Last updated: November 10, 2026. This Cookie Policy explains which cookies and similar technologies Excel Corner (excelcorner.com) uses, what they are for and how you can control them. The website is operated by Sergio Jiménez Canales, Gartenstraße 22a, 26122 Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, [email protected].
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device when you visit it. They let the site remember actions and settings, keep it secure and, in some cases, measure its use or show advertising. “Similar technologies” include local storage, session storage, pixels and device identifiers, and this policy covers them too.
There are first-party cookies, set by the site you are visiting, and third-party cookies, set by another company whose service the site uses. Some are session cookies, which disappear when you close your browser, and others are persistent cookies, which last until their expiry date or until you delete them.
2. The short version
- We do not use advertising, analytics or other non-essential cookies today. Because of that, the Website does not show a cookie banner.
- Our security provider, Cloudflare, may set a strictly necessary technical cookie in some cases, for example when it needs to check that a visitor is not an automated program.
- The WordPress login cookies exist only for the site administrator and are not set for visitors.
- If we ever add analytics or advertising, we will update this policy first and ask for your consent through a cookie banner before any non-essential cookie is set.
3. Cookies and technologies the Website uses today
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| __cf_bm | Cloudflare, Inc. (third party) | Distinguishes real visitors from bots so the site can be protected from abuse. It is only set when Cloudflare’s bot protection is active for the request. | 30 minutes | Strictly necessary (security) |
| cf_clearance | Cloudflare, Inc. (third party) | Remembers that you passed a Cloudflare security check so it does not ask again. It is only set when a check is shown. | Up to 1 year | Strictly necessary (security) |
| wordpress_logged_in_*, wordpress_sec_*, wp-settings-*, wordpress_test_cookie | Excel Corner (first party) | Keep the site administrator signed in and remember their settings. They are never set for visitors. | Session to 1 year | Strictly necessary (administration only) |
Other technologies you may notice:
- Fonts. The typefaces are hosted on our own server. Loading them does not set a cookie and does not send your data to Google or any other third party.
- Contact form. The form uses no cookies. It sends your message to our server only when you press “Send message”.
- Browser storage. The Website does not store information in your local storage or session storage to identify or track you.
Cookie names and durations are set by each provider and can change. We review this list every time we change the Website.
4. Why we do not ask for consent today
Under section 25 of the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG), which implements the EU ePrivacy Directive, storing or reading information on your device requires your consent, except when it is strictly necessary to provide a service you expressly asked for or to carry out the transmission of a communication. Security cookies that protect the Website from attacks fall within that exception, so we do not ask for consent for them, and we process them on the basis of our legitimate interest in a secure website (art. 6.1.f GDPR). Because there are no other cookies, there is nothing else to ask about.
5. If we add analytics or advertising
If we decide to use cookies or similar technologies that are not strictly necessary, we will do all of the following before they are active:
- Update this policy with each cookie, provider, purpose and duration.
- Show a banner with equally prominent buttons to accept or reject, and a settings panel to choose by category.
- Not set any non-essential cookie until you accept it, and keep a record of your choice.
- Let you change your mind at any time through a permanent link to the cookie settings.
The categories we would use are:
| Category | What it is for | Example providers |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Security, load balancing and remembering your cookie choice. No consent needed. | Cloudflare |
| Preferences | Remember choices such as language or display settings. | Not used today |
| Statistics | Count visits and understand which pages are useful, in aggregate. | Not used today. Could be Google Analytics or a privacy-friendly alternative. |
| Advertising | Show and measure ads and limit how often you see them. | Not used today. Could be Google AdSense or other ad partners. |
6. How to manage or delete cookies
You decide which cookies are stored on your device. You can block or delete them in your browser settings, and you can browse in a private window. The links below explain how in the most common browsers:
If you block strictly necessary security cookies, some pages may ask you to complete a check again, or in rare cases may not load. You can also turn on the Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track setting in your browser. The Website does not track you, and we will honor those signals if we add technologies that need your consent.
7. Your rights and more information
For what we do with personal data in general, and for your rights to access, correct and delete it, read our Privacy Policy. You can also write to us at [email protected].
8. Changes to this policy
We update this Cookie Policy when the cookies or technologies on the Website change, and the date at the top shows the latest version.