In short:essential cookies support sign-in, security, and your cookie choice. Google Analytics remains disabled unless you select "Accept all."
1. What cookies and similar technologies are
Cookies are small text files stored by your browser. They can help a website maintain a secure session, remember a choice, or understand how visitors use the service. Similar technologies, including browser local storage, can remember information on your device without using a cookie. In this policy, references to cookies include these similar technologies where appropriate.
2. How we use them
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies support functionality you request, including registration, sign-in, session security, fraud prevention, and remembering your cookie choice. The authentication service cannot operate correctly without its required cookies. Strictly necessary cookies are not controlled by the optional Analytics choice.
Functional preference storage
StockScanners uses browser local storage to remember a light or dark theme selected on the site. This preference is stored on your device and is not used to track activity across websites.
Optional analytics cookies
If you select "Accept all," we use Google Analytics 4 to understand visits and interactions, such as pages viewed, general device and browser information, approximate location derived from the connection, and how visitors navigate the service. We use these statistics to maintain and improve StockScanners. We do not intentionally send names, email addresses, or other directly identifying account information to Google Analytics.
Google Analytics is not loaded while your choice is undecided or when you select "Necessary only." We do not use Google Analytics here for advertising, remarketing, Google Signals, or personalized advertising.
3. Cookies and storage currently used
| Provider / storage | Examples | Purpose | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| StockScanners | stockscanners_cookie_consent | Records whether you selected all cookies or necessary cookies only, including the consent-policy version. | 180 days |
| Clerk | Cookies may include __session, __client, __client_uat, and security cookies used by Clerk's infrastructure. | Authentication, session continuity, account security, and abuse prevention. | Session-based or according to the configured Clerk session and security settings. |
| StockScanners local storage | app-theme | Remembers the light or dark theme you selected. | Until changed or cleared in your browser. |
| Google Analytics | _ga and _ga_<container-id> | Distinguishes browsers and maintains session state for aggregate usage measurement, only after consent. | Up to 2 years by default. |
Exact authentication or security cookie names and lifetimes can vary according to the browser, sign-in method, Clerk configuration, and security requirements. We will update this table if we introduce another material cookie category or provider.
4. Your choices
On your first visit, you can select "Accept all" or "Necessary only." If you do not make a choice, optional Analytics remains off. You can revisit your decision at any time using the button below or the "Cookie settings" link in the website footer.
When you withdraw Analytics consent, StockScanners stops loading Google Analytics and attempts to remove its first-party _ga cookies from this site. Withdrawal does not affect processing that occurred before it. You can also delete or block cookies through your browser, but blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent registration, sign-in, or secure account access from working correctly.
5. Third-party providers and international processing
Clerk provides authentication and security services, and Google provides Analytics when you consent. These providers may process information in countries outside Israel or your country of residence, subject to their terms, privacy documentation, and applicable transfer safeguards. You can read the Clerk Privacy Policy and the Google Privacy Policy.
6. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when our technology, providers, or legal obligations change. We will update the date shown above and request a new choice when a material change requires renewed consent.
7. Contact
Questions about this policy or privacy choices can be sent to [email protected]. The operator's full legal name and address will be added before public launch.