Cookie Notice
Draft 1 · Nov 12, 2026
DRAFT for review by Clarus’s counsel. Not legal advice. The highlighted notes are open questions for counsel. This document has no effect until counsel approves it and Clarus publishes it.
This Cookie Notice explains what CLARUS LLC (“Clarus,” “we,” or “us”) stores in your browser when you use askclarus.com and the Clarus application. It is part of our Privacy Policy.
In short: Clarus sets no cookies of its own and uses no advertising, analytics, or tracking technology. The Service stores a small amount of information in your browser’s local storage so that sign-in works and your preferences are remembered. Some third-party content, described in Section 3, can set its own cookies when you use it.
1. What these technologies are
Cookies are small text files a website asks your browser to keep. Local storage, session storage, and IndexedDB are similar browser features that let a website keep information on your device. Session storage is cleared when you close the tab. Local storage and IndexedDB stay until they are cleared, by the site or by you.
2. What Clarus stores
All of the following are strictly necessary for the Service or remember a choice you made. None is used to track you across other websites, and none is shared with advertisers.
| Name | Type | Purpose | Kept for |
|---|---|---|---|
| firebaseLocalStorageDb (key firebase:authUser:…) | IndexedDB, set by Firebase Authentication | Keeps you signed in: your sign-in token and basic account details | Until you sign out |
| firebase-heartbeat-database | IndexedDB, set by Firebase | Records which Firebase features the app uses, for Google’s service health | Until cleared |
| theme | Local storage | Your light, dark, or system display theme | Until cleared |
| clarus.sidebar.collapsed | Local storage | Whether you collapsed the side menu | Until cleared |
| clarus:billing-trial-banner-dismissed:… | Local storage | That you dismissed the trial reminder for today | Until cleared |
| clarus.ask.review-help-seen, clarus.askWorkspace.stillOpen, ask-ws:present:… | Local storage | Ask Clarus help you have seen, reminders you snoozed, and your presentation choices | Until cleared |
| ask-s9-subject:… | Local storage | Hands a topic to a new Ask Clarus tab you opened | Up to 10 minutes, then removed |
| emailForSignIn | Local storage | Your email address, saved when you request a sign-in link | Until cleared |
| clarus:trial:… | Session storage | Your first name and progress through free-trial sign-up | Until you close the tab |
| clarus.ask.…, clarus.announcement.…, two-step-reenrol-dismissed, ask-ws:…, clarus.askWorkspace.first:… | Session storage | How often Ask Clarus suggestions and announcements have appeared, prompts you dismissed, and the first message of a new conversation | Until you close the tab |
Counsel: Inventory taken from the frontend code on 12 Nov 2026. Engineering note: the emailForSignIn entry is written but never removed; it should be cleared after use, or kept and disclosed as here.
3. Third-party content
Some features load content from other providers, which can set their own cookies or similar storage under their own privacy policies:
- Google Maps Platform, when you type your city in Settings, to suggest place names.
- YouTube (privacy-enhanced mode, youtube-nocookie.com) or Vimeo (with “do not track” set), when a page shows a video. YouTube says it does not store cookies in this mode until you play the video.
- Stripe, on Stripe’s own checkout and billing pages, which you reach by leaving Clarus. Stripe uses cookies there to process payments and prevent fraud.
- Google sign-in services, used by Firebase Authentication while you sign in.
4. Analytics and advertising
None. Clarus does not use Google Analytics, advertising pixels, tag managers, session recording, or any similar tool. Our own servers record technical logs of requests, as described in the Privacy Policy, without cookies.
5. Your choices
Because Clarus uses only strictly necessary storage and preference storage, it does not ask for consent with a cookie banner. You can clear or block cookies and site data in your browser settings. If you block local storage or IndexedDB for askclarus.com, you will not be able to stay signed in. Counsel: Confirm no consent banner is needed. Strictly necessary storage is generally exempt in the US and under the EU ePrivacy rules. Preference storage (theme, collapsed menu) and the third-party embeds in Section 3 may need consent if Clarus serves users in the EU or UK.
6. Changes and contact
We will update this notice when what we store changes. Questions: admin@askclarus.com.