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Cookie Policy
Clear choices for cookies, local storage and similar technologies across Lignique's website and AI comic-creation service.
Last updated: 9 August 2026 · Effective: 9 August 2026 · Version: 2.0 · Operator: Jayadevan Premnath, sole proprietor doing business as Lignique Studios · Policy URL: https://lignique.com/legal/cookie-policy
IMPORTANT NOTICE — Lignique uses strictly necessary technologies to operate, protect and remember choices for the Service. Where applicable law requires prior consent, functional and analytics technologies remain off until you choose them. Lignique does not use advertising cookies, sell personal information, share personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising or conduct targeted advertising as of the Effective Date.
At a glance
| Topic | Lignique standard |
|---|---|
| Default | Strictly necessary technologies only before a valid choice where prior consent is required. |
| Choice | Accept all, reject non-essential and granular category choices must be equally understandable and easy to use. |
| Analytics | Google Analytics may be used only after consent where required; analytics event retention is configured for no more than 14 months. |
| Advertising | No advertising, retargeting or social-media tracking cookies at the Effective Date. |
| Withdrawal | Use the persistent Cookie Settings link; withdrawing is as easy as giving consent and does not affect earlier lawful processing. |
| Browser signals | Global Privacy Control is honoured where it legally communicates an opt-out; non-standard Do Not Track signals are not relied on. |
| Service access | Rejecting non-essential technologies does not block core account, purchase or creation functions. |
This summary is a convenience only. The complete Policy below controls.
1. Scope and status
This Cookie Policy explains how Lignique Studios ("Lignique", "we", "us" or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies when a person visits lignique.com, app.lignique.com, an authorised subdomain, or another online page that links to this Policy (collectively, the "Service"). It covers visitors, account holders, subscribers and purchasers.
This Policy forms part of Lignique's Privacy Policy. It does not replace the Privacy Policy, which explains the personal information we collect, why we use it, legal bases, disclosures, international transfers, retention, security and individual rights. If this Policy and the Privacy Policy appear inconsistent, the more specific statement about a cookie or similar technology applies, subject to mandatory law.
This Policy does not govern third-party websites or services that you open through an external link. Their own notices and controls apply after you leave the Service.
Operator and contact details
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Legal operator | Jayadevan Premnath, sole proprietor doing business as Lignique Studios |
| Business address | 4/238 Komalapuram, Alappuzha, Kerala 688006, India |
| GST registration | 32AWQPJ4353D1ZO |
| Privacy and legal email | JayadevanPremnath@lignique.com |
| Telephone | +91 7736470963 |
2. Key definitions
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Cookie | A small text file or identifier stored on or read from a browser or device by a website. |
| Similar technology | A browser or device mechanism that stores or reads information, including local storage, session storage, IndexedDB, SDK identifiers, pixels, tags, cache data and device-level identifiers. |
| First party | Set or controlled for Lignique on the Lignique domain or app surface you are using. |
| Third party | Set or controlled by another provider whose service is integrated into Lignique. |
| Session | Designed to expire when the browser session ends, subject to browser behaviour. |
| Persistent | Remains until its configured expiry, deletion or replacement. |
| Strictly necessary | Essential to deliver a feature you request, protect the Service, preserve a transaction, record privacy choices or satisfy an operational legal duty. |
| Consent manager | The Cookie Settings interface through which a visitor can make, record and change category choices. |
3. Technologies covered
Lignique may use the following technologies only for the purposes and under the controls described in this Policy:
- HTTP cookies and authentication tokens used by the website, app, identity service or infrastructure provider.
- Browser local storage, session storage, IndexedDB, Cache Storage and similar client-side storage used to keep interface preferences, draft state or local workspace data.
- Software development kits, pixels, tags and measurement scripts used for consented analytics or operational diagnostics.
- Server logs and security telemetry, including IP address, request time, route, user agent, status code and fraud or abuse signals. These logs are not necessarily cookies, but they are described here because they can interact with browser identifiers.
- Machine-readable consent and provenance records required to demonstrate a user's choice or comply with law.
