Digital Transparency & GDPR

Cookie Policy

Version 2.4 — Last updated: September 2026

Transparency on Cookies: At Fast Invoice, we utilize technical and functional cookies to ensure reliable document creation, secure active sessions, and protect financial transactions. Below we detail precisely what cookies we deploy, their exact purposes, and how you retain complete management control over them.

1. What are Cookies and Similar Technologies?

A cookie is a small data file that a website saves onto your desktop computer, tablet, or smartphone upon your visit. Cookies allow the website to recognize your browser, persist active login sessions, and remember preferred interface configurations (such as language selection) over a designated duration so that you do not need to reconfigure them each time you navigate across pages.

In addition, we utilize Local Storage technologies within your modern browser to efficiently persist your cookie consent choices without continually communicating unneeded telemetry across external networks.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

Fast Invoice deploys cookies categorized under the following operational scopes:

  • Strictly Necessary (Technical) Cookies: Fundamental for platform operation. These maintain authenticated user sessions, safeguard form submissions against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) exploits, and power the interactive document creation engine. They do not require prior consent under applicable privacy laws because the service cannot function without them.
  • Preference & Functional Cookies: Retain user interface choices, including language preferences (English or Spanish) and collapsed sidebar navigation states.
  • Security & Fraud Prevention Cookies: Administered by certified payment processors (Stripe and Paddle) to detect fraudulent bots, suspicious checkout patterns, and prevent unauthorized cardholder abuse.

3. Detailed Cookie Inventory

The comprehensive list of cookies and local storage tokens active on fastinvoice.online includes:

Cookie Name Provider Purpose Category Lifespan
PHPSESSID Fast Invoice Maintains encrypted session identity while editing invoices and navigating the merchant dashboard. Essential Technical Session (cleared on browser exit)
csrf_token Fast Invoice Protects user actions from malicious cross-site request forgery attacks. Essential Security Session
fastinvoice_cookie_consent Fast Invoice Records user consent preference from the bottom GDPR banner (accepted/rejected). Functional (Local Storage) 12 months
__stripe_mid / __stripe_sid Stripe Inc. Financial anti-fraud risk mitigation and payment verification during subscription checkout. Third-Party Security 1 year / 30 minutes
paddlejs_* Paddle.com Initializes encrypted payment checkout overlays and anti-abuse validation. Third-Party Security Session

4. Third-Party & Payment Gateway Cookies

When executing a subscription transaction or interacting with checkout frames, certified gateways (Stripe Inc. and Paddle.com Market Ltd.) may deploy security cookies to evaluate fraud indicators. These are mandated by international banking regulations (including PSD2 / Strong Customer Authentication in the EEA and PCI-DSS Level 1 specifications).

Fast Invoice does not incorporate third-party advertising cookies or cross-platform tracking pixels that commercialize your trade activity.

5. Local Storage Technologies

Alongside traditional HTTP cookies, our application utilizes browser localStorage. This mechanism retains key-value data on your client terminal without sending them in standard HTTP headers:

  • Cookie Consent Status: Records whether you accepted or dismissed the cookie banner so you are not interrupted repeatedly.
  • Draft Workspaces: Caches local layout state in document builders to prevent loss of unsaved invoice items.

6. Managing & Revoking Your Consent

When you first visit Fast Invoice, an interactive consent banner appears at the base of your screen. You may accept or decline non-essential cookies at any point.

To reset your cookie preferences, simply clear your browser's cached cookies for fastinvoice.online or delete the fastinvoice_cookie_consent entry in your browser's Developer Tools Storage inspector.

7. Browser Configuration Guide

Every major web browser empowers you to inspect, restrict, or purge cookies through its settings menu:

  • Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data.
  • Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data.
  • Apple Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Block all cookies.
  • Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies.

Important Operational Notice: Disabling strictly necessary session cookies (such as PHPSESSID) will prevent successful login authentication and make it impossible to compose or save invoices and estimates.

8. Updates to this Cookie Policy

We may amend this policy periodically to reflect operational improvements, technological revisions, or regulatory mandates. The "Last updated" date at the top indicates its current revision. We invite users to review this page periodically to remain informed about our cookie practices.

9. Contact & Inquiries

If you have questions concerning our cookie implementations or wish to discuss data privacy controls, please contact our team:

Fast Invoice — Data Privacy & Compliance

Website: fastinvoice.online

Privacy Email: [email protected]

General Support: [email protected]