🍪 Local Storage & Cookie Compliance Policy

Cookie Policy & Local Storage Notice

Last Updated & Effective Date: March 2026 • Strict Compliance with GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, and CCPA Regulations

Summary: dopic.app uses strictly necessary browser storage (LocalStorage / SessionStorage) to remember your chosen target country standard, interface language, Pro subscription token, and cookie acknowledgment. We never deploy cookies or trackers to capture, retain, or cross-site trace your uploaded photos or facial biometric portraits.

1. What are Cookies and Local Storage?

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or mobile device when visiting a website. Modern web browsers also offer LocalStorage and SessionStorage (client-side web storage). These technologies allow web applications to "remember" your language preferences and document specification standards across visits, eliminating repetitive configurations.

2. Complete Audit of Local Storage Entries We Deploy

To deliver essential passport photo and image processing capabilities, the platform retains only the following minimal configuration keys within your browser:

Key Name	Type	Lifespan	Operational Purpose
`pic_user_country`	LocalStorage	Persistent (until manual clear)	Remembers your chosen country standard (e.g., US, VN, DE) across 114 country sub-sites to prevent coarse IP geolocation overrides.
`pic_user_lang`	LocalStorage	Persistent (until manual clear)	Stores your preferred interface language code (e.g., en, ja, vi, my).
`pic_cookie_consent`	LocalStorage	Persistent	Records your acknowledgment of this Cookie Policy so notification prompts do not repeatedly appear.
`dopic_license_key`	LocalStorage	Active subscription term	Retains your purchased Pro membership authorization token for instant access without repeated entry.
`pic_unlock_*`	LocalStorage	Session / Hourly	Records timestamps of sponsor ad or social share unlocks for temporary high-res export privileges.
`dopic_theme`	LocalStorage	Persistent	Enforces the clean, high-contrast light theme interface.
`pic_site_config`	SessionStorage	Active browser tab session	Caches basic brand titles and header metadata to minimize redundant edge network calls.

3. Third-Party Cookies: Payment & Advertising Disclosures

We work with trusted external partners to support payment processing and free service access:

Service Partner	Cookie Identifiers	Domain	Purpose & Function
Paddle.com (Merchant of Record)	`__paddle_*`	`.paddle.com`	Secures checkout transactions, detects payment fraud, and verifies order completion.
Google AdSense (Ad Network)	`__gads`, `__gpi`	`.google.com`	Delivers non-sensitive display ads, manages impression frequency, and prevents invalid click activity.

Note: Neither Paddle nor Google has access to the binary data of your uploaded photographs or generated portraits.

4. Zero Biometric & Photo Cookie Guarantee

We provide a strict commitment: no binary photo streams, face coordinates, or cropped images are ever written to persistent cookies or local storage. Image processing takes place strictly within active memory sandboxes (HTML5 Canvas) and is purged immediately upon closing the page.

5. How to Manage and Disable Cookies

You can freely control or purge cookies and LocalStorage via your browser settings:

Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Third-party cookies > Clear browsing data;
Apple Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data;
Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data;
Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies.

Note: If you clear LocalStorage, your preferred language and country presets will reset to platform defaults on your next visit.