This page lists every cookie and browser storage key AutomateSEO sets, what each one does, and how to control it. It supplements our Privacy Policy.
Short version: we use authentication cookies and a handful of local storage keys that remember your interface preferences. We run no advertising trackers, no third-party analytics, no session recording and no pixels. There is no Google Analytics, no Meta Pixel, no Hotjar, no PostHog and no Mixpanel on this site.
1. Strictly necessary cookies
These are required for the Service to work. Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations they are exempt from the consent requirement, because without them you could not log in or stay logged in.
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
sb-[project-ref]-auth-token |
Supabase (first party) | Holds your authenticated session. Without it you are logged out on every page load. | Session, refreshed on activity; cleared on sign out |
sb-[project-ref]-auth-token-code-verifier |
Supabase (first party) | PKCE verifier used during sign-in and OAuth to prevent authorisation code interception | A few minutes, during sign-in only |
Payment pages hosted by Stripe set their own strictly necessary cookies for fraud prevention while you are on them. Those are governed by Stripe's privacy policy.
2. Local storage
These are stored in your browser and never sent to our servers. They exist so the interface behaves the way you left it.
| Key | Purpose | Cleared |
|---|---|---|
sidebar-collapsed, sidebar-sections |
Remembers whether you collapsed the sidebar and which sections were open | When you clear site data |
guidance:* |
Remembers which help panels you have dismissed | When you clear site data |
onboarding_prefill |
Temporarily carries details you entered before signing up so you do not retype them | On completing onboarding |
| Tutorial progress key | Remembers which tutorial steps you have completed | When you clear site data |
| Agent run key | Lets a long-running AI agent conversation resume if you reload the page | When the run finishes |
affiliate_code, affiliate_click_time |
Records that you arrived via an affiliate link, so the referrer is credited if you buy | 30 days, or when you clear site data |
A note on affiliate attribution
The two affiliate keys are the only entries here that are not purely functional for you — they exist so we can pay a commission to whoever referred you. We store them in local storage rather than a cookie, they contain no identifier for you personally, and they are only read at the point of purchase.
We consider this necessary to provide a service you have requested by following a referral link. If you would rather it were not recorded, clear your browser storage for this site before signing up, or email privacy@automateseo.app and we will detach the attribution from your account.
3. What we do not use
- No advertising or retargeting cookies
- No third-party analytics
- No session recording or heatmapping
- No social media tracking pixels
- No cross-site tracking, and no data sold or shared for behavioural advertising
- No fingerprinting
This is why you do not see a cookie consent banner: we do not set anything that requires consent. If that ever changes, we will add a compliant consent mechanism before setting a single non-essential cookie, and update this page first.
4. Controlling cookies and storage
Sign out clears your authentication cookies.
Clear site data in your browser removes everything listed above. Note that clearing local storage resets interface preferences and logs you out.
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Third-party cookies → See all site data and permissions
- Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data → Manage Data
- Safari: Settings → Privacy → Manage Website Data
- Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies and site data
Blocking cookies for this site will prevent you logging in, because the authentication cookie is how your session works.
Do Not Track / Global Privacy Control. We honour these by default, in the sense that we do not perform the tracking they are designed to prevent.
5. Content you publish
If you use AutomateSEO to publish to your own website, any cookies that site sets are your responsibility, not ours. Widgets and calculators we generate for embedding use local storage only for their own state and set no tracking cookies.
6. Changes and contact
We will update this page whenever we add or remove a cookie or storage key. Questions: privacy@automateseo.app