Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies & Browser Storage Technologies

Cookies are small data files placed on your computer, tablet, or smartphone when you visit a website. Along with cookies, modern web browsers provide HTML5 local storage (such as localStorage and IndexedDB) that allows web applications to store client-side state without transmitting data over the network on every request.

This Cookie Policy explains how Rasterbator.app uses these technologies to maintain website functionality, remember user preferences, measure aggregate visitor performance, and deliver non-intrusive advertisements.

2. Categories of Cookies & Storage Used on Rasterbator.app

We categorize our client-side storage and cookies into four clear functional groups:

• Essential & Functional Storage (Strictly Necessary):Used to remember your UI choices (such as paper format selection between A4 and US Letter, dark/light theme, and active language), as well as saving drafts of poster projects in your local browser memory so you do not lose progress if you refresh the page.
• Security & DDoS Mitigation:Provided by our global content delivery network (Cloudflare) to identify trusted web traffic, detect bot scrapers, and protect our servers against Distributed Denial of Service attacks.
• Performance & Diagnostics:Anonymized telemetry scripts that help us monitor page load times, detect client-side JavaScript crashes, and understand which creative tool presets are most popular among users.
• Advertising Cookies (Google AdSense):Third-party cookies used by Google and authorized ad networks to serve relevant ads, prevent showing the same ad repeatedly, and protect advertisers against fraudulent click activity.

3. Google Advertising Cookies & Privacy Disclosures

To sustain free access to our poster generator for students and educators worldwide, Rasterbator.app displays advertising supported by Google AdSense:

• Google uses cookies (such as the __gads and IDE cookies) to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other internet sites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to Rasterbator.app and/or other sites on the Internet.
• Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting the official Google Ads Settings portal.
• For more information on how Google manages privacy and data across its partner network, review the Google Advertising Privacy Policy.

4. How to Manage, Block, or Delete Cookies in Your Browser

You have full control over cookie storage. Most web browsers allow you to modify your settings to accept, reject, or delete cookies:

• Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Third-party cookies.
• Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Enhanced Tracking Protection.
• Apple Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data / Block all cookies.
• Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies.

Note: Disabling strictly necessary local storage may prevent the poster maker from saving project drafts or remembering your selected paper format.

5. Industry Opt-Out Initiatives

In addition to browser settings, you can opt out of interest-based advertising through participating industry self-regulatory programs:

• Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) Consumer Choice Page
• Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) Opt-Out Tool
• European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA)

6. Policy Updates & Contact Desk

We may revise this Cookie Policy as web privacy regulations evolve or when new functional features are added to our tools. For questions regarding our use of cookies or local storage technologies, please contact us at support@rasterbator.app or view our Contact Page.