1. Essential session technologies
Authentication and account features may use secure cookies or equivalent browser storage so ADE can keep you signed in, refresh sessions and protect authenticated routes. These technologies are necessary for requested account and security functions. Blocking them may prevent signed-in features from working.
2. Functional local storage
ADE may use browser local storage for non-advertising functionality. Examples include remembering your analytics choice, storing a draft opportunity or partnership form on your own device, and keeping browser-side usage counters for selected free tools.
Local-storage entries generally remain on that browser until ADE code replaces them, you clear site data, or the browser removes them. Drafts stored only in your browser are not automatically uploaded to ADE merely because they exist in local storage.
3. Referral attribution
When you visit ADE through a referral link, ADE may store an ade_ref referral identifier or equivalent referral session for up to 30 days for an individual referral or up to 90 days for an eligible business referral. It is used to attribute eligible activity to the referring member and is subject to self-referral and fraud checks.
4. Optional analytics
Optional analytics are disabled by default until you make a choice. If you allow analytics, ADE may use Vercel Web Analytics for aggregate product insights and Google Analytics 4 on the Production site.
Vercel Web Analytics is designed without tracking cookies and uses short-lived, privacy-focused visitor identification for aggregate reporting. Google Analytics may use first-party analytics storage and browser identifiers when allowed. ADE's implementation keeps advertising storage, advertising user data and advertising personalization disabled for this analytics choice.
5. Payments and external services
ADE uses Stripe for payment processing. Stripe's embedded checkout and payment components may use cookies or similar technologies required for payment processing, fraud prevention and security under Stripe's own privacy and cookie terms.
Third-party content or services that you intentionally open may apply their own browser technologies under their own terms.
6. Advertising
ADE does not currently enable third-party behavioral advertising tracking through the ADE analytics preference. If ADE later introduces advertising pixels, remarketing or other non-essential tracking, this notice and the relevant consent controls must be updated before those technologies are enabled.
7. Managing browser storage
You can change ADE's optional analytics preference at any time below. You can also clear cookies and local storage using your browser controls, although clearing essential session data may sign you out and clearing local drafts or usage counters may remove data stored only on that device.
8. Contact
Questions about ADE's cookie, browser-storage or analytics practices can be sent to support@thisisade.com.