Version: 1.0-draft
Last Updated: 2026-05-07
Effective Date: 2026-05-07
Canonical Source: This document is the source text for future updates to frontend/marketing/src/pages/cookies.astro or
any equivalent cookie policy page.
Read This First
This Cookie Policy explains how Clerica uses cookies and similar technologies when you use the Service. We are not trying to bury tracking practices in fine print. We use this policy to explain what these technologies do, why we use them, and where we are deliberately keeping things limited.
1. Scope
This Cookie Policy applies to the Clerica website, product interfaces, and related online services that link to or reference this Policy.
Plain-English Summary
If you use Clerica on the web, this policy explains the browser-side technologies that may be involved.
2. What Cookies and Similar Technologies Are
Cookies are small data files stored in your browser or device. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, pixels, tags, and other tools that help websites recognize sessions, remember settings, and support functionality.
Plain-English Summary
This is the basic definition section so users know what we mean when we say cookies or similar technologies.
3. How We Use Cookies and Similar Technologies
We may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Keep users signed in and maintain secure sessions.
- Remember user preferences and product settings.
- Support security features such as login protection, fraud detection, and abuse prevention.
- Diagnose bugs, monitor performance, and improve reliability.
- Measure aggregate product usage and feature performance.
Plain-English Summary
We use these technologies mainly to make the Service work, stay secure, and improve over time.
4. Categories of Cookies We May Use
We may use the following categories of cookies or similar technologies:
- Strictly necessary technologies needed for core site and account functionality.
- Functional technologies used to remember preferences and improve user experience.
- Analytics or measurement technologies used to understand product performance and usage trends.
Plain-English Summary
Not every browser-side technology is for advertising. Some are required just to make the product function properly.
5. No Broad Advertising Commitment
As of the Effective Date of this Policy, Clerica is focused on United States users and does not operate a broad advertising-cookie program for cross-site behavioral advertising. If that changes materially, we may update this Policy and related notices.
Plain-English Summary
We are not building a large ad-tracking system here. If that changes later, we will disclose it clearly rather than expanding tracking silently.
6. Third-Party Technologies
Some cookies or similar technologies may be set or supported by third-party providers that help us operate the Service, such as authentication, infrastructure, analytics, or security providers. Those providers may process data according to their own terms and privacy notices where applicable.
Plain-English Summary
Some browser technologies come from vendors that help us run the product, not just from our own code.
7. Managing Cookies and Browser Storage
You can usually manage cookies through browser settings, delete stored data, or block certain technologies. However, disabling some technologies may break login flows, session continuity, or other product features.
Plain-English Summary
Users can control a lot from the browser, but blocking everything can also break the app.
8. Relationship to the Privacy Policy
This Cookie Policy should be read together with the Clerica Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, share, and protect personal information more broadly.
Plain-English Summary
This policy is about browser-side technologies specifically. The Privacy Policy covers the larger data-handling picture.
9. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Non-material updates may take effect upon posting. Material changes will be communicated through reasonable channels.
Plain-English Summary
If we materially change how we use cookies or similar technologies, we will communicate those changes clearly before they take effect.
10. Contact
Questions about this Cookie Policy can be sent to privacy@clerica.io.
Plain-English Summary
If users want a straight answer about tracking or browser storage, they should have a direct contact point.