Yes, this site sets cookies. Three of them, all strictly necessary for the thing you asked the site to do, which is why there is no consent banner. There are no analytics cookies and no advertising cookies in this product.
The cookies we set
| Name | What it does | How long |
|---|---|---|
| fare_sniper_session | Keeps you logged in. HTTP-only, same-site, and secure in production. It holds a random token, not your identity. | 30 days, or until you log out |
| fare_sniper_csrf | Protects forms against cross-site request forgery, so another site cannot make your browser change your settings. | 30 days |
| fare_sniper_oauth | Holds the one-time state value during a Google or Apple sign-in, and is deleted as soon as the sign-in finishes. | A few minutes |
Things that are not cookies but are worth naming
- Local storage: fare-sniper-theme remembers whether you chose the light or dark interface. It never leaves your browser.
- Session storage: the result of a free search on the front page is handed to the results page this way, so refreshing the page does not spend another search.
Third parties
The pages load a web font from Google Fonts and two small scripts from unpkg and the Tailwind CDN. Those services do not set cookies here, but like any request to another server they do see your IP address and your browser's user agent. If you are logged in to Fare Sniper, nothing about your account is sent to them.
Our payment processor may set its own cookies on its own checkout pages, under its own policy. That happens on its pages, not on ours.
Turning them off
You can block or delete cookies in your browser. Blocking fare_sniper_session or fare_sniper_csrf means you cannot log in or submit a form, because those are the mechanisms that make logging in and submitting a form work. The free search and the help centre still work without any cookies at all.
If this changes
If we ever add analytics or anything that is not strictly necessary, we will ask for your consent before it runs, and this page will say so first. See the privacy policy for the wider picture.