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Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how the digital platform Kids Stories Audio uses cookies, local storage and similar technologies when you visit and use our website and services.

The Platform is operated by:

HURK, s. r. o.
Obuvnícka 3464/2A
900 31 Stupava
Slovak Republic

Company ID (IČO): 52 261 867
Tax ID (DIČ): 2120972326
Email: info@kidsstoriesaudio.com

hereinafter referred to as the “Operator” or “Kids Stories Audio”.

This Cookie Policy supplements our Privacy Policy.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files that a website may store in a user's web browser or device when the user visits the website.

Cookies may allow a website, for example, to remember certain user settings, support the operation of a user account, maintain a login session or ensure the proper functioning of the website.

Cookies may be:

  • Session cookies – these generally exist only during a website visit and are deleted when the session ends or the browser is closed,
  • or

Persistent cookies – these remain stored on the device for a specified period or until they are deleted by the user.

3. Local Storage and Similar Technologies

In addition to traditional cookies, Kids Stories Audio may use local storage, session storage or similar browser technologies.

These technologies may be used, for example, to:

  • remember user settings,
  • store cookie preferences,
  • maintain user login,
  • manage user sessions,
  • protect account security,
  • ensure the basic operation of the Platform.

Technologies that store or access information on a user's device may be subject to the same or similar rules as cookies.

4. Legal Basis for the Use of Cookies

The use of cookies and similar technologies is governed in particular by the applicable electronic communications legislation of the Slovak Republic and, where personal data is processed, by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR).

The Operator is a Slovak company and the operation of the Platform is therefore primarily subject to Slovak law. This does not affect mandatory rights available to consumers and users in other EU Member States where such laws apply.

As a general rule, storing or accessing information on a user's device requires the appropriate consent of the user.

An exception applies to technologies that are strictly necessary to provide a service expressly requested by the user or to transmit communications over a network. Consent is not required for such strictly necessary technologies.

5. Categories of Cookies We May Use

5.1. Strictly Necessary Cookies and Technologies

These technologies are required for the basic operation of the Platform.

They may be used in particular for:

  • user login,
  • maintaining user sessions,
  • user account security,
  • registration functionality,
  • proper display of the Platform,
  • processing technical requests,
  • remembering cookie preferences,
  • protecting the Platform against misuse.

Without some of these technologies, certain Platform functions may not work properly.

User consent is not required for strictly necessary cookies and technologies where the legal requirements for the relevant exemption are met.

5.2. Preference Cookies

Preference cookies or similar technologies may allow the Platform to remember optional user settings, such as language or display preferences.

Where a particular preference technology is not strictly necessary to provide a service requested by the user, it will only be used on the basis of the appropriate consent.

5.3. Analytics Cookies

Analytics technologies may be used to obtain information about how the Platform is used, such as website traffic, pages visited or technical website performance.

Kids Stories Audio currently does not use Google Analytics or similar optional analytics cookies unless otherwise stated in the cookie banner or the current cookie list.

If such technologies are introduced in the future, they will only be activated after the appropriate user consent has been obtained where required by law.

5.4. Marketing and Advertising Cookies

Marketing cookies may be used, for example, to measure advertising campaigns, display personalised advertising or track users across different websites.

Kids Stories Audio currently does not use Meta Pixel or other advertising or marketing cookies unless otherwise stated in the cookie banner or the current cookie list.

If marketing technologies are introduced in the future, they will not be activated before the appropriate user consent has been obtained.

6. Supabase

Kids Stories Audio uses Supabase primarily for database services, user registration, authentication and user session management.

In connection with login or authentication, technical information necessary to maintain the user session may be stored on the user's device.

Where such information is necessary for login and for the operation of a user account requested by the user, it may qualify as strictly necessary technology.

7. Netlify

The Kids Stories Audio Platform uses Netlify for website hosting and technical operation.

In connection with the provision of the website, technical information may be processed where necessary to deliver content and ensure the security, stability and proper functioning of the Platform.

The use of Netlify itself does not mean that Kids Stories Audio uses marketing or advertising cookies.

8. Stripe

Kids Stories Audio uses Stripe to process online payments and subscriptions.

