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Cookie Policy

Last updated: 30 September 2026

Cookies are small files stored on your device. Below is the list of cookies and similar technologies (browser storage: localStorage and sessionStorage) used on WorkshopFotografico.com. For each item we indicate: name, first/third party, provider, purpose, duration, category and whether your consent is required. Technical cookies and technical browser-storage entries are necessary for the site to work and do not require consent; the site's traffic statistics (Plausible) work without cookies; the only cookie that requires your consent is the one for the models' referral programme (wf_ref). We do not use advertising profiling cookies.

1. Technical cookies (necessary)

wf_session

First party · Provider: WorkshopFotografico.com (MaXu) · Purpose: keeps your members-area login session active after sign-in (HMAC-signed cookie, httpOnly, SameSite=Lax, transmitted only over HTTPS in production) · Duration: persistent, up to 60 days (expires automatically or on logout) · Category: technical / necessary · Consent required: No.

wf_cookie_consent

First party · Provider: WorkshopFotografico.com (MaXu) · Purpose: stores the choice you make on the cookie banner (accepting or rejecting the referral programme cookie), so we don't ask again on every visit · Duration: persistent, 12 months (SameSite=Lax) · Category: technical / necessary · Consent required: No.

wf_locale

First party · Provider: WorkshopFotografico.com (MaXu) · Purpose: remembers the language you chose (Italian/English) to show you the pages in your language · Duration: 12 months (SameSite=Lax) · Category: technical / necessary · Consent required: No.

Cloudflare Turnstile

Third party · Provider: Cloudflare · Purpose: anti-bot check on the site's forms and, for people writing to the Shutter assistant without an account, at the first question and then about every half hour; the service reads technical browser data and the IP address to verify that the form or question comes from a person · Duration: only while the check runs · Category: technical / security · Consent required: No.

2. Browser storage (necessary)

preferredLanguage

First party · Provider: WorkshopFotografico.com (MaXu) · localStorage · Purpose: remembers the language you chose on the site (Italian/English) · Duration: until you clear your browser data · Category: technical / necessary · Consent required: No.

shutter_nascosto

First party · Provider: WorkshopFotografico.com (MaXu) · localStorage · Purpose: remembers that you hid the Shutter assistant, so it stays hidden until you turn it back on from the menu · Duration: until you clear your browser data · Category: technical / preferences · Consent required: No.

sj_cap_<event>

First party · Provider: WorkshopFotografico.com (MaXu) · localStorage · Purpose: in the models' area, remembers that you chose «don't show again» for an event notice · Duration: until you clear your browser data · Category: technical / preferences · Consent required: No.

shutter:<identity> · shutter_bozza · shutter_biglietto

First party · Provider: WorkshopFotografico.com (MaXu) · sessionStorage · Purpose: keeps your conversation with Shutter (questions and answers), an unfinished question and the anti-bot check result (valid for 30 minutes) in the browser tab · Duration: until you close the tab · Category: technical / necessary · Consent required: No.

wf-feed-stato · wf-welcome-chiusa · wf-loc-foto:<id>

First party · Provider: WorkshopFotografico.com (MaXu) · sessionStorage · Purpose: for the open tab only, they remember where to resume the feed, that you closed the welcome message in the models' area and the photo chosen in the poster editor · Duration: until you close the tab · Category: technical / functional · Consent required: No.

3. Traffic statistics

Plausible · plausible-goal:*

Served from our own domain · Provider: Plausible Insights OÜ (Estonia, EU) · Purpose: aggregate traffic statistics, without cookies; IP address and browser are never stored and are used only to calculate a daily code (hash) that can no longer be linked to the visitor the next day. To count conversions (sign-up, model application, event registration, Supporter) only once, the site saves in the tab's storage (sessionStorage) a plausible-goal:<goal> entry with no personal identifier · Duration: until you close the tab · Category: statistics, treated as technical (aggregate data only) · Consent required: No.

4. Referral programme cookie (with consent)

wf_ref

First party · Provider: WorkshopFotografico.com (MaXu) · Purpose: remembers which model's personal link brought you to the site, so that your registration, if any, is credited to her (models' referral programme), to count the visits that came from her link and, until you sign in, to show you her portfolio after free registration. It is set only if you accept on the banner; if you reject or withdraw consent, the site does not use it · Duration: 30 days, or until you register (httpOnly) · Category: functional / affiliate · Consent required: Yes.

5. Managing your consent

On your first visit we show a banner to accept or reject the referral programme cookie. You can change your choice at any time by clicking «Cookie preferences» at the bottom of every page, or by deleting cookies in your browser settings.

6. Contact

For questions about this Cookie Policy or data processing write to maxu@workshopfotografico.com. See also our Privacy Policy.