Cookies Policy
In this article
Effective date: December 3, 2025
This document is an integral part of the Services Terms of Use (https://email-templates.app/en/docs/legal/services-terms-of-use/index.html) and the Website Terms of Use (https://email-templates.app/en/docs/legal/website-terms-of-use/index.html).
1. Introduction #
This Cookies Policy explains how we use cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit or interact with our website or services. Cookies help us provide, improve, and personalize your experience. This Policy outlines the types of cookies we use, the purposes for which we use them, and how you can manage your cookie preferences. For further details on how we collect and use your personal information, please refer to our Privacy Policy available at https://email-templates.app/en/docs/legal/privacy-policy/index.html.
2. Definitions #
Ablebits, we, us, our: Office Data Apps sp. z o.o.;
Services: Our hosted online platforms that store user content and require authentication to access user content:
- Shared Email Templates for Microsoft Outlook (or SET for Outlook);
- Shared Email Templates for Gmail (or SET for Gmail);
- Text Toolkit for Microsoft Excel (or Text Toolkit);
Website: Our websites ablebits.com, email-templates.app;
User, you, your: Any individual who visits the Website, individual who submits comments or other content to the Blog or Documentation, or individual who utilizes the Services.
3. What are cookies? #
Cookies are small data files sent to your web browser by a website you visit. They are stored in your web browser and allow our Website, Services, or third parties to recognize you, optimize your future visits, and enhance the usefulness of our Website and Services.
Cookies can be classified as persistent or session. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device after you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser. We use both types of cookies.
You can learn more about cookies on the following third-party websites:
- All About Cookies: https://allaboutcookies.org/;
- The Network Advertising Initiative: https://thenai.org/.
4. How we use cookies #
When you visit our Website or access and use our Services, we may place a number of cookies in your web browser. We use cookies for the following purposes:
- To enable certain functions of the Website and Services;
- To collect analytics;
- To store your preferences;
- To enable advertisements delivery, including behavioral advertising.
Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. These third-party services may process data collected through cookies on our website in aggregate for their own purposes. For further details, please see Annexes 1-3.
4.1. Website #
4.1.1. Necessary cookies #
We use necessary cookies to operate the core functions of our Website and Services, making it possible for you to access and use them as intended. We do not require your consent to use these cookies, though you may be able to block them. You can find more information in the “Your choices regarding cookies” section.
However, without these cookies, our Website and Services may not function properly, and certain features, such as signing in to your account, may be unavailable.
Where we process personal information using these necessary cookies, we do so on the basis of our legitimate interests to provide our Website and Services and to promote our business.
4.1.2. Cookie consent preferences #
When you visit our Website for the first time, we ask for your permission to use cookies through a pop-up banner. For this purpose, we use the Cookiebot service provider (https://www.cookiebot.com/). We store this consent cookie on your device to remember your preferences. We also store your consent cookies for Google and YouTube.
4.1.3. The website response times #
We use certain cookies provided by Microsoft to distribute traffic across several servers in order to ensure optimal Website response times.
4.1.4. Non-essential cookies #
Preferences cookies #
We may use preferences cookies to remember settings that change the way our Website behaves or appears, for example whether to display the live chat feature or apply other user-specific preferences.
Statistics cookies #
Statistics cookies help us to understand how you interact with our Website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Marketing cookies #
We may use marketing cookies to test new advertisements, features, or pages on our Website to evaluate how visitors respond to them.
4.2. Services #
We do not use any marketing or advertising cookies in our Services. For more details, please see Annex 1.
5. Your choices regarding cookies #
There are a number of ways to manage your choices regarding cookies and other tracking technologies, including web browser settings, plugin controls, and clearing web browser storage. Many popular web browsers allow you to clear cookies or other stored data in their settings or preferences menu.
Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all the features we offer, store your preferences, and certain webpages might not display properly.
5.1. How to manage cookies through your web browser #
For detailed information on managing cookies through your web browser, please refer to your web browser’s help documentation.
- Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647;
- Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy-bb8174ba-9d73-dcf2-9b4a-c582b4e640dd;
- Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/;
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop;
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac.
5.2. How to manage third-party cookies #
Cookies placed on your device by third parties can be managed either through your web browser settings (as described above) or by visiting the third party’s website to learn more about their cookie management practices and opt-out options.
5.3. How to manage cookie preferences on our website #
You can change your cookie preferences for our Website at any time, including withdrawing your consent to optional cookies you previously accepted, by clicking the “Cookie settings” link at the bottom of any page on our Website.
5.4. How to opt-out of interest-based advertising cookies #
We do not control interest-based advertising cookies on our Website. However, many advertising companies that collect information for interest-based advertising are members of the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) or the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), both of which maintain websites where people can opt out of interest-based advertising from their members.
To opt out of website interest-based advertising provided by each organization’s respective participating companies, visit:
- DAA’s opt-out portal available at https://optout.aboutads.info/;
- DAA of Canada’s opt-out portal available at https://youradchoices.ca/en/tools;
- NAI’s opt-out portal available at https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1.
Residents of the European Union may opt out of online behavioral advertising served by the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s participating member organizations by visiting https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/.
6. Changes to this Cookies Policy #
We reserve the right to modify or update this Cookies Policy at any time, at our sole discretion. When we make material changes to this Cookies Policy, we will:
- post the updated version on our Website;
- update the “Effective date” at the top of this document.
Any such changes will become effective on the date indicated in the updated Cookies Policy, unless a later date is specified. We encourage you to review this Cookies Policy periodically to stay informed of any changes.
7. Contact us #
If you have any questions, concerns, complaints, or suggestions regarding this Cookies Policy, please contact our Privacy Team by mail or email.
Office Data Apps sp. z o.o.
Brukowa 3
05-092 Lomianki
Poland
General inquiries: company@office-data-apps.com
Privacy and data protection: privacy@ablebits.com
Technical and billing support: support@ablebits.com
Annex 1. Shared Email Templates for Microsoft Outlook: Cookie declaration #
We use the following necessary cookies to operate Shared Email Templates for Microsoft Outlook.
Note: Microsoft 365 and Amazon Web Services platforms might add various types of cookies depending on client apps, operating systems, and user settings.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| app-id | Ablebits | A unique identifier of the application | 3 days |
| user_signed_in | Ablebits | Stored if the user is currently signed in | 21 days |
| Office API client | Microsoft | Part of Microsoft Outlook JS API library | Persistent |
| MC1 | Microsoft | This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes | 1 year |
| MS0 | Microsoft | Stores the session identification cookie | 30 minutes |
| AWSALB | Amazon Web Services | Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience | 7 days |
| AWSALBCORS | Amazon Web Services | Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience | 7 days |
Shared Email Templates landing pages and documentation #
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| CookieConsent | Ablebits | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain | 1 year |
| key-event-details | Ablebits | Stores the key event name | 180 days |
| key-event-url | Ablebits | Stores the key event URL | 180 days |
| lpage | Ablebits | Stores the URL of the first visited page on the website | 180 days |
| preferred_lang | Ablebits | Stores the language that the user selected for the documentation | 1 year |
| _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website | 2 years | |
| _ga_# | Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times the user has visited the website and the dates of their first and most recent visits | 2 years |
Providers’ privacy policies #
- Ablebits: https://email-templates.app/en/docs/legal/privacy-policy/index.html;
- Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/privacy/privacystatement;
- Amazon Web Services: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/;
- Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
Annex 2. Website: Cookie declaration #
Email-templates.app Cookie Declaration is available at https://email-templates.app/en/docs/legal/cookies-policy-declaration/index.html.