1. The short version
Gliese Watch sets one cookie of its own, and only when you sign in. Two small values live in your browser’s localStorage (your theme and your cookie choice). Google Analytics runs only if you accept it in the banner. There are no advertising cookies and nothing follows you to other sites.
You can change your choice at any time with the Cookie settings link in the footer of every page, or right here: .
2. What we set
| Name | Type | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
gliese_session | Cookie, essential | Keeps you signed in after you sign a wallet message. It is httpOnly (scripts cannot read it), SameSite=Lax and sent only to our API. Set only when you sign in; removed when you sign out. | 30 days |
gliese-theme | localStorage | Remembers whether you chose the dark or light theme. Never sent to a server. | Until you clear site data |
gliese-consent | localStorage | Remembers your answer in the cookie banner (analytics: true/false and when you chose), so we do not ask again. Never sent to a server. | Until you clear site data |
_ga, _ga_* | Cookies, analytics (optional) | Set by Google Analytics 4 only after you choose “Accept analytics”. They hold a random identifier that lets Google count visits and pages rather than page loads. Google Signals and ad personalisation are switched off; IP addresses are not stored by GA4. | Up to 2 years |
Your wallet software (MetaMask, Rabby, WalletConnect and similar) may keep its own connection state in localStorage under its own keys. That is controlled by the wallet, not by us, and holds nothing more than which connector you last used.
3. Your choices
- Essential only — the sign-in cookie and the two localStorage values. Everything on the site works; we simply do not learn which pages are visited.
- Accept analytics — the above plus Google Analytics. Withdrawing later stops new data immediately and expires the
_gacookies in your browser. - You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Deleting
gliese_sessionsigns you out; deletinggliese-consentmakes the banner appear again.
If you never make a choice, we treat that as “essential only”: analytics does not load until you accept it.
4. More detail
How we use the data behind these cookies, who processes it and how long we keep it is covered in the Privacy Policy. The rules for using the service are in the Terms of Service.