Cookie Policy
Effective Date: 30 May 2026 Last Updated: 30 May 2026
Plain-Language Summary (non-binding). This summary is provided for convenience only and does not form part of, modify, or limit the binding policy set out below. In short: cookies are small files stored on your device. Some are strictly necessary to operate the website and to keep you securely signed in; others measure how the website is used (analytics); and others remember your preferences. In the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, we place non-essential cookies only after you have given your prior, opt-in consent by means of our consent banner, and you may change or withdraw that consent at any time. Where this summary and the binding text below differ, the binding text governs.
1. Introduction and Scope
1.1. This Cookie Policy (this “Policy”) explains the manner in which OwlMeans Software JDG (full name: Igor Tkachenko OwlMeans Software JDG), a sole proprietorship (jednoosobowa działalność gospodarcza) established under the laws of the Republic of Poland, holding tax identification number (NIP) 6772507251 and statistical number (REGON) 527979906, having its registered address at ul. Ariańska 9/5, 31-505 Kraków, Poland (“OwlMeans”, the “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), uses cookies and other similar tracking technologies on the website located at owlmeans.com and on the OwlMeans Platform, together with all related products, features, content, and services (collectively, the “Service”).
1.2. This Policy forms part of, and should be read together with, our Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Policy shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Privacy Policy or the Terms and Conditions, as applicable.
1.3. By continuing to access or use the Service, and, where required by Applicable Law, by indicating your consent by means of the mechanisms described in Section 3, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Policy.
2. Definitions and Description of Tracking Technologies
2.1. “Cookie” means a small text file that is placed on, and may subsequently be read from, the browser or device of a user when that user accesses a website or online service.
2.2. Cookies may be characterized as: (a) “Session Cookies”, which are temporary and are erased upon the closing of the user’s browser; or (b) “Persistent Cookies”, which remain stored on the user’s device until they expire by their own terms or are deleted by the user. Cookies may further be characterized as: (i) “First-Party Cookies”, being those set by OwlMeans; or (ii) “Third-Party Cookies”, being those set by a third-party provider engaged by OwlMeans.
2.3. For the purposes of this Policy, references to “Cookies” shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be deemed to include other similar technologies, including without limitation web beacons, pixels, tags, software development kits, and local-storage mechanisms, by means of which information may be stored on or read from a user’s device.
3. Consent and the Lawful Basis for the Placement of Cookies
3.1. Strictly-necessary Cookies. In accordance with Applicable Law, including the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive 2002/58/EC (as amended) and the laws of the Member States implementing the same, strictly-necessary Cookies are placed without the requirement of prior consent, on the ground that such Cookies are essential to the provision of a service expressly requested by the user.
3.2. Non-essential Cookies; prior opt-in consent. For users located within the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and any other jurisdiction in which prior consent is required by Applicable Law, OwlMeans shall not place any non-essential Cookie (including, without limitation, any analytics, performance, or functional Cookie) until and unless the user has given his, her, or its prior, freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous consent by means of the consent-management banner presented upon first access to the Service.
3.3. Withdrawal of consent. The user may, at any time and with the same ease with which consent was given, withdraw or modify his, her, or its consent by means of the “Cookie settings” link made available within the Service. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out on the basis of consent prior to such withdrawal.
3.4. Consent Mode. Where OwlMeans deploys measurement tools provided by Google LLC, OwlMeans applies Google “Consent Mode” so that the behavior of such tools is adjusted in accordance with the consent preferences communicated by the user.
4. Categories of Cookies Employed by OwlMeans
4.1. Strictly Necessary (placed without consent). These Cookies are essential to the operation of the Service and to the secure authentication of users. They serve, without limitation, to authenticate users, to maintain session state, to balance server load, and to prevent fraudulent or abusive use. The Service cannot be provided in the absence of such Cookies.
4.2. Analytics and Performance (consent required). These Cookies enable OwlMeans to understand the manner in which the Service is accessed and used, and thereby to maintain and improve the Service. Such Cookies are set by means of Google Analytics and are managed through Google Tag Manager, each a service provided by Google LLC.
4.3. Diagnostics (consent required where non-essential). These Cookies and similar identifiers, set by means of the error-monitoring service provided by Functional Software, Inc. (doing business as “Sentry”), serve to correlate, diagnose, and remediate errors and other technical faults arising within the Service.
4.4. Functional (consent required). These Cookies enable the Service to remember choices made by the user, including the user’s preferences and the user’s recorded consent state, in order to provide enhanced and more personalized functionality.
4.5. Security and Performance (necessary). These Cookies, set by means of the content-delivery and security service provided by Cloudflare, Inc. (including, without limitation, the Cookies designated __cf_bm and cf_clearance), serve to provide bot management, mitigation of distributed-denial-of-service attacks, and the secure and performant delivery of the Service, and are accordingly necessary to the security and integrity of the Service.
5. Schedule of Cookies
5.1. The following table sets out, for the purpose of transparency, the principal Cookies employed in connection with the Service. The table is indicative and may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 7.
| Cookie / Source | Provider | Category | Purpose | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session / authentication cookies | OwlMeans (First-Party) | Strictly necessary | Authentication, session maintenance, security | Session |
| Consent-state cookie | OwlMeans (First-Party) | Functional / necessary | Recording of the user’s cookie-consent choices | Persistent |
_ga, _ga_* | Google LLC (Google Analytics) | Analytics | Usage measurement; distinction of users | Persistent (up to 13 months) |
| Tag-manager container | Google LLC (Google Tag Manager) | Analytics / measurement | Management of measurement tags | Session / Persistent |
| Diagnostic identifiers | Functional Software, Inc. (Sentry) | Diagnostics | Correlation and diagnosis of errors | Session / Persistent |
__cf_bm, cf_clearance | Cloudflare, Inc. | Security / performance (necessary) | Bot management, DDoS mitigation, delivery | Session / Persistent |
5.2. Payment-related Cookies. Stripe, Inc. may set Cookies in the course of payment and checkout flows for the purposes of fraud prevention and the secure processing of transactions. Such Cookies are set only when the user initiates a transaction and are governed by the policies of Stripe, Inc.
6. Management and Control of Cookies
6.1. The user may grant or withdraw consent in respect of non-essential Cookies by means of the consent banner and the “Cookie settings” link made available within the Service.
6.2. The user may further configure his, her, or its browser to refuse, restrict, or delete Cookies; provided, however, that the disabling of strictly-necessary Cookies may impair or preclude the proper functioning of the Service.
6.3. The user may opt out of measurement by Google Analytics by installing the browser add-on made available by Google LLC for that purpose.
7. Amendments to this Policy
7.1. OwlMeans reserves the right to amend this Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes in the Cookies it employs, in its practices, or in Applicable Law. Any amended version shall be posted at this location and shall bear a revised Effective Date. The continued use of the Service following the posting of any amendment shall constitute acceptance of the amended Policy to the extent permitted by Applicable Law.
8. Contact
8.1. Any question, request, or complaint concerning this Policy may be addressed to OwlMeans Software JDG by electronic mail at support@owlmeans.com, or by post to OwlMeans Software JDG, ul. Ariańska 9/5, 31-505 Kraków, Poland.
See also: Privacy Policy · Terms and Conditions