Cookie Policy

Last updated: 11 November 2026

In short: we use the cookies Comnview needs to work, such as keeping you signed in. Google Analytics and Google Ads cookies are set only if you accept them (without that, Google gets only cookieless signals), and you can change your mind any time.

1. What cookies are

Cookies are small files a website stores in your browser. Some are needed for the site to work, such as keeping you signed in. Others, like analytics and marketing cookies, are optional. We also use your browser’s storage (localStorage) for a few preferences; it works like a cookie but is never sent to our server.

2. Cookies Comnview needs

These keep Comnview working and secure, so they don’t need your consent. None of them track you across other websites.

Name	What it does	How long
`__Secure-better-auth.session_token`	Keeps you signed in	30 days, renewed while you use Comnview
`__Secure-authjs.session-token`	Your sign-in from before 29 September 2026. Replaced by the cookie above on your next visit, then removed	Until 8 October 2026 at the latest
`comnview_creator_id`	Remembers the previews you made without an account, so they stay yours	1 year
`preview-auth-<link>`	Remembers that you entered the password of a protected link	24 hours
`comnview_news`	Carries your answer to the sign-up page’s news box through a Google sign-up, so it reaches your new account	15 minutes
`comnview_human`	Remembers that this browser passed the check that tells people from bots, so uploading or pasting a link without an account doesn’t check you again	30 days
`comnview_ref`	Remembers which shared link brought you here, so its owner sees how many sign-ups it led to (no tracking across other sites)	30 days
`comnview-consent-v2` browser storage	Remembers your cookie choice	Until you change it
`localee-settings, comnview-*` browser storage	Your name and colour as a reviewer, view preferences in the reviewer (panel, sorting, pencil, hints), and how you last signed in on this device, so the sign-in page opens on that way	Until you clear them

3. Analytics and marketing cookies (only with your consent)

Google Analytics runs on the pages of comnview.com (not on shared links). Until you accept, and if you reject, it sets and reads no cookies: Google gets only cookieless signals, such as that a page was viewed or a step was taken, with the kind of device and the country, but no identifier that recognises you or your browser later. Google uses them to estimate visits and results in totals.

If you accept, Google Analytics sets these cookies to count visits and see how the site is used, which steps people take (for example from the pricing page to a purchase) and where they stop. We use this to improve Comnview.

The same choice covers marketing measurement with Google Ads: when you come to Comnview from one of our ads on Google, Google can tell us whether that visit led to a sign-up or a purchase, so we know which ads work, and Google may use it to show our ads to people more likely to find Comnview useful. We never send Google your name, your email or anything you upload. If you reject, no Google Analytics or Google Ads cookies are set and ad click identifiers are removed from what Google receives, so your visit can’t be linked to an ad you clicked.

Name	What it does	How long
`_ga, _ga_<id>`	Google Analytics: counts visits and how the site is used, without identifying you. Only set if you accept	Up to 2 years
`_gcl_au`	Google Ads: links a visit that came from one of our Google ads to a later sign-up or purchase, so we see which ads work. Only set if you accept	90 days

4. Videos

Some pages show our videos from YouTube. Until you press play you see a still picture served by comnview.com, and your browser does not contact YouTube. When you press play, the video loads from YouTube in its privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com), and YouTube may store data in your browser under Google’s privacy policy.

5. Shared links

Links shared through Comnview (the pages, images and PDFs people review) use only the cookies they need: staying signed in, remembering a link password you entered, and your reviewer name. They don’t load analytics.

6. Changing your choice

You can change your choice at any time: . The same link is at the bottom of every page. Rejecting after accepting deletes the analytics and marketing cookies, and Google goes back to cookieless signals only.

You can also block or delete cookies in your browser’s settings. If you block the cookies Comnview needs, signing in and some links won’t work.

7. More information

How we handle personal data is in our Privacy Policy. Questions: support@comnview.com.