Introduction
We believe in a quiet, distraction-free reading experience. Hangout FC uses essential technical cookies and standard browser storage to authenticate your account, preserve your configuration choices, and safely bridge payment actions. We never deploy tracking pixels, third-party social buttons, or behavioural tracking files designed for targeted ad brokers.
Strictly necessary elements
These technical items are required to make our service work and do not require your consent.
- Supabase authentication cookies that keep you signed in across browser sessions after you confirm your email code.
- Session and routing cookies that monitor secure login status, protect account pages, and return you to the right screen after sign-in.
- Checkout integration cookies — short-lived HFC checkout context elements needed to handle payment flows with our billing partner, Paddle.
Analytics and tracking disclosures
Cookieless analytics
Our marketing pages and sign-in funnel use Vercel Web Analytics. It is entirely cookieless, tracks aggregated page counts only, and does not record your activity across separate websites.
Campaign labels
If you sign up via a campaign URL, those parameters stay in the address bar until signup completes. They are saved once to your account — not stored in your browser — as described in our privacy policy.
Browser storage and preferences
We store specific settings locally on your device using browser storage rather than sending them to our servers on every request.
Local storage
Remembers visual choices like light, dark, or system theme, along with creator language preferences across Press Box, Dossiers, and Signals. This stays on your device until you clear it in your browser settings.
Session storage
Used for temporary navigation — such as remembering your place when moving between feed posts and lists — and checkout redirect parameters. Session storage clears when your tab or browser session ends.
Managing controls
You can block, limit, or clear cookies and storage through your browser settings. If you disable essential cookies, you will not be able to sign in or maintain an active membership session on Hangout FC.
Clearing storage may reset your theme, language, and navigation defaults.