In short
We use only what the service needs to work, plus Google Analytics if you accept it. We use no advertising cookies. Analytics never runs on customer boards or embeds. The Privacy Policy explains what happens with the data.
On upvotekit.com and the app
| Name | Type | What it does | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
__Secure-better-auth.session_token | Cookie, necessary | Keeps you signed in. | 7 days after you last used it, or until you sign out |
better-auth.state and related sign-in cookies | Cookie, necessary | Only while you sign in with Google, to protect the sign-in from forgery. | A few minutes |
uvk-consent | Local storage, necessary | Remembers whether you accepted or rejected analytics. | Until you clear it |
uvk-admin-theme | Local storage, preference | Remembers light, dark or system theme in the app. | Until you clear it |
| Pending checkout id | Session storage, necessary | Lets the checkout page finish setting up your subscription if you reload it. | Until the tab closes |
_ga, _ga_* | Cookie, analytics | Only after you accept. Google Analytics 4 counts visits and a few steps like sign-up and purchase. | Up to 2 years |
On customer boards and embeds
| Name | Type | What it does | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
uvk_vid | Cookie, necessary | A random, signed visitor id. It is set only when you first vote, post or comment, so your votes stay yours and can't be repeated. It isn't set when you only read a board. | 1 year |
When a board is embedded in a customer's website or app, this cookie is set from our domain inside their page. The customer runs that page, so their own cookie notice should mention it. Customers: the DPA covers it.
Set by others
- Paddle sets its own cookies in the checkout window to process your payment and prevent fraud (Paddle's cookie policy applies).
- Google sets cookies on its own site when you sign in with it.
- Cloudflare Turnstile runs in a small frame from
challenges.cloudflare.com, only when someone posts, comments or leaves their email on a board with spam protection on, or joins the launch waitlist. It checks the browser to tell people from bots and is not used for tracking or advertising (Cloudflare's privacy policy applies).
Your choices
You can also delete cookies and site data in your browser. Without the necessary cookies you can't sign in or vote.