Cookies & tracking

We use the minimum number of cookies and tags needed to run this site, process payments, and measure the ads that brought you here. Until you click “Accept all” in the consent banner, only the strictly necessary items below are set. If you click “Reject non-essential” (or if you have Global Privacy Control enabled), the analytics and advertising tags are blocked at the consent layer.

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Strictly necessary — always set

Name	Type	Set by	Purpose	Retention
per.consentV2	localStorage	PhotoEditRocket	Remembers your consent choice so the banner does not reappear.	Until you clear browser data
photoeditr.purchaseEmail, photoeditr.purchasePlan, photoeditr.licenseKey, photoeditr.licenseRecords, photoeditr.pendingLicenseRecord, photoeditr.deliveredLicenseRecord	localStorage	PhotoEditRocket	Hold your purchase and license-key state locally so you can re-download keys without contacting us.	Until you clear browser data
per.sessionCounted	sessionStorage	PhotoEditRocket	Prevents double-counting in the visit counter within a single browsing session.	Tab session
__stripe_mid, __stripe_sid	Cookie	Stripe (on the checkout page only)	Fraud prevention during checkout.	Up to 1 year (Stripe-controlled)

Analytics — only after “Accept all”

Name	Set by	Purpose	Retention
_ga, _ga_*	Google Analytics 4	Distinguishes unique visitors to measure aggregate traffic.	13 months
CounterAPI visit log	counterapi.dev	Counts page-views on each marketing page. Receives URL and timestamp only.	Per CounterAPI policy

Advertising — only after “Accept all”

These tags fire on the post-purchase page (thank-you.html) and on selected landing pages to measure which ad clicks led to a purchase. Personalised-ad signals are gated by Google Consent Mode v2.

Name	Set by	Purpose	Retention
_gcl_au, _gcl_aw, _gcl_dc	Google Ads	Conversion measurement for Google Ads campaigns.	Up to 90 days
IDE, test_cookie	DoubleClick (Google)	Ad measurement and frequency capping.	Up to 13 months
li_sugr, bcookie, lidc, UserMatchHistory	LinkedIn Insight Tag	LinkedIn ad conversion measurement, where the tag is present.	Up to 12 months
Grok / xAI ad pixel	xAI (when running Grok ads)	Ad conversion measurement for Grok / xAI campaigns.	Per xAI policy

How to refuse or remove these

1. Use the Cookie preferences link to revoke or change your consent at any time. We honor your choice on every page.
2. Set your browser to send a Global Privacy Control signal — we treat it as a Do Not Sell or Share request automatically.
3. Clear the cookies and site data for photoeditrocket.com in your browser settings to remove every item above.
4. Install the Google Analytics opt-out add-on to block GA4 across all sites.