Cookie Policy
Version 1.2 · 23 September 2026
This policy explains what ALIGN stores on your device, why, for how long, and who receives it. Read it together with our Privacy Policy. The data controller is GEO NOVA SRL, identified in our Legal notice.
1. The short version
We use only strictly necessary technologies. We set no advertising and no tracking technologies of any kind. We measure the audience of our website, but in a way that stores nothing on your device (section 5). There is no consent banner on our site, because there is nothing to consent to: consent is required for technologies that are not strictly necessary, and we store none.
If that ever changes, we will ask for your consent before setting anything, and this page will be updated first.
2. Cookies and similar technologies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website. Similar technologies, such as local storage in your browser, work in a comparable way and are covered by the same rules. They can be set by us ("first-party") or by a service we use ("third-party").
3. What we store in the application
Once you sign in to ALIGN, your browser stores the following. All of it is strictly necessary to run the Service you asked for, so none of it requires your consent.
| Item | Purpose | Lifetime | Set by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Authentication session | Keeps you signed in between visits so you do not have to authenticate on every page. | Until you sign out | ALIGN, through our authentication provider |
geo-nova-send-message-queue |
Holds messages you sent that are still in flight, so nothing is lost if you refresh or lose connection. | Until delivered | ALIGN |
geo:steeringMode |
Remembers an interface preference so the app behaves as you left it. | Until you clear it | ALIGN |
align:webmap-import:… |
Marks a notice as already shown during your visit. | Session only | ALIGN |
4. What third parties set on our website
One, and only when you sign in or create an account. When you press Sign in or Create account, your browser loads Google reCAPTCHA, which checks that the request comes from a person rather than an automated script. Nothing is loaded before you press the button, and nothing on any other page.
| Item | Purpose | Lifetime | Set by |
|---|---|---|---|
_GRECAPTCHA (cookie on google.com) |
Checks that a sign-in or sign-up comes from a person, to protect accounts against automated abuse. | 6 months | Google, on our behalf |
_grecaptcha (local storage) |
Same purpose. | Until you clear it | Google, on our behalf |
For this check, Google receives your IP address and technical information about your browser. It is strictly necessary for the security of the account you are opening or creating, so it does not require your consent. Google acts as our sub-processor, see our sub-processors page.
5. Audience measurement, and what we do not use
We measure how our website is read, in aggregate, with software we host ourselves: which pages are read and where visitors come from. It sets no cookie and writes nothing to your browser's storage. It keeps no IP address, and the identifier it uses to count a visit once changes every day, so it builds no history of you. No analytics company receives anything. If your browser sends a "Do Not Track" signal, nothing is measured. What is recorded, why and for how long is set out in section 3 of our Privacy Policy.
We set no advertising or marketing technologies, no social media trackers and no cross-site tracking. We do not build profiles of visitors, and we do not sell or share your data with data brokers.
6. Controlling what is stored
You can delete or block cookies and local storage at any time through your browser settings. Because everything listed above is strictly necessary, blocking it will break parts of the Service: you may be signed out, and messages in flight may be lost.
Should we introduce anything that is not strictly necessary, we will ask for your consent by category beforehand, you will be able to refuse as easily as you accept, and you will be able to change your mind at any time.
7. Changes and contact
We will update this policy whenever what we store changes, and before the change takes effect. Each version carries a number and a date, and we keep our earlier versions so that what we stated at any point in time can be established. You can request a previous version at contact@aligngeo.com.
Questions: contact@aligngeo.com. See also our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.