Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) by a website when you visit it. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, remember your preferences, and provide information to website owners.

Similar technologies — such as local storage, session storage, and pixel tags — work in comparable ways and are covered by this policy where relevant.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

2.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They do not require your consent under the ePrivacy Directive. They include:

• Authentication session tokens (to keep you logged in);
• Security cookies (e.g. CSRF protection, admin session authentication);
• Load-balancing and CDN cookies that ensure requests reach the correct server.

2.2 Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalisation, such as:

• Remembering your language preference;
• Remembering your selected invoice template or currency;
• Storing guest invoice data temporarily in your session.

These cookies are set by us and do not track you across other websites. They require your consent where they go beyond what is strictly necessary.

2.3 Analytics Cookies

We may use analytics cookies to understand how visitors interact with the website — for example, which pages are most visited and where users encounter errors. This helps us improve the service. These cookies are only set with your explicit consent.

Important: We do not currently use any third-party analytics platforms (e.g. Google Analytics). Any analytics we perform are privacy-preserving and aggregate in nature, using server-side logging only.

2.4 Marketing / Advertising Cookies

We do not use marketing, advertising, or tracking cookies of any kind. We do not use retargeting pixels, affiliate tracking cookies, or cross-site tracking technologies.

3. Cookie Reference Table

The following table lists the cookies currently used by FreeInvoiceNow:

Cookie names and durations may vary slightly depending on your browser and are subject to change as we update the service. This table is updated whenever the cookie inventory changes.

4. Third-Party Cookies

With the exception of the _grecaptcha cookie set by Google LLC for reCAPTCHA v3, we do not allow third parties to set cookies on our website. The _grecaptcha cookie is classified as strictly necessary because it is integral to the security of our authentication forms.

Google's use of the reCAPTCHA data is governed by Google's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

5. Your Consent

Under the GDPR and ePrivacy Directive, we obtain your consent before setting any non-essential cookies. Strictly necessary cookies do not require consent as they are indispensable for the service to function.

When you first visit the website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner. You may choose to accept all, reject non-essential, or manage your preferences per category. Your choice is stored in a consent_prefs cookie for 1 year so we do not ask again on return visits.

6. Managing & Withdrawing Consent

You can manage or withdraw your cookie consent at any time using the following methods:

• Cookie consent banner: The banner appears on your first visit and includes a "Manage preferences" option. You can revisit the banner by clearing your cookies, which resets the consent_prefs cookie.
• Browser settings: You can configure your browser to refuse all cookies or to alert you when cookies are being set (see Section 7).
• Clearing cookies: Deleting cookies from your browser will remove any stored consents and preferences. You will be asked for consent again on your next visit.

Please note that disabling strictly necessary cookies will prevent the service from functioning correctly — for example, you will not be able to log in.

7. Browser Cookie Controls

Most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings. Below are links to cookie management guides for popular browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Microsoft Edge

Note that restricting cookies may affect the functionality of many websites, not just FreeInvoiceNow.

8. Do Not Track

Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want your browsing activity tracked. As we do not use cross-site tracking cookies or analytics platforms, FreeInvoiceNow effectively honours the spirit of DNT by default. We do not alter our data collection practices based on DNT browser signals since there is currently no industry-wide standard for interpreting them.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in our practices or for legal reasons. We will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. If we introduce new cookie categories that require consent, we will present a fresh consent notice. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

10. Contact

If you have questions about our use of cookies or this policy, please contact us:

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority — for example, the ICO (UK) or your EU Member State's data protection authority.