Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains the cookies and similar technologies used on settlebuddy.io, and how you control them. Read it together with our Privacy Policy.
Our consent model
When you first visit, you see a cookie-consent banner. No non-essential cookies or tracking run before you make a choice. Strictly-necessary items are always active because the Site cannot function without them. Analytics and marketing technologies load only after you opt in, and you can change or withdraw your choice at any time.
We use three categories: strictly necessary (always on — needed to load the Site and remember your cookie choice); analytics (optional — Google Analytics 4, to measure interest); and marketing (optional — Meta Pixel, to measure and improve advertising).
Cookie table
| Name | Provider | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Google (GA4) | Analytics | Distinguishes unique visitors via a random identifier | Up to 2 years (browsers cap first-party cookies at ~13 months) |
_ga_<id> | Google (GA4) | Analytics | Persists session state for the GA4 property | Up to 2 years (~13 months effective) |
_gid | Google (GA4) | Analytics | Distinguishes visitors over a short period | 24 hours |
_fbp | Meta | Marketing | Identifies browsers to deliver and measure ads | 90 days |
_fbc | Meta | Marketing | Stores a click identifier when you arrive from a Meta ad, for attribution | 90 days |
__Host-sb_sess | settlebuddy.io | Strictly necessary | Keeps you signed in to your SettleBuddy account on the website (a random session code; HttpOnly, Secure) | Ends after 30 days without use, or when you sign out |
sb_oauth | settlebuddy.io | Strictly necessary | Holds the security codes of a "Continue with Google" sign-in while it runs | 10 minutes |
sb_admin | settlebuddy.io | Strictly necessary (SettleBuddy team only) | Lets the team's review console show photos that wait for review | 2 hours |
sb_terms (cookie and local storage), sb_terms_rec (local storage) | settlebuddy.io | Strictly necessary | Remembers that you accepted the current Terms and Conditions on this browser, on the website and in the web app, so you are asked only once | 1 year, or until the Terms change |
sb_consent_v1 (local storage) | settlebuddy.io | Strictly necessary | Remembers your cookie/consent choice so the banner is not shown again | Stays in your browser until you clear it or reset your choice |
How to change or withdraw your consent
Click "Manage cookie preferences" above (or on the Site) to reopen the banner and enable or disable analytics and marketing cookies. Withdrawing consent stops those technologies from loading on future visits; you can also delete existing cookies via your browser settings.
Global Privacy Control
We honour the Global Privacy Control (GPC). If your browser or extension sends a GPC signal, we treat it as a valid request to opt out of the sale/sharing of personal information, and we do not enable analytics or marketing cookies for that browser.
More information
For what data these tools collect, who receives it, and international transfers, see our Privacy Policy. Questions: hello@settlebuddy.io.