Cookies and similar storage

Draft v1 · 1 November 2026 — pending solicitor review

Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), we must tell you about cookies and similar technologies. HearthStead uses only strictly necessary storage, so no cookie banner is needed — and there are no advertising, analytics or social-media trackers.

1. What we store

Sign-in session (browser local storage): keeps you signed in securely. Removed when you sign out.
Security tokens: protect sign-in and payment pages from misuse.
Payment checkout: if you subscribe, our payment provider sets cookies strictly needed to complete the payment and prevent fraud.

2. What we don't use

No advertising cookies, no cross-site tracking, no third-party analytics profiling and no social-media pixels.

3. Managing storage

You can clear cookies and site data in your browser settings at any time. Doing so will sign you out.

4. Changes

If we ever wish to use non-essential cookies we will ask for your consent first, with a clear choice to refuse.