What cookies are
A cookie is a small file a website asks your browser to keep, so it can recognise you from one page to the next. Websites can also keep small notes in your browser's storage, for this tab or for longer. The law treats both the same way, so both are listed here.
Your choice now
When you first visit, we ask whether we may remember your preferences on this device. Rejecting is as easy as accepting, and nothing optional is kept before you choose. Your choice is kept for 6 months, then we ask again.
Strictly necessary Always on
These make the site work: signing in, keeping your account safe, paying, and remembering the choice you make here. They cannot be switched off, and none of them follows you around the web.
| Name | What it is for | How long | Kept by |
|---|---|---|---|
blincke-sessionCookie |
Keeps you signed in and remembers what you are doing from one page to the next. | 2 hours after your last visit | Blincke |
XSRF-TOKENCookie |
Proves a form was sent from our own pages, which stops another site acting in your name. | 2 hours | Blincke |
remember_web_…Cookie |
Only if you tick "Keep me signed in": keeps you signed in on this device. | 400 days, or until you sign out | Blincke |
blincke_consentCookie |
Remembers the choice you make about cookies, so we do not ask on every page. | 6 months | Blincke |
__stripe_mid, __stripe_sidCookie |
Set by Stripe on a page where you pay with Apple Pay or Google Pay, to stop card fraud. | 1 year; 30 minutes | Stripe |
blincke-push-synced, blincke-install-offeredTab storage |
Notes for this tab only: that your device's notification address was checked, and that we already offered the app on this visit. | Until you close the tab | Blincke |
sw.jsService worker |
Only if you install the app or turn on notifications: lets the app open and notifications arrive. It keeps no pages and nothing about you. | Until you remove the app or turn notifications off | Blincke |
Preferences Only if you agree
Choices you make, remembered on this device for next time. If you leave these off, the choices still work, but only until you close the tab.
| Name | What it is for | How long | Kept by |
|---|---|---|---|
blincke-themeLocal storage |
The day or night theme you picked. | Until you clear it | Blincke |
blincke-navLocal storage |
Whether you folded the sidebar. | Until you clear it | Blincke |
blincke-installLocal storage |
When you said "Not now" to installing the app, so we wait a fortnight before offering it again. | Until you clear it | Blincke |
blincke-push-prompt-…Local storage |
When you put away an invitation to turn on notifications, so it stays away for 30 days. | Until you clear it | Blincke |
What we do not use
We use no analytics, no advertising or retargeting, no social media buttons that track you, and no fonts, maps or videos loaded from other companies' servers. Our fonts and pictures are served from our own site. If we ever want to add anything optional, we will list it here and ask you first.
Other sites
When you pay by card, you go to Stripe's own payment page; when a professional checks their identity, they go to Didit's. Those pages set their own cookies, covered by their own policies: Stripe's cookie policy, Didit's privacy policy.
Staff using our admin panel also have their theme and menu remembered on their device by the panel itself.
Changing your mind
Change your choice whenever you like, from "Cookie settings" at the foot of every page or from your account menu. If you switch preferences off, what was remembered is forgotten on this device straight away.
You can also delete cookies or block them in your browser's settings. If you block the necessary ones, you will not be able to sign in.
Questions
How we use personal information is set out in our privacy policy. For anything else, email services@blincke.com.
