Cookie Policy
Last updated September 13, 2026.
Short version: Aetherbound itself sets no cookies, and doesn't run any advertising or cross-site tracking. Signing in and our traffic analytics are both handled by third parties, described exactly below — neither one profiles you across other sites, which is why we still don't show a cookie-consent banner.
What we do store in your browser
One item of our own, via localStorage rather than a cookie — it never leaves your device and isn't sent to us on requests:
| Name | Purpose | Type | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
reduceMotion | Remembers your "reduce motion" accessibility preference between visits | localStorage (not a cookie) | Until you clear site data |
Sign-in (Clerk)
If you sign in, Clerk — our authentication provider — sets its own session cookies on its own domain (clerk.aetherbound.online) to keep you signed in. These are strictly necessary for sign-in to function at all; no consent prompt is required for them under GDPR/ePrivacy (they're not used for advertising or analytics), but we're listing them here rather than burying them under a generic "third-party services" line.
Analytics (Cloudflare Web Analytics)
We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to see aggregate traffic (page views, rough visitor counts). It's cookieless by design — Cloudflare doesn't set any cookie or persistent identifier, doesn't fingerprint your device, and can't track you across other sites. That's also why it needs no consent banner: there's no personal data being collected to consent to.
Fonts
Typefaces load from Google Fonts. Google's font-serving CDN doesn't set tracking cookies for font requests, but your browser does make a direct request to fonts.googleapis.com/fonts.gstatic.com to fetch them, which is a normal, unavoidable part of using a hosted font.
Changes
If that ever changes — if a future feature genuinely needs a cookie — this page will say so, with what it's for and how to opt out, before it ships.