Cookie & Tracking Policy

1. Strictly necessary technologies

Seller and administrator authentication relies on cookies used by the authentication service to maintain secure sessions. These cookies are necessary when you sign in and are not used for advertising.

Launch Deals also stores your analytics-cookie choice so the service can remember whether optional measurement is allowed.

2. Optional analytics and performance

If you accept analytics cookies, Launch Deals sets a first-party ld_anon cookie containing a random identifier for up to one year. The identifier is converted to a keyed hash before it is stored with deal views, outbound clicks, or interest events.

The current codebase does not include third-party advertising pixels or cross-context behavioral advertising tags. If those practices change, Launch Deals must update this policy and any required consent choices before treating them as approved behavior.

3. Current cookie inventory

• Authentication/session cookies: set as needed for seller or administrator sign-in; duration depends on the authenticated session.
• ld_analytics_consent: first-party preference cookie that records granted or denied analytics consent for up to 180 days.
• ld_anon: optional first-party analytics identifier, set only after analytics consent, for up to one year.

4. Your choices

Optional analytics are disabled until you choose to allow them. You can reopen Cookie choices from the public-site footer and change your preference. Declining analytics does not prevent public browsing or seller authentication.

Browser controls can also remove stored cookies. Removing an authentication cookie may sign you out.

5. Changes and contact

Technology inventory should be reviewed whenever tracking, analytics, advertising, authentication, or storage behavior changes. Use the Privacy & Legal Requests page for questions about cookies or privacy.