Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your device. Local storage and session storage do similar jobs. Sites use them to keep you signed in, remember settings, and tell whether a feature is working.

How we use cookies

The Sapphic Sanctuary uses cookies and similar technologies to:

• Keep you signed in securely through our auth provider (Clerk)
• Protect against abuse, fraud, and CSRF-style attacks
• Remember essential preferences needed for the forum to work
• Check whether the site is reliable and loading as expected, where this measurement is enabled

Types of cookies we use

Strictly necessary

These keep sign-in, security, and basic navigation working. They usually include session and authentication cookies set by Clerk and our application host. Member features will not work without them.

Functional

These remember interface choices between visits. We use as few of them as we can.

Analytics (if enabled)

We do not describe any analytics cookie here because none is currently listed for the site. If that changes, we will update this page and ask for consent where the law requires it.

Third-party cookies

Clerk may set cookies when you sign in or load the Service. Its own privacy materials explain how it handles data. The support organizations linked in our footer may set cookies after you leave our site and visit theirs.

Managing cookies

Your browser settings let you block or delete cookies. Blocking strictly necessary cookies will probably stop sign-in and other member features from working. Check your browser's help section for exact steps.

More privacy information

To see how we handle personal data, read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

Questions? Contact us.