Cookie Policy
Last updated: 21 September 2026
This page describes everything iiCaptain stores on your device or loads from a third party. The list below comes straight out of the code: the same list decides which scripts are allowed to load, so what you read here matches what actually happens.
Necessary cookies are needed to sign in, remember your language and secure the service; we place those without asking. Analytics and advertising cookies are only placed after you have agreed to them.
Necessary
Signing in, language choice, protection against abuse, and remembering this choice itself.
| Name | Provider | Type | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|
__session | iiCaptain | Cookie | Keeps you signed in during your visit. | Session |
firebase-auth-token | iiCaptain | Cookie | Remembers your sign-in so you do not have to log in on every page. | Session |
NEXT_LOCALE | iiCaptain | Cookie | Remembers which language you want the site and app in. | 1 year |
iic_consent | iiCaptain | Cookie | Remembers which cookie categories you allowed. | 6 months |
firebase:authUser:* | Google Firebase | Browser database | Stores your sign-in session in the browser. | Until you sign out |
firebase-installations-database | Google Firebase | Browser database | Identifies this installation of the app for notifications and configuration. | Until you sign out |
_GRECAPTCHA | Google reCAPTCHA | Cookie | Tells people apart from automated sign-in attempts. | 6 months |
firebase-messaging-sw.js | Google Firebase | Service worker | Receives push notifications when you have turned them on. | Until you sign out |
Analytics
Measuring which pages are visited and where visitors drop off, so we can improve the site. We use our own measurement for this; no data goes to an external analytics company.
| Name | Provider | Type | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|
iic_vid | iiCaptain | Cookie | A random number that lets us link the steps of one visit together, without identifying you. | 6 months |
Advertising
Google AdSense shows advertising and uses its own cookies to do so. Without your consent the AdSense script is not loaded at all.
| Name | Provider | Type | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|
__gads, __gpi, IDE | Google AdSense | Cookie | Used by Google to show and measure advertising. | 13 months |
Changing your choice
You can change your choice at any time using the button below or the link in the footer. When you withdraw a category we stop that processing and delete the cookies we set ourselves. Cookies set by Google are removed through your browser settings.
Cookies in your browser
You can also block or delete cookies through your browser settings. If you block necessary cookies, you will not be able to sign in.