Cookie Policy
How TatSketch uses cookies and browser storage for sign-in, guest designs, preferences, and source attribution, and how to manage them.
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This policy explains how TatSketch uses cookies and similar browser technologies on tatsketch.com. For information about other personal data, see our Privacy Policy.
Cookies are small pieces of information stored by your browser. Some remain until they expire or you remove them; others are used for a single browsing session.
Sign-in and security
TatSketch uses first-party cookies to maintain your signed-in session, recognize account sessions, and protect the Google sign-in process. Blocking them can prevent you from signing in or accessing your private designs.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
better-auth.session_token | Identifies your signed-in session | Up to 7 days; renewed during continued use |
better-auth.session_data, when session caching is enabled | Stores a short-lived cache of session information | Up to 1 hour |
better-auth.dont_remember, when a non-persistent sign-in is used | Keeps that sign-in from being extended into a persistent browser session | The browser session |
better-auth.state | Links a Google sign-in request to its return to TatSketch | Up to 5 minutes; removed when no longer needed for the sign-in flow |
On HTTPS pages, these names may begin with __Secure-. Session duration can be shorter when a non-persistent sign-in option is used. Cookie duration does not determine how long your account or designs are stored.
Guest designs and browser storage
| Cookie or storage | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
ts_artwork_guest | Recognizes your guest session so you can access and claim its result | Up to 8 days, renewed when reused; the result's separate claim period is 7 days from its first available preview |
ts_artwork_save | Remembers the selected result while you sign in to save and download it | Until the result's claim deadline, at most 7 days; cleared after a successful claim |
PARAGLIDE_LOCALE, when a language is selected | Remembers your language preference | Up to 400 days |
| Generator session storage | Keeps your prompt, settings, and current request reference when you navigate or reload in the same tab | The browser's tab session; clearing site data removes it |
tatsketch:visit-source:v1 session storage | Remembers the referring domain, selected campaign parameters, landing path and visit time for registration and order attribution | The browser's tab session; browser restore may retain it; clearing site data removes it |
| Artwork local storage | Signals artwork changes to other open TatSketch tabs | Until replaced or cleared in your browser |
tatsketch-font-history-v1 (local storage) | Stores the text and selected fonts of lettering previews or downloads for Recent designs on this browser. It does not automatically sync to an account. | No fixed expiry; remains until removed or replaced, or until site storage is cleared. Signing out does not clear it. |
tatsketch-font-download-v1 (session storage) | Temporarily preserves text and the selected font when a font download requires sign-in. | Removed when read on return; drafts older than 24 hours are not restored. Otherwise follows the browser's tab-session lifetime and restoration behavior. |
Guest cookies do not grant another free generation. Removing guest cookies before saving can prevent you from recovering an unclaimed result. Browser storage of a prompt is separate from the server-side records described in our Privacy Policy.
Analytics, advertising, and third parties
We also record the source of a registration and the visit associated with a purchase in our own database. Google sign-in carries this source through its existing protected sign-in state. Order records retain a snapshot; clearing browser storage does not remove account or billing records. Source attribution does not record tattoo prompts, URL fragments, arbitrary URL parameters, or a fingerprint of your device. If this session storage is unavailable, registration and purchases still work, but the source may be unknown.
We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to understand page visits, referral sources, and page performance. It does not use analytics cookies or browser storage to track visitors across websites. See our Privacy Policy for details.
Microsoft Clarity is optional. We do not load its script until you allow analytics. If you allow it, Clarity records page interactions and session replays on public pages with page content masked. We exclude account, sign-in, dashboard, settings, and admin pages. It may set _clck and _clsk first-party analytics cookies and cookies on Microsoft domains to connect page views and sessions. We signal that advertising storage is denied. We store your choice in tatsketch-clarity-consent-v1 in local storage until you change it or clear browser data. You can change or withdraw your choice using the control on this page. Withdrawing stops Clarity and reloads the page; it does not erase data already collected. See Clarity's cookie information and Microsoft's privacy statement.
Google Analytics 4 and Google Ads load automatically on public pages to measure visits and traffic sources. There is no consent popup. By default, analytics and advertising storage are denied through Google's Consent Mode: the tag can send measurement signals without setting tracking cookies. These signals are not anonymous; Google receives connection and browser information. Advertising personalization stays disabled.
You can separately allow Google Analytics cookies (_ga and _ga_*) or Google Ads cookies (such as _gcl_au and _gcl_aw) using the controls on this page. These choices use tatsketch-ga4-consent-v1 and tatsketch-google-ads-consent-v1 in local storage. A Clarity choice does not grant either Google cookie choice. Turning off a Google cookie choice denies the corresponding storage, removes accessible matching cookies on our domain, and reloads the page. Basic measurement without tracking cookies continues; withdrawal does not delete data already collected. See Google's cookie information.
If you choose Google sign-in, you visit Google's authentication service. Google may use cookies on its own pages, subject to its own policies and your Google settings.
Managing cookies
You can inspect, remove, or block cookies through your browser's settings. Removing sign-in cookies may sign you out. Deleting cookies does not delete your TatSketch account or saved designs.
We use cookies and browser storage for sign-in, security, requested generation and saving, preferences, and source attribution. Clarity recording and Google tracking cookies require their separate choices as described above; basic Google measurement loads automatically.
Browser settings usually apply to that browser on that device. If you use another browser or device, you may need to manage its settings separately. Cookie choices do not prevent the server-side processing needed to fulfill a generation you request, including sending the request to the generation provider as described in our Privacy Policy.
Updates and contact
We will update this page when our cookie use changes and show the revised effective date. For questions, email support@tatsketch.com.