1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work correctly, improve performance, and provide information to site owners. Cookies can be “session cookies” (deleted when you close your browser) or “persistent cookies” (stored for a set period or until manually removed). Similar technologies (local storage, pixels) may be used for the same purposes and are covered by this policy.
2. How We Use Cookies
Refutor uses cookies to:
- —Keep you signed in across page loads and sessions
- —Remember your cookie choices and lightweight UI preferences
- —Maintain the integrity of Mediator sessions (so each participant sees only their own view)
- —Detect and prevent fraudulent or abusive activity
- —Understand how users navigate and use the product in aggregate (analytics — only with consent)
3. Cookies We Use
The table below lists the main cookies and similar identifiers Refutor uses. Exact names may vary slightly as providers update their SDKs.
| Name / pattern | Category | Purpose | Provider | Duration |
|---|
| sb-*-auth-token (and related Supabase auth cookies) | Essential | Keep you signed in and secure your session | First-party (Supabase Auth) | Session / up to ~1 year depending on remember-me settings |
| refutor_cookie_prefs_v2 | Essential | Stores your cookie preference choices so we honour opt-in / opt-out | First-party | 1 year |
| ref_cookie_consent (legacy) | Essential | Legacy consent record kept in sync during preference upgrades | First-party | 1 year |
| UI preference markers (when enabled) | Preferences | Remember lightweight display / mode choices | First-party | Session or until cleared |
| PostHog cookies / local storage (e.g. ph_* identifiers) | Analytics | Measure product usage in aggregate after you opt in to analytics | Third-party (PostHog) | Up to ~1 year (provider-dependent) |
Analytics cookies (PostHog) are not set until you accept analytics in the cookie preference centre. Rejecting optional cookies keeps essential cookies only.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Our product analytics provider is PostHog. When you consent to analytics, PostHog may set its own cookies or use local storage to collect aggregated usage data. PostHog is contractually limited to processing data for our product analytics and may not use it for its own advertising. We do not use advertising or retargeting cookies, and we do not sell your data to ad networks.
5. Managing Cookies
On-site preference centre. Use Cookie preferences in the site footer (or the cookie banner on first visit) to accept all, reject optional cookies, or choose categories (Essential, Preferences, Analytics). You can reopen this panel anytime.
Browser settings. Most browsers also allow you to:
- —View which cookies are stored and delete them individually
- —Block cookies from specific sites
- —Block all third-party cookies
- —Clear all cookies when you close the browser
Disabling essential cookies will prevent you from signing in to Refutor. Disabling analytics cookies will not affect core product functionality.
6. Do Not Track & Global Privacy Control
Some browsers send a “Do Not Track” (DNT) signal to websites. Refutor currently does not alter its behaviour in response to DNT signals, as there is no universally accepted standard for how services should respond.
We do honour the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal. When your browser sends GPC, analytics cookies stay off and cannot be enabled in the preference centre. We treat GPC as an opt-out of sale/sharing for tracking purposes under CCPA/CPRA. See also our Do Not Sell or Share page.
7. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when we change the cookies we use or how we use them. Material changes will be communicated via email or in-app notice. Continued use of Refutor after changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.