What cookies and browser storage are
Cookies are small text files a website saves in your browser. Sites can also save information in browser storage: localStorage, sessionStorage, IndexedDB, and the Cache Storage a service worker uses. This policy covers all of them. Some are needed for the site to work; others are optional.
The short version
- Strictly necessary cookies and storage keep you signed in, remember your cookie choice and your country, and keep your projects’ video files on your device.
- Preference storage remembers choices you make, like your currency or that you’ve finished the editor tour. It stays on your device.
- Analytics (Google Analytics) is optional. In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland — or when we can’t tell where you are — it only runs if you choose “Accept analytics”. Everywhere else it’s on unless you turn it off or your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal.
- We don’t use advertising cookies, and we don’t sell your data.
Your choice, and how to change it
Where we need your consent, a banner at the bottom of the page asks for it on your first visit. “Reject” and “Accept analytics” are given equal weight, and “Preferences” lets you choose in more detail. Nothing optional is switched on before you choose.
We save your choice for 6 months, in a cookie (ac_consent) and in your browser’s storage (autocap.consent). After that — or if we change this policy in a way that affects your choice — we ask again.
You can change your mind at any time. If you turn analytics off, we stop Google Analytics and delete its cookies from our site.
If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as a “no” to analytics, unless you switch analytics on yourself in the settings above.
Strictly necessary
These make the site and the editor work, so they don’t need consent. You can block them in your browser, but signing in and reopening projects won’t work.
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
sb-<project-ref>-auth-token | Keeps you signed in and secures your session. Large values are split into numbered parts (.0, .1). | Up to 400 days, renewed while you use the site; removed when you sign out | Cookie · first party (Supabase authentication) |
sb-<project-ref>-auth-token-code-verifier | Completes a secure sign-in with Google, an email link or a password reset. | Until that sign-in finishes | Cookie · first party (Supabase authentication) |
ac_consent | Remembers your cookie choice. | 6 months | Cookie · first party |
autocap.consent | The same cookie choice, kept in your browser’s storage. | Until you clear it; we ask again after 6 months | localStorage · first party |
ac_country | Your country, as estimated by our host from your IP address. Used to show prices in your currency and to decide whether to ask for cookie consent. | 1 year | Cookie · first party |
autocap | Keeps the video files for your projects on this device, so you can reopen and export them. They’re never uploaded. | Until you delete the project or clear your browser data | IndexedDB · first party |
autocap-fonts | Fonts you upload for your captions. | Until you remove them or clear your browser data | IndexedDB · first party |
autocap-static-…, autocap-shell-… | Site files saved by our service worker, so pages load quickly and an offline page can be shown. | Replaced when we release a new version | Cache Storage · first party |
autocap:chunk-reload | Stops the page from reloading in a loop right after we release an update. | Until you close the tab | sessionStorage · first party |
Preferences
These remember choices you make. They’re only set when you use the feature they belong to, stay on your device, and aren’t used to track you, so they don’t need consent either.
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
ac_currency | The currency you chose for prices (US dollars or euros). | 1 year | Cookie · first party |
autocap.tour.v1 | Remembers that you’ve finished or skipped the editor tour. | Until you clear it | localStorage · first party |
autocap.templates.seen | Remembers that you’ve seen the caption templates sheet. | Until you clear it | localStorage · first party |
autocap.customStyles.v1 | Caption styles you save. | Until you delete them or clear your browser data | localStorage · first party |
autocap.presets.v1 | Caption presets you save. | Until you delete them or clear your browser data | localStorage · first party |
autocap:install-dismissed | Remembers that you closed the “install the app” card. | Until you clear it | localStorage · first party |
Our staff tools use a few more storage keys, which are only set for staff accounts.
Analytics (optional)
We use Google Analytics, provided by Google, to count visits and understand which pages are useful. It only runs as described in Your choice. It isn’t used for advertising: our tag switches off Google signals and ad personalization, and every advertising-related consent signal stays off.
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Distinguishes visitors, so Google Analytics can count unique visits. | 2 years | Cookie · Google Analytics |
_ga_<property-id> | Keeps track of your visit for our Google Analytics property. | 2 years | Cookie · Google Analytics |
Learn more in Google’s Analytics cookie usage and how Google uses information from sites that use its services. You can also install Google’s Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Advertising
We don’t use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies. Our pages include a Google AdSense verification tag — a line of text that confirms we own the site. It doesn’t load ads or set cookies. If we ever show ads, we’ll update this policy first and ask for your consent where the law requires it.
Cookies set by other companies
If you choose “Continue with Google”, Google’s sign-in page may set its own cookies on Google’s website. When you pay, our payment processor’s checkout may set cookies for security and fraud prevention. Those companies’ own policies apply to them.
Controlling cookies in your browser
Most browsers let you see, block and delete cookies and site data. Blocking strictly necessary cookies stops sign-in from working. Clearing site data for theautocap.cc also deletes the video files saved for your projects on that device, so keep your original files.
Changes to this policy
We update this policy when we add, remove or change cookies, and the date at the top shows the latest version. If a change affects what we ask your consent for, we’ll ask again.
Contact
Questions about cookies: support@theautocap.cc. For everything else about your data, see our Privacy Policy.