Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains the cookies and similar technology (localStorage) HookDoc uses, their purposes, and how to manage them. Cookies fall into two groups: essential cookies required for the Service to function, and optional cookies activated only after your consent.
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files websites store in your browser. HookDoc uses them to keep you signed in (sender), identify reviewer sessions (reviewer), remember your language preference, and — only with consent — analyze product usage.
2. Essential cookies (no consent required)
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3. Optional cookies (consent only)
Microsoft Clarity analytics cookies: used for session replay, heatmaps, and page-level engagement analytics. These are only activated when you select "Accept all" in the consent banner.
With Decline or no selection, the Clarity SDK stays fully dormant and sends nothing (no activation until `window.clarity('consent', true)` is called).
4. Managing cookies
The consent banner appears on your first visit. Afterwards you can re-open it anytime via the "Cookie settings" link in the footer.
Blocking cookies directly in your browser also blocks some essential cookies, which will break sign-in and review functionality. This is a browser-side outcome that HookDoc cannot reverse for you.
5. Third-party cookies
HookDoc itself does not embed ad networks or tracking pixels. When Microsoft Clarity is activated, cookies from clarity.ms may be set, and Microsoft's privacy policy applies. During Google OAuth sign-in, Google sets its own session cookies on accounts.google.com under its own policies.
Cookie-related questions: privacy@hookdoc.app