The Service is designed with a hybrid local/cloud architecture. Some project state may remain in the browser or device until you clear it, change a setting or the application no longer needs it. Generating, uploading, exporting or using cloud features may transmit content to Lignique and its providers as explained in the Privacy Policy and AI Output and IP Responsibility Policy.
4. Our consent and legal-basis standard
Lignique applies the following hierarchy. Mandatory law controls first. Where a law requires prior consent to store or access information on a device, Lignique requests that consent before activating a non-essential category. Where consent is not legally required for a particular strictly necessary operation, Lignique relies on the applicable necessity, contract, legitimate-interest or legal-obligation basis described in the Privacy Policy.
- Consent must be freely given, specific, informed, unambiguous and evidenced by an affirmative action. Silence, inactivity, continued browsing and pre-ticked boxes are not consent.
- The interface must make accepting and rejecting non-essential technologies comparably visible and understandable where required by law.
- Choices must be granular by purpose. A visitor may consent to functional technologies without consenting to analytics.
- Lignique records the choice, categories, notice version, time and a limited technical identifier needed to demonstrate the choice. The record is used only for consent administration and legal proof.
- A material new purpose, provider or technology requires updated information and, where required, a fresh choice before activation.
- Withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it. Withdrawal applies prospectively and does not invalidate processing lawfully performed before withdrawal.
5. Categories used by Lignique
| Category | Purpose | Control |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Authentication; security; fraud and abuse prevention; load balancing; transaction continuity; consent records; essential service preferences. | Always active where needed. These cannot be disabled through Cookie Settings because the requested Service could not operate safely without them. |
| Functional | Optional interface preferences, convenience features, remembered workspace display and other non-essential personalisation. | Off until consent where prior consent is required. Disabling may remove convenience but must not disable the core Service. |
| Analytics | Audience, device class, acquisition, performance, page or feature use and approximate region, primarily through Google Analytics if enabled. | Off until consent where required. Used to understand and improve the Service, not to make eligibility or pricing decisions about an individual. |
| Advertising / targeted advertising | Cross-site advertising, retargeting, behavioural profiling or social-media advertising measurement. | Not used at the Effective Date. Lignique must update this Policy and obtain any legally required consent before activating this category. |
6. Current and conditional technology register
The table below is the governing deployment register for the technology families Lignique uses or is configured to use. Exact technical names can vary by environment, provider release and authentication method. Before a non-essential identifier is activated, the live Cookie Settings panel must display its exact name or family, provider, purpose and duration. A technical-name change must not create a new purpose or expand consent.
| Technology / status | Party and surface | Purpose and data | Duration / control |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consent choice record | First party; website and app; created when a choice is saved | Stores category choices, policy version, time and proof fields. No advertising profile. | Up to 12 months, or earlier withdrawal, reset or legal need. Strictly necessary. |
| Session / authentication credential | First party or contracted identity provider; app and account pages | Maintains a signed-in session, verifies requests, prevents account takeover and supports logout. | Session or stated authentication expiry. Strictly necessary. |
| Security, load-balancing and rate-limit identifiers | Lignique, hosting or AWS infrastructure; website and app | Protects availability, routes traffic, limits abuse and investigates security events. | Session or the shortest operational/security period reasonably required. Strictly necessary. |
| Checkout continuity / fraud signal | Lignique and the payment provider selected at checkout | Preserves transaction state and detects payment or account abuse. Lignique does not receive full payment-card details from the processor. | Session or provider risk period. Strictly necessary for the requested purchase. |
| Local workspace and interface storage | First party; app browser storage, including local storage or IndexedDB | Stores draft state, display preferences, feature settings or local project data on the device. | Until cleared, changed or no longer needed. Strictly necessary when required for a requested local feature; otherwise functional. |
| Google Analytics identifiers, including _ga and the _ga_ measurement-identifier family | Google; website or app only when Analytics is enabled | Distinguishes browser instances and measures audience, acquisition, performance and use. Lignique does not use it for targeted advertising. | Cookie duration up to 2 years unless shortened; analytics event retention no more than 14 months. Analytics consent control. |
| Search Console measurement | Google Search Console; aggregated search-performance data | Measures how public pages appear in Google Search. Search Console itself does not require Lignique to place an advertising cookie in your browser. | Provider/account reporting retention; not an advertising cookie category. |
| Advertising / social-media trackers | None deployed by Lignique at the Effective Date | Not applicable. | Not applicable. Prior notice and consent would be required before deployment where applicable. |
NO SILENT EXPANSION — Lignique will not treat consent to analytics as consent to advertising, will not activate a new non-essential purpose merely because a vendor changes a product name, and will not retroactively broaden a stored choice.
