Cookie Policy

Effective Date: January 1, 2025

Last Updated: January 1, 2025

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide a better user experience, and give website owners useful information about how their site is used.

Similar technologies include web beacons, pixels, and local storage. For simplicity, we refer to all these technologies as "cookies" in this policy.

2. How We Use Cookies

Clearly uses cookies and similar technologies to provide, protect, and improve our Service. Specifically, we use cookies to:

  • Keep you signed in to your account
  • Remember your preferences and settings
  • Understand how you use our Service
  • Improve and personalize your experience
  • Ensure the security of your account
  • Analyze the performance of our Service

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the Service to function properly. They enable basic features like page navigation, secure access, and session management. You cannot opt out of these cookies as the Service would not function without them.

Cookie NamePurposeDuration
session_tokenAuthenticationSession
csrf_tokenSecuritySession
device_idDevice recognition1 year

3.2 Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization. They remember your preferences like theme selection, language, and display settings.

Cookie NamePurposeDuration
themeTheme preference1 year
preferencesUser settings1 year

3.3 Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our Service. They collect information about page views, time spent, and how users navigate through the app. This information helps us improve our Service. Analytics cookies are only set after you give explicit consent.

Cookie NamePurposeDuration
_vaAnalytics (Vercel)1 year
_gaAnalytics (Google)2 years
_gidAnalytics (Google)24 hours

Note: Analytics data is aggregated and anonymized. We do not use it to identify individual users. You can manage your analytics preferences at any time in Settings > Privacy.

4. Third-Party Cookies

In some cases, we use cookies from trusted third parties. These third parties include:

  • Vercel Analytics: To understand app performance and user engagement (only with consent)
  • Google Analytics: To analyze website traffic and usage patterns (only with consent)
  • Google OAuth: To enable secure sign-in with your Google account
  • Sentry: For error monitoring and performance tracking (essential for service reliability)

These third parties have their own privacy policies governing how they use and protect your data. We encourage you to review their policies:

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have several options for managing cookies:

5.1 In-App Settings

The easiest way to manage your cookie preferences is through the app:

  • Go to Settings (gear icon in the top right)
  • Select the Privacy tab
  • Toggle analytics and marketing cookies on or off
  • Your choices take effect immediately

5.2 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can:

  • View and delete cookies stored on your device
  • Block all cookies or only third-party cookies
  • Set preferences for specific websites
  • Enable "Do Not Track" signals

Please note that blocking certain cookies may affect your experience and limit functionality.

5.3 Browser-Specific Instructions

Here are links to cookie management instructions for popular browsers:

5.4 Opt-Out of Analytics

In addition to using our in-app privacy settings, you can opt out of Google Analytics by installing theGoogle Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

6. Local Storage

In addition to cookies, we use local storage to store certain data on your device. Local storage is similar to cookies but can store larger amounts of data and doesn't expire automatically.

We use local storage for:

  • Your cookie consent preferences
  • Caching data to improve performance
  • Storing your preferences offline
  • Enabling offline functionality (when available)

You can clear local storage through your browser's developer tools or by clearing your browser data. Note that clearing local storage will reset your cookie preferences and you'll see the consent banner again.

7. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, regulatory, or operational reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

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