Cookies & browser storage
Last updated: 14 September 2026 · Notice version 2
This notice covers advantagecount.com and app.advantagecount.com. It supplements our Privacy Notice, which explains account data, providers, international processing and your rights. Questions: advantagecount@hotmail.com.
Cookies are small values your browser can send with web requests. Local storage keeps application records on your device; it is not automatically sent with each request. Both matter for your privacy.
1. Account cookies
These cookies are set on app.advantagecount.com. Names containing an ellipsis vary by project or sign-in attempt. Large values may be split into numbered cookies such as .0 and .1.
A cookie's storage lifetime does not promise that your session or beta access remains valid for that long. Access is checked separately. Closing the browser alone does not necessarily sign you out.
2. Records kept in your browser
Using the analyzer saves your work locally on app.advantagecount.com. Records are separated by account in the same browser profile. They do not automatically move to another device. Account separation is not encryption against someone with access to your device.
3. Security checks and external services
Cloudflare delivers and protects both sites. Email sign-in also uses Cloudflare Turnstile, which processes browser and device signals to check for automated abuse. See the Turnstile Privacy Addendum.
Security cookies depend on the protection applied to a request. Cloudflare documents cf_clearance for challenge clearance and __cf_bm for supported bot protection. The latter expires after 30 minutes of inactivity when used. A clearance cookie's duration depends on the site's security settings. These are conditional examples, not a claim that both are set on every visit. See Cloudflare's cookie information.
Turnstile normally returns a verification token. It can additionally set a clearance cookie when pre-clearance is enabled. We are still confirming the complete set and exact expiry of cookies issued by the live security configuration; the account-cookie table above does not replace that check.
If you choose Google sign-in or open a social-network link, that service may use its own cookies under its own privacy policy. Downloaded analyzer backups are separate files under your control.
Invited payment testers can also open Stripe-hosted test checkout and subscription-management pages. Stripe may use its own cookies and security storage on those pages; see Stripe's cookie policy. Test checkout uses no real charges. Payment-test analyzer records stay in a separate local account namespace in this browser.
4. Your choices and deletion
We have not added advertising or audience-measurement cookies to the current beta. Reading this notice or accepting the Terms does not give consent to optional tracking. If optional tools requiring consent are introduced, you will be able to accept or refuse them before they operate and later withdraw your choice.
- Keep a copy first. In Account, choose Download my data, even if analyzer access has expired. If present, Download pre-restore backup saves the earlier recovery copy. Payment testers can separately choose Download test data in Payment testing, including after test access ends. Close other analyzer tabs if prompted.
- End your session. Use Sign out and check that it succeeds. Signing out does not delete local history.
- Remove browser records. Close Advantage Count tabs, open your browser's site-data settings, and remove data for app.advantagecount.com and advantagecount.com. This can remove records for every Advantage Count account using that browser profile.
- Remove separate copies if needed. Delete downloaded backups and repeat site-data removal on other browsers or devices. Deleting an online account through support does not remotely erase those copies.
Blocking required cookies can prevent sign-in or access checks. Blocking local storage prevents reliable saving and can stop the analyzer from opening. Clearing site data can permanently remove records we cannot recover. The public website remains available without an Advantage Count account.
For account deletion or another privacy request, contact advantagecount@hotmail.com. Read the Privacy Notice and Terms of Use for the current beta service.