Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Wipe Away uses cookies and similar technologies on wipeaway.io and in the Services. The Magic Eraser Chrome extension does not set website cookies itself.

Contact us at support@wipeaway.io.

What cookies are

Cookies are small pieces of data a website stores in your browser. Some are necessary for a service to work. Others help measure use of a service.

Cookies we use

Strictly necessary cookies

After the first Accepted Edit Request, Wipe Away sets aui, a secure, HTTP-only, same-site cookie containing an Anonymous User ID.

• Purpose: operate the service, apply Edit routing and usage limits, and maintain accepted-request usage records.
• Type: first-party, strictly necessary service cookie.
• Lifetime: up to 12 months after the most recent Accepted Edit Request.
• Access: it is HTTP-only, so website JavaScript cannot read it.

Blocking or deleting this cookie may prevent the Service from applying its normal operation rules and may affect your ability to use it.

When you allow or decline analytics, Wipe Away sets analytics_consent, a first-party cookie that remembers your choice and the version of the notice you saw.

• Purpose: remember your analytics choice so we can apply it consistently and avoid asking on every visit.
• Type: first-party, strictly necessary preference cookie.
• Lifetime: 6 months from your choice; ordinary visits do not extend it.
• Access: website JavaScript reads it before deciding whether Google Analytics may load.

Local extension-engagement record

When you open the Services from the Magic Eraser Chrome extension's welcome page or toolbar, or successfully import an image through the extension, Wipe Away storesext in browser local storage. It contains only the time of the latest qualifying extension event.

• Purpose: decide whether to show the optional rate-us prompt after a later image download.
• Type: first-party functional local-storage record, not an analytics identifier.
• Lifetime: 90 days after the latest qualifying extension event.
• Access: it remains in your browser and is not sent to our servers or Google Analytics.

Optional analytics technologies

Only after you allow analytics, we use Google Analytics cookies and similar technologies to measure pages viewed and product interactions. These help us understand how the Services are used and improve them.

Google Analytics sets the first-party cookie families _ga and _ga_* to distinguish browser activity for measurement. They last for up to 6 months and are removed when your consent expires or is withdrawn. Google provides the analytics service. We disable Google Signals, advertising personalisation, and Google user IDs.

We do not send image content, image URLs, filenames, masks, raw error messages, email addresses, provider identifiers, or model identifiers to Google Analytics.

Analytics is not needed to submit an Edit. You can allow, decline, or later withdraw optional analytics through Cookie settings in the Services. You can also manage cookies in browser settings. Blocking analytics cookies does not affect the core Edit feature.

Managing cookies

Most browsers let you delete, block, or control cookies. Browser controls differ, and blocking necessary cookies may affect the Services. You can use Cookie settings in the Services to change your optional analytics preference at any time. Withdrawing consent removes Google Analytics cookies and stops future analytics measurement. You can delete the local extension-engagement record by clearing site data for wipeaway.io; opening the uninstall feedback page also removes it.

For more about how we process personal data, read our Privacy Policy.

Changes

We may update this Cookie Policy as our technologies or practices change. We will publish the updated version here and revise the "Last updated" date.