When accessing the payment interface or making a payment, Stripe may use its own cookies or similar technologies that are necessary in particular for:

  • payment processing,
  • authentication,
  • transaction security,
  • fraud prevention,
  • payment session management,
  • compliance with legal obligations.

Some of these technologies may be necessary to securely process a payment.

Further information about Stripe's processing of personal data is available in Stripe's privacy documentation.

9. YouTube, Spotify and Third-Party Content

Kids Stories Audio may contain links to third-party services such as YouTube or Spotify.

Where the Platform only contains a standard external link, the relevant third party will generally begin processing the user's information after the user visits the third party's website or service.

Where third-party content is embedded directly into the Platform, for example through an embedded media player, the third-party service may use its own cookies or similar technologies.

Where such technologies require consent, the relevant embedded content should only be activated after the user has given the required consent.

10. Consent to Cookies

Where the Platform uses cookies or similar technologies that are not strictly necessary, users will be given the opportunity to decide whether they consent to their use.

Consent must be freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous.

Optional cookies must not be activated before the appropriate consent has been obtained.

Users must be able to reject optional cookies as easily as they can accept them.

Pre-ticked boxes or other forms of pre-selected consent will not be used as a valid means of obtaining consent.

11. Cookie Banner

Where optional cookies are used on the Platform, the cookie banner should provide users with at least the following options:

  • Accept All
  • Reject Optional Cookies
  • Cookie Settings

The option to reject optional cookies must not be hidden or made disproportionately more difficult to use than the option to accept them.

Access to the Platform should not be conditional upon accepting optional cookies.

Simply scrolling through the website, continuing to browse or remaining inactive does not constitute valid consent to optional cookies.

12. Cookie Category Settings

Where the Platform uses several categories of optional cookies, users may be given the option to accept or reject individual categories separately.

For example:

  • Strictly Necessary – Always Active
  • Preferences – Optional
  • Analytics – Optional
  • Marketing – Optional

Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled through the cookie banner where they are genuinely necessary to provide the requested service.

13. Changing or Withdrawing Consent

Users may change or withdraw their consent to optional cookies at any time.

The Platform should provide an easily accessible option to reopen Cookie Settings.

Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

14. Cookie Retention Periods

The retention period depends on the specific cookie or technology used.

Session cookies are generally deleted when the session ends or the web browser is closed.

Persistent cookies remain stored for the period specified for the relevant cookie or until they are deleted by the user.

Information about the duration of individual optional cookies will be made available to users to the extent required by applicable law.

15. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser

Users may also manage or delete cookies through the settings of their web browser.

Most modern browsers allow users to view, block or delete cookies.

Blocking strictly necessary cookies or similar technologies through browser settings may cause some parts of the Platform to stop functioning properly.

16. Personal Data

Some information obtained through cookies or similar technologies may constitute personal data.

Where this is the case, its processing is also subject to our Privacy Policy and the applicable provisions of the GDPR.

More detailed information about the Operator, purposes of processing, recipients of personal data, international transfers, retention periods and data subject rights is available in the Kids Stories Audio Privacy Policy.

17. International Data Transfers

Some technical service providers may process data outside the European Union or European Economic Area.

Where this occurs, personal data will only be transferred in accordance with the requirements of the GDPR, for example on the basis of an adequacy decision or appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses where required for the particular transfer.

Further information is provided in our Privacy Policy.

18. Changes to This Cookie Policy

Kids Stories Audio may update this Cookie Policy, in particular where there are changes to the technologies used, new services are introduced, analytics or marketing tools are added, service providers change, or applicable laws or regulatory requirements change.

The current version will always be made available on the Platform.

Where a change requires new user consent, the Platform will request that consent before activating the relevant technologies.

19. Contact

If you have any questions about the use of cookies or the protection of personal data, you can contact us at:

HURK, s. r. o.
Obuvnícka 3464/2A
900 31 Stupava
Slovak Republic

Company ID (IČO): 52 261 867
Tax ID (DIČ): 2120972326
Email: info@kidsstoriesaudio.com

Cookie Policy – last updated 29 September 2026