Cookie Policy
September 6, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Macrolizer uses cookies and local browser storage to keep you signed in, preserve your preferences, and maintain a secure service.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a web server when you visit a website. They allow the application to recognize your session and remember your selected configuration across requests.
2. Cookie Categories Used
Macrolizer adheres to a privacy-first approach and utilizes minimal cookies divided into the following categories:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: essential for the technical operation of the service. These include your authentication session cookie (better-auth), your consent state cookie (cookie_consent, valid for 180 days), and market selection (market_country, valid for 365 days). These do not require prior consent.
- Preference (Functional) Cookies: stored only if you click 'Accept' (all cookies) in our cookie banner. These remember your interface language (locale, valid for 365 days) and visual theme (theme, valid for 365 days). If you decline, these settings are kept in-memory for the current session only.
- Analytics: we utilize Vercel Web Analytics to monitor page load performance and aggregate visitor counts. This technology is strictly cookie-free and does not track individual user identities across the web.
- Advertising and Third-Party Marketing: Macrolizer does NOT use any third-party marketing, ad-tracking, or behavioral profiling cookies.
3. Detailed List of Cookies
The specific cookies used across Macrolizer:
- better-auth.session_token / __Secure-*: identifies the authenticated user session. Lifespan: session / token expiration.
- cookie_consent: stores your cookie consent choice ('all' or 'necessary'). Lifespan: 180 days.
- market_country: stores the chosen country and currency code for accurate ingredient price display. Lifespan: 365 days.
- locale: stores the selected UI language (hu, en, de). Set only upon full consent. Lifespan: 365 days.
- theme: stores the visual appearance theme (light, dark, system). Set only upon full consent. Lifespan: 365 days.
4. Managing Your Cookie Choices
You can review or change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the 'Cookie settings' button in the website footer.
You can also manage, block, or delete cookies through your web browser's privacy settings. Please note that blocking strictly necessary cookies will prevent sign-in and diary operations.