Cookies Policy — Livonia Data Lab

01 What cookies are

A cookie is a small text file that a site stores in the browser on your device. On your next visit the browser sends the file back, and the site "recognises" your settings or resumes the session you started. A cookie is not a program in itself: it does not execute code and cannot read data from your disk or infect your device with a virus.

Cookies differ by lifetime and by source:

Session cookies — exist only while the tab is open and are deleted when the browser is closed.
Persistent cookies — are stored for a set period, from a few minutes to months, and survive the closing of the browser.
First-party cookies — are set by the livoniadatalab.lv domain itself.
Third-party cookies — are set by an external domain whose code is embedded in the page, for example an analytics service.

Alongside cookies, this policy also refers to similar technologies: browser local storage (localStorage, sessionStorage), tracking pixels and web beacons. The consent rules for them are the same, so from here on the word "cookie" covers them all.

The use of cookies is governed by Article 5(3) of Directive 2002/58/EC (ePrivacy) and, as regards personal data, by the GDPR. In Latvia these rules are implemented by the Electronic Communications Law (Elektronisko sakaru likums) and the Information Society Services Law.

02 Why we use cookies

Our site is a studio showcase rather than a service with user accounts, so our set of cookies is deliberately modest. We use them so that:

the site works correctly: your language choice, the state of the menu and display settings are retained;
your choice in the consent banner is remembered and we do not ask the same thing on every page you open;
enquiry forms are protected against automated submissions and brute-force attempts (anti-spam and CSRF protection);
we can see, in anonymised form, which pages are read and which are skipped, and improve the structure of the site;
where necessary, we can measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns, if you have consented to this.

We do not use cookies to build a profile of your personality, to sell data to advertising brokers, or to take automated decisions that produce legal effects for you.

Important, in brief. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be switched off — without them the basic functions of the site do not work: they do not follow you around, they simply hold the session, protect forms and remember your answer to the banner. Everything else — analytics and marketing — is switched on only with your consent, and refusing changes nothing: the content of the site remains fully available.

03 The cookie categories we use

Below are the categories of cookies, their purpose, typical retention period and legal basis. The exact set may differ slightly depending on which services are connected at the time of your visit.

Category	Purpose	Retention period	Legal basis
Strictly necessary	Operation of the basic functions of the site: maintaining the session, load balancing, protecting forms against spam and CSRF attacks, storing your choice in the cookie banner, language selection	Session — until the browser is closed; the record of consent — 6 months	Article 5(3) ePrivacy: no consent required. Legitimate interest — Article 6(1)(f) GDPR: security and operability of the site
Functional	Remembering user preferences: the visual theme, the state of expanded FAQ blocks, data previously entered in the enquiry form	From the session up to 12 months	Consent — Article 6(1)(a) GDPR
Analytics	Anonymised visit statistics: page views, referral sources, scroll depth, region at city level, device type. Helps us understand what to improve	From 24 hours up to 14 months	Consent — Article 6(1)(a) GDPR
Marketing	Measuring the effectiveness of advertising campaigns and showing relevant ads on third-party platforms. Switched off by default and enabled only while a campaign is running	Up to 13 months	Consent — Article 6(1)(a) GDPR

Refusing functional, analytics and marketing cookies does not restrict access to the content of the site. The only consequence is that the site will not remember some of your preferences, and we will not see your visit in the statistics.

04 Third-party cookies

Some cookies are set not by us but by services whose code is embedded in the pages. Such providers may act as independent data controllers and process data under their own policies, which we recommend reading on their sites.

Web analytics

For visit statistics we may use Google Analytics (provider — Google Ireland Limited). The service sets cookies to distinguish unique visitors and sessions. We enable IP address anonymisation, disable the sharing of data for advertising purposes, and do not link analytics data to your enquiry or correspondence. The script loads only after you have given consent in the banner; before consent it does not run. Any transfer of data to the United States takes place on the basis of the safeguards in Chapter V of the GDPR — see the section on transfers outside the EEA in the Privacy Policy.

Advertising pixels

While advertising campaigns are running, a pixel may be placed on the pages — a small piece of code from the advertising platform that records the fact of a visit or a form submission in order to measure the result of the campaign. Pixels belong to the marketing category, are switched off by default and are activated solely with your consent.

Fonts and external resources

The site loads web fonts. When they are fetched, your IP address and browser data are passed to the provider — this is a technical inevitability of any network request. The fonts do not set tracking cookies and are not used for profiling.

We do not place social widgets or embedded players on the site that would follow you in the background.

05 Consent and its withdrawal

On your first visit you see a banner where you can accept all cookies, reject the optional ones or select categories individually. Until you take an explicit action, no optional cookies are set and the corresponding scripts do not load. Refusing is as simple as consenting: the "Reject" button is available on the same screen and is not hidden behind extra steps.

We store your choice in a separate strictly necessary cookie for up to 6 months so as not to show the banner again. Once that period expires, and also if the set of cookies changes materially, we will ask you again.

Consent is voluntary and may be withdrawn at any time — as easily as it was given:

open the cookie settings through the link in the banner or in the footer of the site and clear the categories you do not want;
or delete the site's cookies in your browser — the banner will appear again and you will be able to choose afresh.

Withdrawal of consent operates for the future and does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before it. We keep a record of your choice so that we are able to demonstrate that consent was obtained, as Article 7(1) of the GDPR requires.

06 How to manage cookies and switch them off in your browser

Regardless of our banner, you can manage cookies through your browser: delete files already stored, block all cookies or only third-party ones, set up automatic clearing on exit, or use private browsing mode, in which cookies are deleted at the end of the session.

Paths to the settings in popular browsers (the names of the items may differ between versions):

Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Third-party cookies and other site data. The current site data can be opened quickly by clicking the icon to the left of the address bar.
Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data; the same section offers Enhanced Tracking Protection in strict mode.
Safari (macOS): Safari → Settings → Privacy → Manage Website Data. On iOS: Settings → Safari → Block All Cookies.
Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data; the "Privacy, search, and services" section controls tracking prevention.

Please note: blocking all cookies, including strictly necessary ones, may break forms and other basic functions — not only on our site but on most sites. Settings are made separately for each browser and device, so you need to repeat the change everywhere you use the site. Deleting cookies also erases the record of your choice — the consent banner will appear again.

07 The Do Not Track signal

Do Not Track (DNT) is a header by which a browser tells sites that you do not wish to be tracked. No single binding standard for handling it has emerged, and most sites ignore the signal.

For us it makes no practical difference: our optional cookies do not run without explicit consent in any case, and we treat the absence of consent as a refusal. If your browser sends DNT or the Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as a refusal of analytics and marketing cookies and do not activate them.

08 Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when the set of services we use, the requirements of the law or the practice of supervisory authorities change. The current version is always available on this page together with its date. The version in force is dated 16 July 2026.

Editorial amendments take effect from the moment of publication. If we add a new category of cookies or a new purpose of processing that requires consent, we will ask for your consent again through the banner — there will be no tacit extension in such cases.

09 Contacts

If you still have questions about cookies, if you would like to clarify which services we use, or if you wish to exercise your rights, write to us:

Data protection questions: privacy@livoniadatalab.lv
General questions: hello@livoniadatalab.lv
Phone: +371 20 000 000
Livonia Data Lab SIA, Reg. Nr. 40000000000, Rīga, Latvia

Full information about data subject rights, retention periods and how to lodge a complaint with Datu valsts inspekcija is in the Privacy Policy. The terms on which we work on projects are set out in the Terms of Service. You can also get in touch through the contact page.