Cookie Policy

Trackosteps is built on privacy-by-design principles. We do not use cookies for analytics, advertising, or cross-site tracking on our marketing website (trackosteps.com).

This means no cookie consent banner is required under German TTDSG §25 or the EU ePrivacy Directive, because we don't store or access information on your device beyond what's strictly necessary for site functionality.

✓ Strictly Necessary Cookies

Used only on administrative paths (/cp/) for the content management system. These cookies:

• Enable user login for content editors
• Maintain session security
• Prevent cross-site request forgery (CSRF)

These are exempt from consent requirements under TTDSG §25(2) because they are technically necessary for the requested service.

Regular site visitors browsing our public pages will not encounter these cookies.

✗ Cookies We Do NOT Use

We do not use cookies for:

• Analytics — We use Plausible, which is cookieless and stores no data on your device
• Advertising — No ads, no remarketing pixels, no third-party trackers
• Social Media — No Facebook Pixel, no LinkedIn Insight Tag, no Twitter analytics
• Cross-site Tracking — None whatsoever
• Personalization — None

We use Plausible Analytics to understand aggregate site usage. Plausible:

• Does not use cookies or any browser storage
• Does not collect personal data
• Does not generate persistent identifiers
• Stores all data on EU servers (Falkenstein, Germany)
• Provides only aggregated, anonymous statistics
• Has independent legal assessment confirming GDPR/TTDSG compliance

Read more in Plausible's data policy.

Because we don't use tracking cookies, there's nothing to opt out of on your side. However, if you'd still like additional control:

• Browser settings: Most browsers let you block all cookies, accept only first-party cookies, or delete cookies
• Privacy tools: Browser extensions like uBlock Origin can block third-party scripts (though there's nothing tracking you on our site)
• DNT signal: We respect Do-Not-Track signals (though they don't affect anything since we don't track)

Some pages may embed third-party content that could set cookies. As of the last update of this policy, we use:

• Bunny Fonts — Self-hosted alternative to Google Fonts (no cookies, no tracking)
• Plausible Analytics — Cookieless analytics

We do not use:

• Google Fonts (uses Google's CDN — privacy issues per Munich court ruling)
• Google Analytics
• Google Tag Manager
• YouTube embeds
• Social media widgets

If we add new services in the future, this policy will be updated and you'll be informed where consent is required.

The SaaS application has its own cookie usage for authentication and session management. See its dedicated cookie policy for details.

We may update this policy if our cookie practices change. The "Last Updated" date at the top reflects the most recent revision.