Cookie policy

1. What this covers

Cookies and browser storage are small pieces of information a website saves in your browser. This policy explains the ones used on axo.nz and how you control them. It is written to meet consent rules such as the EU and UK GDPR and ePrivacy rules, and the opt-out rights in US state privacy laws.

2. How we ask

• On your first visit, a banner asks which optional cookies you allow. Nothing optional is used until you choose.
• Accept all and Reject all are equally easy, and Choose lets you turn each category on or off.
• Your choice and the date you made it are kept in your browser for up to 12 months. After that, or if we add a new kind of optional cookie, we ask again.
• If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as a no to advertising cookies.

3. Essential storage (always on)

These are needed for AXO to work and don't need your consent.

• Sign-in: when you sign in, your browser keeps a sign-in token so you stay signed in. It is removed when you sign out.
• Your cookie choice: we remember what you chose in the banner so we don't ask on every page.
• Security and payments: Stripe sets its own cookies on its checkout and billing pages to process payments and prevent fraud.
• Google or Apple set their own cookies when you choose to sign in with them.

4. Analytics (only if you allow it)

Only if you allow analytics do we load Google Analytics, which sets its own cookies (named starting with _ga, kept for up to 2 years) to count visits, pages viewed and which features are used — for example that a Wi-Fi QR code was downloaded as a PNG, that a short link was created, or which plan someone chose at checkout. If you reject it, Google Analytics is not loaded at all.

We never send Google what you type or paste: not your links, text, Wi-Fi details, email or phone number. At most we send how long it was, in rough bands such as 1–50 characters, and the website name (not the full address) when you follow a link to another site. Google signals and ad personalisation are turned off. If you later withdraw your consent, we stop sending data and remove the _ga cookies set on axo.nz.

Click analytics for short links are separate: they are recorded on our side when a link is opened, without cookies, as described in the Privacy policy. The free QR code generator and UTM builder run in your browser; what you type and any logo you add are not sent to us.

5. Advertising on the waiting page

Free plan links show an AXO page for 5 seconds after their first 7 days or 100 clicks. When advertising is shown on that page, it is served by Google Ad Manager.

Ads there use cookies only if you allowed advertising cookies on axo.nz and your browser sends no Global Privacy Control signal. Otherwise the ads run in Google's limited-ads mode, which doesn't use cookies to personalise ads. Google's own policies describe how it handles ad data.

Links on paid plans never show this page.

6. Changing your mind

Use Cookie settings at the bottom of any page to see and change your choices at any time; withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it. You can also delete or block cookies and site storage in your browser settings. If you block essential storage, you won't be able to stay signed in.

7. Contact

Starlink Parts Trading FZE, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, operating AXO at axo.nz.

Email [email protected]. Abuse reports go to [email protected].