1. Overview
A cookie is a small text file stored in your browser. “Local storage” is a similar mechanism used by modern web apps. APBuddy uses cookies that are strictly necessary to run the Service, plus — only with your consent — Google Analytics on our public website. We do not use third-party advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.
2. What we use
| Item | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
sb-*-auth-token | Local storage (essential) | Keeps you signed in via our authentication provider (Supabase). | Until sign-out or session expiry |
theme | Local storage (essential) | Remembers your light/dark theme preference. | Persistent |
| Session cookies set by Stripe on the billing portal | Third-party (essential when using billing) | Required for the Stripe-hosted customer portal to function securely. | Managed by Stripe |
apbuddy_cookie_consent | Local storage (essential) | Remembers whether you accepted or declined analytics cookies. | Persistent |
_ga, _ga_* (Google Analytics) | Third-party (analytics — consent required) | Measures how our public website is used. Only set after you select “Accept”. IP anonymised. | Up to 2 years |
3. Analytics (consent-based)
With your consent, we use Google Analytics to understand how visitors find and use our public website so we can improve it. These cookies are only set after you select “Accept” in our cookie banner — nothing analytics-related loads beforehand, and you can decline without affecting how the product works. IP addresses are anonymised. We do not use advertising or marketing-pixel cookies. You can change your choice at any time by clearing this site’s cookies and local storage in your browser, which will bring the banner back.
4. Controlling cookies
You can clear local storage and cookies through your browser settings. Clearing the auth token will sign you out of APBuddy.
5. Changes
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top of the page indicates when it was last revised.
6. Contact
Questions? Email privacy@apbuddy.io.