Cookie Policy
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Draft — not legal advice. Review with a licensed attorney before use. Confirm the actual cookies/SDKs in your production build (analytics, error tracking, and any embedded third parties may set their own).
This Cookie Policy explains how LocalCooking uses cookies and similar technologies (local storage, tokens) on our websites and apps. It supplements our Privacy Policy.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files stored on your device. "Similar technologies" include browser local storage and session tokens. They can be strictly necessary (the service can't work without them), functional, analytics/performance, or advertising.
2. Cookies we use
| Category | Purpose | Examples on this Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Sign‑in/session, security (CSRF/anti‑forgery), load balancing, and remembering essential state. | Authentication session cookies (JWT‑based login session), sign‑in/CSRF tokens, short‑lived flow cookies (e.g., account‑linking/merge). |
| Functional | Remember preferences and improve the experience. | Theme/preferences, recently used settings. |
| Performance (first‑party) | Let a cook see whether the menu posts they share bring anyone. | lc_via_post — set only when you follow the link in a cook's own post. It names that cook and nothing about you, lasts 7 days, and is used only to count an order you place for their food as having come from their post. Not set if your browser sends Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track, or if you declined analytics. The visit itself is counted as a number, with nothing stored on your device. |
| Analytics / performance (if enabled) | Understand usage and diagnose errors. | Google Analytics (GA4) — set only after you accept them in the banner, and never loaded at all if you decline or if your browser sends an opt‑out signal. Error tracking (Sentry), which does not set cookies. |
| Advertising (only if enabled) | Measure or serve ads. | None — the platform loads no advertising or marketing technology. |
Third‑party providers integrated into the Platform (for example, the payment processor's embedded payment form, mapping, or login providers) may set their own cookies governed by their policies.
3. Managing cookies
- Strictly necessary cookies cannot be switched off without breaking core features like signing in.
- Analytics cookies are off until you turn them on. We ask once, in a banner at the bottom of the page, and nothing from Google is loaded before you answer. Declining is remembered, and the site works the same either way.
- To change your mind, clear this site's data in your browser settings; the banner will ask again on your next visit.
- You can control other cookies through your browser settings.
- Blocking some cookies may degrade functionality.
4. Do Not Track / Global Privacy Control
We honor recognized opt‑out signals. If your browser sends Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track, we treat that as a refusal of analytics cookies: we do not load Google Analytics and we do not show you the banner. See the Privacy Policy for your rights.
5. Changes and contact
We may update this policy; material changes will be posted with a new date. Questions: not yet set: privacy email.