikTok Pixel, no advertising or re-targeting cookies of any kind, and no embedded video. Invitation fonts are self-hosted, so opening an invitation sends nothing to a font provider.

Managing your preferences

You control the optional cookies — analytics, functional and marketing. We display a cookie banner on your first visit where you can accept, reject, or customise them. Reject declines functional and marketing cookies, which stay off until you switch them on. Analytics is on by default and Reject does not switch it off: it stays on until you turn off the Analytics switch in Cookie Preferences. You can change your choices at any time via the "Cookie Preferences" link in the footer.

• Cookie preferences — the "Cookie Preferences" link in the footer of every page reopens the panel and your choice takes effect immediately
• Browser controls — most browsers can block or delete cookies and local storage from their settings
• Global Privacy Control / Do Not Track — if your browser sends either signal we disable analytics automatically, without you having to touch the banner
• Switching off — turning analytics off stops the measurement and deletes the _ga cookies from this device straight away; functional or marketing cookies can be switched off again in the same panel at any time

What happens if you reject cookies?

Rejecting functional and marketing cookies, or switching analytics off, has no effect on your ability to use the platform: you can browse every page, open an invitation and reply to it exactly as before. The live support chat stays available. Reject does not switch analytics off; once you switch it off in Cookie Preferences, your visit no longer appears in our usage statistics. Strictly necessary items cannot be rejected, because without them we could not remember your cookie choice or let you edit an RSVP you already sent. A browser that sends Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track is not measured either.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in technology, regulation, or our service. The "Effective" date at the top of this page indicates the most recent revision. Material changes will be highlighted in our consent banner upon your next visit.