7. Cookie Settings and consent records
When the Service presents a consent banner or panel, the controls are designed to provide: (a) a clear first layer explaining the main purposes; (b) Accept All and Reject Non-Essential actions where required; (c) category-level choices; (d) links to this Policy and the Privacy Policy; and (e) a persistent Cookie Settings link in the footer or account privacy area.
Lignique may store a strictly necessary consent record so it does not ask the same question on every visit and can demonstrate compliance. The record may contain a pseudonymous consent identifier, domain, category choices, notice version, language, country or regulatory region, timestamp and withdrawal status. It must not be repurposed for advertising.
Lignique may ask you to choose again when the consent record expires, you clear storage, you use a new browser or device, a material purpose or provider changes, or applicable law requires renewal. Account-level privacy choices may be synchronised across signed-in devices when described in the interface.
8. How to change or withdraw a choice
- Select Cookie Settings in the website footer or account privacy settings and switch off a non-essential category.
- Clear relevant cookies or site data in the browser or device. This may also sign you out, remove local drafts or reset preferences.
- Use a browser, operating-system or privacy tool that blocks a category. Some tools may prevent a feature from working as intended.
- If the controls are unavailable or inaccessible, contact JayadevanPremnath@lignique.com. Email is a fallback, not a substitute for an accessible self-service withdrawal control.
After withdrawal, Lignique stops the affected future storage or access as soon as reasonably practicable. Existing browser identifiers may remain until they expire or you delete them, but Lignique must not continue using them for the withdrawn purpose.
9. Browser and device controls
Most browsers let you view, delete and block cookies or site data. Mobile operating systems may also limit tracking permissions, advertising identifiers or background access. Consult the help pages for your browser or device because menu names change. Blocking all cookies can interfere with sign-in, security, checkout, saved choices and local project functions. Blocking only non-essential categories is less likely to disrupt the core Service.
Private-browsing modes, content blockers and browser partitioning can shorten or isolate storage. They do not necessarily prevent all server-side logs, fraud detection or strictly necessary security processing.
10. Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track
Where Global Privacy Control (GPC) is legally recognised as a request to opt out of sale, sharing or targeted advertising, Lignique treats a valid GPC signal as applying to the browser or device that sends it. Because Lignique does not sell personal information, share it for cross-context behavioural advertising or conduct targeted advertising at the Effective Date, the signal does not change those practices; it remains a binding limit if those practices change.
There is no uniform legal or technical standard for every Do Not Track signal. Lignique does not rely on non-standard DNT signals as a substitute for Cookie Settings or a legally recognised opt-out preference signal.
11. Providers and international transfers
Strictly necessary or consented technology data may be processed by contracted providers that supply hosting, cloud infrastructure, analytics, authentication, email, support, security or payment services. Current principal categories include AWS infrastructure, Google Analytics or Search Console, Hostinger/WordPress for relevant public-site functions, the payment provider shown at checkout, and other providers identified in the live Service or Privacy Policy.
A provider may process data outside your country. Lignique uses the transfer mechanism and safeguards required by applicable law, such as adequacy decisions, standard contractual clauses, the UK International Data Transfer Addendum or Agreement, contractual confidentiality, security commitments and transfer-risk assessments. No transfer mechanism eliminates all risk.
Provider policies can change. Lignique remains responsible for accurately describing its own configuration and must not rely on a provider notice to expand Lignique's purposes or your choice.
