1. What this covers
Cookies are small files a website stores in your browser; local and session storage work in a similar way. The rules are the same for all of them: only what is strictly necessary for a service you ask for may be stored without your consent.
2. Your choice
On your first visit the banner offers two equal buttons. Essential only keeps the strictly necessary storage below and nothing else. Accept all also turns on analytics and the chat. Nothing optional loads before you choose. With Essential only you can still reach us by email or the contact form.
3. On the website
Strictly necessary (always on)
| Name | Purpose | Set by | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| settio_consent | Remembers your cookie choice: Accept all or Essential only. | Settio | 12 months |
| settio_locale, settio_country | Only after you pick a language or a country: remembers your pick, so pages and prices show the way you asked. | Settio | 12 months |
| settio:citizenship-clock (local storage) | Keeps your Citizenship Countdown answers on your device, so the tool you use remembers them. Never sent to us. | Settio | Until you clear it |
| settio_audience (local storage) | Remembers your answer when you tell us whether you read as an employer or an employee. | Settio | Until you clear it |
| settio_demo_nudge_dismissed (local storage) | Remembers that you closed a hint, so it stays closed. | Settio | Until you clear it |
| Cal.com cookies | Only on the booking page or when you open the booking calendar: makes the booking you ask for work. | Cal.com | Set by Cal.com, for the booking |
Only with “Accept all”
| Name | Purpose | Set by | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| ph_* (cookie and local storage) | PostHog analytics: a random identifier so visits can be counted, and its settings. | PostHog (EU) | Up to 12 months |
| settio_reads, settio_first_touch | Which kinds of article you read, and where your visit came from (for example a newsletter), for analytics. | Settio | Local storage until cleared; the visit's source for the visit only |
| crisp-client/* | Crisp chat: keeps your chat conversation open between pages. | Crisp (EU) | Up to 6 months |
| settio_geo | The country and language your browser's request suggests (two codes, nothing else), to show local prices and offer a translated page. | Settio | Until you close the browser |
The contact form sends what you type to our server, which forwards it to HubSpot. No HubSpot script runs in your browser and HubSpot sets no cookies on our site.
4. In the app and the employee portal
The Settio app (app.settio.io) and the employee portal use only strictly necessary storage, and no analytics or advertising cookies:
| Name | Purpose | Set by | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| next-auth.* / __Secure-next-auth.* | Keeps you signed in to the Settio app, and protects sign-in against forged requests. | Settio | Session, or up to 365 days for the sign-in |
| settio_lang | The language you chose before signing in. | Settio | 12 months |
| settio_portal, settio_portal_lang | Keeps an employee signed in to the portal, and remembers the language they picked. | Settio | 30 days; language 12 months |
| settio_personal_start, settio_personal_ref | Remembers, during sign-up, that you asked for a free personal account and which link brought you. | Settio | Until sign-up finishes (at most a few hours) |
| Local storage in the app | Recently opened people, whether you've seen a hint or been asked about notifications. | Settio | Until you clear it |
5. Legal basis
Storage on your device is governed by lag (2022:482) om elektronisk kommunikation 9 kap. 28 §. Strictly necessary storage, needed for a service you ask for, needs no consent. Everything else needs your consent, which is also the GDPR basis for the data it collects (Art. 6(1)(a)). We keep your choice in the settio_consent cookie to show that we asked (Art. 7(1)).
6. Changing your mind
- Cookie settings at the bottom of every page opens the choice again. Choosing Essential only after Accept all deletes the analytics and chat storage and reloads the page.
- Your browser can block or delete cookies and local storage; see aboutcookies.org. Blocking strictly necessary storage breaks parts of the site and app, such as signing in.
More about how we handle personal data in our Privacy Policy.