Cookie Policy | Lone Wolf Journal

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function securely, remember information, and understand how visitors use their pages.

Similar technologies, such as local browser storage, can also save preferences on your device. Where relevant, this policy describes those technologies separately.

2. How we use cookies

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are required for core features such as secure sessions, account authentication, form protection, remembering your cookie preference, and the optional “Remember me” function. The service may not work correctly if they are blocked.

Analytics cookies

On production pages, Lone Wolf Journal uses Google Analytics 4 to understand aggregated website usage, such as which public pages are visited and how visitors interact with them. Analytics cookies are not required for the core operation of the service.

3. Google Analytics

Google Analytics 4 is provided by Google Ireland Limited. It uses first-party cookies to distinguish users and maintain session information for measurement purposes.

Google may process information collected through this service under its own privacy terms. You can read more in the Google Privacy Policy and in Google’s description of Analytics cookies.

4. Cookies and browser storage we use

Strictly necessary cookies

Name	Provider	Purpose	Duration
`lone-wolf-journal-session`	Lone Wolf Journal	Maintains your secure session, including authentication and form state.	2 hours from the latest activity
`XSRF-TOKEN`	Lone Wolf Journal	Helps protect forms and authenticated requests against cross-site request forgery attacks.	2 hours from the latest activity
`lw_cookie_consent`	Lone Wolf Journal	Stores whether you accepted or rejected analytics cookies so the website can respect your choice.	6 months
`remember_web_*`	Lone Wolf Journal	Keeps you signed in when you select the “Remember me” option. The final characters are generated by the application.	Up to 400 days

Analytics cookies

Name	Provider	Purpose	Duration
`_ga`	Google Analytics	Distinguishes users for website usage measurement.	Up to 2 years
`_ga_17YCCT4NRQ`	Google Analytics	Persists the session state for the Lone Wolf Journal Google Analytics property.	Up to 2 years

Similar browser technology

Name	Type	Provider	Purpose	Duration
`theme`	Local storage	Lone Wolf Journal	Remembers whether you prefer the light, dark, or system colour theme.	Until changed or browser storage is cleared

5. Legal basis

Strictly necessary cookies are used to provide the service you request, protect forms and accounts, and maintain the security of Lone Wolf Journal.

Analytics cookies are non-essential. Where applicable law requires consent, the legal basis for using analytics cookies is your consent.

6. Managing cookie preferences

You can accept or reject analytics cookies when the cookie banner first appears. To review or change your choice later, select Cookie Settings in the footer.

You can also block or delete cookies through your browser settings. The steps vary by browser, so consult your browser’s privacy or help documentation for the relevant controls.

Blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent you from signing in, submitting protected forms, or using other secure account features. Clearing local browser storage may reset your saved colour theme.

7. Third-party cookies

Google Analytics is the third-party analytics service currently used on public production pages. Third-party providers may process data under their own policies and may operate from countries outside your country of residence.

8. Changes to this Cookie Policy

This policy may be updated when the cookies, browser technologies, or third-party services used by Lone Wolf Journal change. The latest revision date is shown at the top of this page.