Cookie Policy

This page lists every cookie this website can set, what each one is for, and how you control them. Optional cookies are off by default in regions where the law requires your consent, and stay off until you allow them. You can change or withdraw your choice at any time from the Cookie Settings link (also in the footer of every page) — withdrawing consent removes the corresponding cookies from your browser.

Strictly necessary

These make the site work and need no consent.

NamePurposeDurationSet by
cc_cookie Records your cookie choices so we can honor them and not ask again. 6 months softactivate.com
sws-docs-lang (browser storage, not a cookie) Remembers your programming-language selection in the documentation. Until cleared softactivate.com

Analytics

Google Analytics tells us which pages are read and how visitors move through the site, so we can improve it. The data is aggregated usage measurement; we do not use it to identify you.

NamePurposeDurationSet by
_ga Distinguishes visitors for Google Analytics. 2 years Google
_ga_* Keeps the Google Analytics session state. 2 years Google
_gid Distinguishes visitors for Google Analytics. 24 hours Google

Advertising measurement

We advertise on search engines. This cookie lets us know that a click on one of our ads led to a sign-up or purchase, so we know which ads are worth running. We do not run third-party ad networks on this site, and we do not sell your data.

NamePurposeDurationSet by
_gcl_aw Stores the Google Ads click identifier so a later sign-up or purchase can be attributed to the ad click. 90 days Google

How consent works here

The Google tags on this site implement Google Consent Mode: until you allow a category, the corresponding cookies are not written and the tags operate in a cookieless mode that sends no identifiers. Your choice is stored on the softactivate.com domain, so it also covers the management console at console.softactivate.com (which otherwise uses cookies and browser storage strictly for authentication sessions — see the Privacy Policy). We also honor the Global Privacy Control browser signal: when your browser sends it, advertising measurement is disabled regardless of region.

Questions about cookies or privacy? Contact us.