Cookie Policy

Last updated: 7 July 2026

For visitors in Finland (FI). This policy explains how Velvet Rocket Media LLC uses cookies and similar tech on echoiran.com. Read it alongside our Privacy Policy.

1. Who we are

Velvet Rocket Media LLC
401-407 Headquarters Dr
Millersville, MD 21108-2503
United States
Email: hello@echoiran.com
Phone: +358 9 4242 8800

2. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a site. They help remember preferences, keep sessions secure and understand how pages are used. Similar tech includes local storage, session storage and pixel tags.

3. Legal framework in Finland

We follow the EU ePrivacy Directive as implemented in Finland (Act on Electronic Communications Services, 917/2014) and the GDPR. Non-essential cookies — including analytics — are only placed after you consent via our cookie banner. Essential cookies don't need consent because they're strictly necessary to provide the service you request.

4. Cookie categories we use

4.1 Strictly necessary (essential) cookies

These cookies are required for the site to work. They can't be switched off in our systems. They're usually set in response to actions you take — setting privacy preferences, filling forms or using the chat widget.

• cookie_consent — stores your cookie choice (accept all / essential only). Duration: 12 months. Provider: Velvet Rocket Media LLC.
• session_id — maintains your browsing session and security tokens. Duration: session. Provider: Velvet Rocket Media LLC.

4.2 Analytics cookies (consent required)

With your consent, we use analytics cookies to see how visitors use the site — popular pages, session length, errors. Data is aggregated and doesn't directly identify you.

• _analytics_id — distinguishes unique visitors. Duration: 13 months. Provider: Velvet Rocket Media LLC / analytics processor.
• _analytics_session — groups page views into a session. Duration: 30 minutes of inactivity. Provider: Velvet Rocket Media LLC / analytics processor.

4.3 Cookies we don't use

We don't use advertising, retargeting or social-media tracking cookies on this website. We don't sell cookie data to third parties.

5. How to manage your choices

When you first visit from Finland, a banner asks whether to accept all cookies or allow essential only. You can change your mind anytime by:

• Clearing cookies in your browser settings and revisiting the site to see the banner again
• Emailing hello@echoiran.com with the subject line "Cookie preferences"

Most browsers let you block or delete cookies. Blocking everything may affect site functionality (consent record, chat session, etc.).

6. Browser controls

Check your browser's help section for cookie management:

• Chrome — Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies
• Firefox — Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Safari — Settings → Privacy → Manage Website Data
• Edge — Settings → Cookies and site permissions

7. Third-party content

Embedded content like Google Maps in our footer may set its own cookies when you interact with the embed. Those are controlled by the third party under their own policies. Review Google's privacy docs if you use the map.

8. Data retention

Cookie lifetimes are listed in section 4. When a cookie expires or you delete it, associated data is removed from active systems within standard backup cycles (up to 90 days).

9. Your rights

Where cookie data is personal data, you have the rights in our Privacy Policy, including access, erasure and the right to complain to the Finnish Data Protection Ombudsman.

10. Updates

We may update this policy when we add or remove technologies or when law changes. Check this page for the latest version.

11. Contact

Velvet Rocket Media LLC
401-407 Headquarters Dr, Millersville, MD 21108-2503, United States
hello@echoiran.com · +358 9 4242 8800