We use cookies to sign you in, keep your account secure, and remember a few preferences. We don’t use advertising cookies and we don’t sell your data. You can clear or block cookies any time — though signing in needs the essential ones.
1 What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file a website stores in your browser. It lets the site remember things between requests and visits — for example, that you’re signed in. Some related technologies (like browser local storage) work similarly; where this policy says “cookies,” we mean cookies and those similar technologies together.
2 How Tabulox uses cookies
We keep our use of cookies deliberately small. They exist to run the core of the product — signing you in, keeping that session secure, remembering a few settings, and processing payments safely through Stripe. We do not use cookies to show ads, build advertising profiles, or follow you around other websites.
3 The categories we use
Strictly necessary
Required for Tabulox to work. They sign you in, protect your session, and secure payment flows. You can’t turn these off and still use your account.
Functional
Remember choices you make — like staying signed in or your interface preferences — so the product behaves the way you left it. Turning these off is harmless but slightly less convenient.
Analytics
We use a small amount of privacy-respecting analytics to understand which features get used, so we can improve them. This data is aggregated and not used to track you across other sites.
4 Cookies we set
The exact names can vary as we update the product, but these are the cookies you can expect:
| Cookie | Purpose | Category | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session | Keeps you signed in after you log in. | Necessary | Session, or up to 30 days with “Remember me” |
| Security | Protects sign-in and form requests against cross-site attacks. | Necessary | Session |
| Preferences | Remembers settings such as light or dark mode. | Functional | Up to 12 months |
| __stripe_mid | Set by Stripe for fraud prevention during payments. | Necessary | 12 months |
| __stripe_sid | Set by Stripe for fraud prevention during checkout. | Necessary | 30 minutes |
5 Third-party cookies
A couple of trusted providers set their own cookies so their parts of Tabulox work:
- Stripe handles payments and sets the fraud-prevention cookies listed above. See Stripe’s own cookie and privacy notices for details.
- Google / Firebase powers sign-in, including signing in with Google, and may set cookies as part of authenticating you securely.
We don’t control these providers’ cookies beyond choosing to use their services for these specific purposes.
6 Managing your cookies
You can view, delete, and block cookies through your browser settings — every major browser lets you clear cookies or refuse new ones. Helpful guides live in the settings for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge.
One trade-off: if you block strictly necessary cookies, you won’t be able to sign in or take payments, because those features depend on them. Blocking functional or analytics cookies is safe — you’ll just lose a little convenience.
7 Your choices and Do Not Track
Because we don’t run advertising or cross-site tracking, there’s no ad profile to opt out of. Where the law requires a consent banner for non-essential cookies, we’ll show one and honor your choice. Some browsers send a “Do Not Track” or Global Privacy Control signal; we aim to respect these where they apply to how we operate.
8 Changes to this policy
As the product changes, the cookies we use may change too. When that happens we’ll update this page and the date at the top. For anything that materially affects your privacy, we’ll give clearer notice where appropriate.
Questions about cookies or privacy? Reach us through the contact page or at privacy@sparkleintelligence.com.