Cookie Policy

Effective Date: January 22, 2025

1. What Are Cookies Cookies are small text files stored in your browser when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently and to provide information to site owners.

2. How Local Notes Uses Cookies Local Notes uses a minimal number of cookies. The App itself does not set any functional or tracking cookies. The only cookies present are those set by Google Analytics to collect anonymized usage statistics.

3. Google Analytics Cookies We use Google Analytics (gtag.js) to understand how users interact with the App. Google Analytics sets the following cookies:

  • _ga — Used to distinguish users. Expires after 2 years.
  • _ga_[ID] — Used to persist session state. Expires after 2 years.
  • _gid — Used to distinguish users. Expires after 24 hours.
These cookies collect anonymized data including pages visited, time spent, and general geographic region. They do not collect note content or personally identifiable information. IP addresses are anonymized before being sent to Google.

4. Local Storage and IndexedDB The App uses browser LocalStorage and IndexedDB to store your encrypted notes locally on your device. These are not cookies and are not transmitted to any server. They remain entirely under your control and can be deleted by clearing your browser data.

5. Managing Cookies You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

  • View cookies stored on your device
  • Delete all or specific cookies
  • Block cookies from specific or all websites
  • Set preferences for cookie handling
Note that blocking Google Analytics cookies will not affect the core functionality of Local Notes.

6. Opting Out of Google Analytics You may opt out of Google Analytics tracking entirely by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. Alternatively, many browser privacy extensions can block Google Analytics.

7. No Advertising Cookies Local Notes does not use any advertising, marketing, or retargeting cookies. No cookie data is shared with advertisers.

8. Changes to This Policy We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

9. Contact For questions about our use of cookies, contact us at: sklarovs441@gmail.com