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This page shows what Architechtures stores on your device and lets you decide about everything that is optional. Your choice is remembered on this device for 12 months, and you can change it here whenever you like.

Your choice

Switching a category off deletes what it stored on this device.

Cookie declaration

Everything the site stores on your device, by category. Some items are not cookies but entries in your browser's storage; they are listed all the same.

Strictly necessary

Signing in, security, your language and the choice you make here. The site cannot work without them, so they are not asked about.

NameProviderPurposeLifetime
arch_consentCookieProvider: ArchitechturesRemembers the choice you make on this page, so you are not asked on every visit and our checkout can respect it.Lifetime: 12 months
__sessionAlso as __session_<instance>CookieProvider: ClerkKeeps you signed in while you use the site.Lifetime: 1 minute, renewed while you are signed in
__client_uatAlso as __client_uat_<instance>CookieProvider: ClerkRecords when your sign-in state last changed, so the site knows when to refresh your session.Lifetime: 12 months
__clientCookieProvider: ClerkIdentifies your browser to the sign-in service, so your session survives closing the tab.Lifetime: 12 months
__refresh_<instance>CookieProvider: ClerkLets the site renew your session when it has lapsed, so you are not sent to sign in again.Lifetime: 12 months
__clerk_environmentLocal storageProvider: ClerkKeeps a copy of the sign-in service's settings, so the sign-in forms still load when the service is slow to answer.Lifetime: 1 day, renewed on each visit
clerk_active_contextCookieProvider: ClerkRemembers which session is active in this tab.Lifetime: Until you close the browser
__cf_bmCookieProvider: Cloudflare (Clerk)Tells people from bots on the sign-in service, to protect accounts from automated attacks.Lifetime: 30 minutes
_cfuvidCookieProvider: Cloudflare (Clerk)Lets the sign-in service limit abusive traffic without blocking everyone on a shared network.Lifetime: Until you close the browser
_GRECAPTCHACookieProvider: Google reCAPTCHAHelps reCAPTCHA tell people from bots, to keep spam out of the contact form.Lifetime: 6 months
_grecaptchaLocal storageProvider: Google reCAPTCHAKeeps reCAPTCHA's bot-protection token between visits.Lifetime: Until you clear your browser's data
rc::<…>Session storageProvider: Google reCAPTCHAHolds reCAPTCHA's working data while the tab is open.Lifetime: Until you close the browser
NEXT_LOCALECookieProvider: ArchitechturesRemembers the language you chose.Lifetime: Until you close the browser
sidebar_stateCookieProvider: ArchitechturesRemembers whether you left the sidebar open or collapsed.Lifetime: 7 days
temp-storage-modeCookieProvider: ArchitechturesRemembers that you switched on Temp Storage Mode in the dashboard.Lifetime: 12 months
editor-snap-settingsLocal storageProvider: ArchitechturesRemembers your snap settings in the editor.Lifetime: Until you clear your browser's data
PaddleCookies on the provider's own domainProvider: PaddleWhile you pay or change your payment method, Paddle's payment form stores what it needs to process the payment and prevent fraud. Nothing is stored before that.Lifetime: Set by the provider
2CheckoutCookies on the provider's own domainProvider: 2Checkout (Verifone)While you pay or change your payment method, 2Checkout's payment form stores what it needs to process the payment and prevent fraud. Nothing is stored before that.Lifetime: Set by the provider

Analytics

Lets us measure how the site and the editor are used, with Google Analytics, so we know what to improve.

NameProviderPurposeLifetime
_gaCookieProvider: Google AnalyticsTells one visitor from another, so visits can be counted.Lifetime: 2 years
_ga_<container-id>CookieProvider: Google AnalyticsKeeps the state of your current visit, so the pages you view in it are counted together.Lifetime: 2 years

Marketing

Lets us measure whether our Google Ads lead to sign-ups and purchases.

NameProviderPurposeLifetime
_gcl_auCookieProvider: Google AdsStores an identifier used to measure whether our ads lead to sign-ups and purchases.Lifetime: 90 days
_gcl_awCookieProvider: Google AdsStores the click on a Google Ads ad that brought you here, so a later sign-up or purchase can be credited to it.Lifetime: 90 days
_gcl_dcCookieProvider: Google AdsStores the click on a Google display or video ad that brought you here, so a later sign-up or purchase can be credited to it.Lifetime: 90 days
_gcl_<type>CookieProvider: Google AdsOther cookies of the same family, such as _gcl_gs, _gcl_ag or _gcl_gb. Which one is stored depends on the kind of Google ad and click that brought you here; the purpose is the same as the cookies above.Lifetime: 90 days
_gcl_lsLocal storageProvider: Google AdsStores the click on the ad that brought you here in your browser's storage, for the same purpose as the cookies above.Lifetime: Until you clear your browser's data
_gac_<property-id>CookieProvider: Google AdsStores the campaign of the ad that brought you here, shared between Google Analytics and Google Ads.Lifetime: 90 days

Where a name ends in <instance>, that part is a short code identifying our account with the sign-in service. It keeps our cookies apart from those of other sites on the same domain.

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