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Cookie Policy & Consent (GDPR)

This Cookie Policy explains how DaoPay uses cookies and similar technologies on this website, which categories we use, and how you can give, change or withdraw your consent. It sits alongside our Privacy Policy, which sets out how we process personal data more broadly, and our Imprint, which identifies the controller.

What this notice covers

Scope and purpose of this notice

This notice explains how DaoPay uses cookies and similar technologies on this website. We use strictly necessary cookies and storage, a bot check when you use one of our forms, and, only with your consent, analytics cookies set by Google Analytics. It sits alongside our Privacy Policy, which sets out how we process personal data, and our Imprint, which identifies the controller. Some strictly necessary cookies rely on technical data such as your IP address, so we do not claim full anonymity.

What is a cookie

Cookies are small text files a website stores on your device. Similar technologies, such as local and session storage, work in a comparable way and are treated the same as cookies under this notice. We use them to keep the website working correctly and, with your consent, to measure how it is used.

Statutory basis

Our use of cookies rests on:

ePrivacy and cookies
§ 165 Abs. 3 Telekommunikationsgesetz 2021 (TKG 2021), the Austrian provision transposing Article 5(3) of the EU ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC)
Consent
Articles 6(1)(a) and 7 GDPR
Strictly necessary cookies
the strict-necessity exemption within § 165 Abs. 3 TKG 2021

Cookies we use

Strictly necessary cookies and storage

These items are strictly necessary, so they do not require consent under § 165 Abs. 3 TKG 2021. The first two are set by DaoPay. The third runs only when you use one of our forms.

NEXT_LOCALE (cookie)
Remembers which language version of the site you are viewing. Session, until you close your browser.
daopay_consent (local storage)
Records whether you accepted or rejected optional cookies, which version of our banner you answered and when, so you are not asked again. It contains no identifier. Kept until you clear it or change your choice. If the banner changes, we ask again.
captcha.eu (bot check on forms)
Protects our contact, support, PreCheck and Review Pack forms against bots and spam. Provided by Captcha GmbH, Muthgasse 2, 1190 Vienna, Austria. Runs only when you start using one of these forms. It reads technical information from your browser and may store a value on your device; that value never leaves your device.

Optional analytics cookies — only with your consent

If, and only if, you choose “Accept all” in our cookie banner, we load Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service of Google Ireland Limited. It sets the following cookies on this website’s domain:

_ga (cookie)
Distinguishes visitors using a randomly generated client ID. Kept for 2 years.
_ga_7QT35FWFBV (cookie)
Keeps session state for the current visit. Kept for 2 years.

These cookies require consent under § 165 Abs. 3 TKG 2021 and Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. If you reject optional cookies, the analytics script never loads. If you withdraw consent later, collection stops on this device and the cookies above are deleted. Details of what Google Analytics measures, and the related transfer to the United States, are in our Privacy Policy.

Categories not in use

The following categories are not used on this website:

Marketing
Not used
Third-party trackers beyond the analytics service described above
Not used

If this changes, we will update this notice first.

Third-party services

Two third-party services can read or store data on your device: captcha.eu, only while you use one of our forms, to protect it against bots; and Google Analytics, only after your consent. We set no marketing or cross-site tracking cookies and embed no advertising pixels. If we add further such technologies, we will update this notice and our Privacy Policy before they go live.

How long cookies are stored

Session
Expires when you close your browser
Persistent (strictly necessary)
Kept only for as long as it is technically required
Persistent (analytics, consent-based)
Up to 2 years; deleted earlier if you withdraw consent

The specific durations for each item we currently set are listed in the sections above.