vaguely

Cookie and Storage Policy

1. Overview

Vaguely primarily uses browser localStorage and native app storage rather than traditional cookies. This policy explains what data we store locally on your device, why, and how you can control it.

2. What Are Cookies and Local Storage

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites. Local storage is a similar browser mechanism that stores data without expiry by default. On our mobile apps, equivalent data is stored in native app storage. We use a combination of these technologies.

3. How We Use Local Storage and Cookies

Vaguely uses the following categories of storage:

• Strictly necessary: Authentication tokens (inv_tok), user preferences (theme, category), and search history stored in localStorage or native app storage. These are essential for the Service to function and cannot be disabled without breaking core features.
• Functional: Your preferences such as dark/light mode, selected category, and form field state. Stored locally on your device — no third-party involvement.
• Analytics: We use anonymised, aggregated analytics to understand how the Service is used. IP addresses are hashed before storage and are not used to identify individuals.
• No advertising storage: We do not use any advertising, tracking, or retargeting cookies or storage. We do not serve ads. We do not share data with advertising networks.

4. Third-Party Technologies

Our third-party service providers may store data as follows:

• Supabase: Manages authentication via JWT tokens stored in your browser's localStorage (not traditional cookies). Governed by Supabase's privacy policy.
• Anthropic: Processes search queries server-side via their API. Does not set cookies or access your browser storage.
• OpenAI: Processes confirmed query text server-side to generate numerical embeddings for the semantic search cache. Query text is not used to train OpenAI models. Does not set cookies or access your browser storage. Governed by OpenAI's privacy policy.
• Google Vision API: Processes images server-side. Does not set cookies or access your browser storage.
• RevenueCat: Manages subscription state on mobile. May store identifiers in native app storage to verify subscription status. Governed by RevenueCat's privacy policy.

5. Managing Your Storage

To clear Vaguely's locally stored data on a desktop or laptop, use your browser's developer tools to clear localStorage for the vaguely.app domain. On iOS, go to Settings > Safari > Advanced > Website Data, search for vaguely.app, and delete. On Android, go to Settings > Apps > Vaguely > Storage > Clear Data. Note that clearing strictly necessary storage will sign you out and reset your preferences.

6. Storage Retention

Authentication tokens expire according to Supabase's session policy (typically 1 hour, refreshed on use). Preference data persists until you clear your storage. Search history is retained locally until you delete it from the history panel or clear all history.

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie and Storage Policy as our practices change or as required by law. Material changes will take effect no sooner than 14 days after notice is posted.

8. Contact

For questions about our storage practices: info@vaguely.app