12. Retention and deletion
Lignique retains cookie and similar-technology data only for the period needed for the stated purpose, legal proof, security or dispute handling. The register in Section 6 states the normal duration by technology family. Consent records are normally kept for up to 12 months and may be retained longer only when reasonably necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims. Security logs use the shortest period consistent with abuse prevention and applicable law. Analytics event-level retention is configured for no more than 14 months.
A browser can retain an identifier longer or shorter than expected because of its own settings, backup or synchronisation. Lignique deletes, aggregates or de-identifies server-side copies when the purpose and required retention period end, subject to limited backups and legal holds.
13. Children
The Service is intended only for adults aged 18 or older. Lignique does not knowingly use non-essential technologies to profile children or target advertising to them. If you believe a minor has used the Service or that Lignique has collected a minor's information, contact us promptly so we can investigate and take appropriate action.
14. Security and integrity
Lignique applies reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect consent records and technology data, including access control, encryption in transit where supported, secure configuration, provider diligence, logging and incident response. No browser storage or internet transmission is completely secure. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your device, browser profile and account credentials.
15. Regional standards
| Region | Standard applied |
|---|---|
| European Economic Area | Prior consent is requested before non-essential storage or access under applicable ePrivacy rules. GDPR standards govern any related personal-data processing, including transparent information, lawful basis, minimisation, rights and international-transfer safeguards. |
| United Kingdom | Prior consent is requested for non-essential storage or access under PECR, and UK GDPR standards apply to related personal data. Consent withdrawal must be as easy as consent. |
| United States | State privacy laws may give rights concerning sale, sharing or targeted advertising and may recognise browser preference signals. Lignique does not conduct those activities at the Effective Date and honours legally valid opt-out signals. |
| California | Lignique does not sell or share personal information as those terms are used for cross-context behavioural advertising. If that changes, Lignique will provide the required notice and opt-out methods before the change applies. |
| India | Lignique applies applicable information-technology, consumer-protection and data-protection requirements as they come into force, including clear notice, security, grievance handling and valid consent where required. |
| Other regions | Lignique applies mandatory local rules. A regional right or stricter standard is not waived merely because it is not reproduced word-for-word in this Policy. |
16. Changes to this Policy
Lignique may update this Policy to reflect a technology, provider, legal requirement or Service change. The revised version will show a new Last Updated date and version number. If a change materially expands a non-essential purpose, Lignique will provide prominent notice and request fresh consent before applying that purpose where required. An archived version will be made available on reasonable request when needed to understand a prior choice.
17. Questions, complaints and grievance process
Contact Lignique using the details below for a cookie question, accessibility issue, consent complaint or request concerning related personal information. Include the relevant domain or app surface, browser or device type, approximate date, screenshot if available, and the choice you attempted to make. Do not send passwords, payment-card numbers or unnecessary sensitive information.
Operator and contact details
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Legal operator | Jayadevan Premnath, sole proprietor doing business as Lignique Studios |
| Business address | 4/238 Komalapuram, Alappuzha, Kerala 688006, India |
| GST registration | 32AWQPJ4353D1ZO |
| Privacy and legal email | JayadevanPremnath@lignique.com |
| Telephone | +91 7736470963 |
Lignique will acknowledge and resolve a complaint within the period required by applicable law. Where Indian intermediary grievance rules apply to the matter and to Lignique's role, Lignique aims to acknowledge a complaint within 24 hours and resolve it within 7 days, subject to faster mandatory periods for specified urgent content or lawful orders. Privacy-right requests follow the verification, timing and appeal process in the Privacy Policy.
Related legal documents
This Policy should be read with the following documents. Each linked title opens the intended canonical production location; staging or app links may redirect to it.
- Terms and Conditions
- Privacy Policy
- Refund and Cancellation Policy
- Subscription and Credit Policy
- Cookie Policy
- AI Output and IP Responsibility Policy
PUBLICATION CONTROL — This Cookie Policy is written for publication as Version 2.0. Lignique must keep its actual website, app, consent controls, provider configuration, labels, retention settings and support practices consistent with the statements in this document. A policy cannot cure an implementation that behaves differently.