Effective date: 26 August 2026 | Last updated: 26 August 2026
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, work more efficiently, and to provide information to the owners of the site. Similar technologies, such as pixels, local storage, and tracking scripts, are covered by this policy as well.
2. How we use cookies
Picturae B.V. uses cookies on picturae.com to run the site properly, understand how visitors use it, and — where you consent — to support marketing activities. You can accept, reject, or customise non-essential cookies via the cookie banner shown when you first visit the site, and change your choice at any time through the “Cookie Settings” button in the site footer.
3. Categories of cookies we use
| Category | Purpose | Consent required? |
|---|---|---|
| Necessary | Required for core site functionality — remembering your cookie consent choices, reCAPTCHA spam protection, and privacy settings for embedded YouTube videos. Cannot be switched off. | No |
| Functional | Remembers choices you make (e.g. language) and supports functionality used by embedded YouTube videos. | Yes, unless strictly necessary |
| Analytics | Used by embedded YouTube videos to measure views of that content. | Yes |
| Advertisement | Cookies set by embedded YouTube videos (security/fraud prevention, feature rollout). | Yes |
| Uncategorized | Cookies not yet assigned to a specific category above. | Yes |
4. Cookies currently in use
Based on a review of picturae.com carried out in August 2026, the following cookies may be set:
| Cookie name | Provider | Purpose | Category | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ClientId | picturae.com | Used by a form or embedded tool on the site. | Uncategorized | 1 year |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | picturae.com (Cookie Consent plugin) | Records your consent for the “Necessary” cookie category. | Necessary | 1 year |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | picturae.com (Cookie Consent plugin) | Records your consent for the “Functional” cookie category. | Necessary | 1 year |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | picturae.com (Cookie Consent plugin) | Records your consent for the “Performance” cookie category. | Necessary | 1 year |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | picturae.com (Cookie Consent plugin) | Records your consent for the “Analytics” cookie category. | Necessary | 1 year |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | picturae.com (Cookie Consent plugin) | Records your consent for the “Advertisement” cookie category. | Necessary | 1 year |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | picturae.com (Cookie Consent plugin) | Records your consent for cookies classified as “Others”. | Necessary | 1 year |
| rc::a | google.com/recaptcha | Google reCAPTCHA — helps identify bots to protect the site against spam. | Necessary | Never expires |
| rc::c | google.com/recaptcha | Google reCAPTCHA — helps identify bots to protect the site against spam. | Necessary | Session |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | .youtube.com | Stores your cookie consent state for embedded YouTube videos. | Necessary | 6 months |
| __Secure-YNID | .youtube.com | YouTube — helps protect user security and prevent fraud, especially during login. | Advertisement | 6 months |
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | .youtube.com | YouTube — manages feature rollout and experimentation. | Advertisement | 6 months |
| __Secure-YEC | .youtube.com | Set by YouTube. | Advertisement | Session |
| YSC | .youtube.com | YouTube — tracks views of embedded videos. | Analytics | Session |
| wp-wpml_current_language | picturae.com | Stores your selected language. | Functional | Session |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | .youtube.com | YouTube — bandwidth/preference estimate for embedded videos. | Functional | 6 months |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | .youtube.com | YouTube — remembers your last search result, for more relevant results. | Functional | Never expires |
5. Third-party cookies
Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. We do not control these third-party cookies directly; please refer to the respective third party’s own privacy and cookie policy for more information.
- YouTube (Google) — embedded video player — policies.google.com/privacy
- Google reCAPTCHA — policies.google.com/privacy
- Google Analytics / Google Tag Manager — policies.google.com/privacy
6. Managing your cookie preferences
You can manage or withdraw your consent at any time by:
- Clicking “Cookie Settings” in the cookie banner or site footer to open your preference panel.
- Adjusting your browser settings to block or delete cookies (note: this may affect site functionality).
- Using tools such as the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on for analytics cookies specifically.
7. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, for example when we add or remove a tool that sets cookies. The “last updated” date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised.
8. Contact us
Questions about this Cookie Policy can be sent to privacy@picturae.com. See also our Privacy Policy for how we handle personal data more broadly.