# Cookie Policy

Draft cookie policy: the cookies and browser storage the ClarkCant Marketplace uses, by category, and how to change your choice.

> **Draft — requires legal review before production launch.** This text describes how the service works today. It is not final legal terms, and placeholders marked TO BE CONFIRMED still need an owner's decision.

## Categories

- **Necessary** (always on): needed to sign in and keep the site secure.
- **Preferences** (off until you allow it): remembers choices such as light or dark theme on this device.

The marketplace runs **no analytics and no advertising**, so there is no switch for them. If that ever changes, a new category will be added here and nothing in it will run until you opt in.

Non-essential categories are off by default. Change your choice at any time with **Cookie settings** in the site footer.

## What is stored

| Name | Category | Purpose | Lifetime |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `better-auth.session_token` (with a `__Secure-` prefix on HTTPS) | Necessary | Keeps you signed in | 7 days, renewed while you use the site |
| Short-lived sign-in cookies set by the authentication library (for example GitHub or passkey sign-in state) | Necessary | Protect a sign-in in progress | Minutes |
| `cc_consent` | Necessary | Stores your cookie choice | 180 days |
| `theme` (browser local storage) | Preferences | Remembers your theme choice | Until you clear it or withdraw consent |

Signed-out visitors who only browse get no cookie until they make a cookie choice or sign in.

## Third parties

The site sets no third-party cookies. Fonts and README images come from Google Fonts and jsDelivr; see the [Privacy Policy](/privacy).