Cookies Policy

The cookies we set are strictly necessary to run your account. No third-party advertising cookies. No cross-site tracking. No marketing pixels.

• Name: cutout_sub
• Purpose: proves you're signed in (a signed JWT containing your Stripe customer ID and subscription state) so you don't have to enter your email on every page load.
• Set when: you click your magic-link email or complete a Stripe checkout.
• Lifetime: 30 days from sign-in.
• HttpOnly: yes. JavaScript on the page can't read it.
• Secure: yes. Only sent over HTTPS.
• SameSite: lax. Other websites can't trigger requests that include your cookie.

• Name: meatread_auth
• Purpose: only set if you sign in via the operator-only password backdoor used during billing setup. Most subscribers never see this cookie.
• HttpOnly + Secure + SameSite=Lax, same protections as the session cookie.

Not technically cookies, but listed here for transparency. The product stores three preferences in your browser's localStorage so they survive a reload without round-tripping a server:

• meatread_currency — your unit preference (USD ¢/lb, USD $/kg, CAD $/kg, EUR /kg).
• meatread_theme — light or dark mode.
• meatread_watchlist_v1 — a local cache of your pinned cuts so the page paints instantly; the server-side copy is the source of truth and syncs on sign-in.

You can clear localStorage in your browser settings. Clearing it just resets the preferences to defaults; nothing else breaks.

We use Vercel Analytics to measure aggregate page views and navigation patterns. Vercel Analytics is cookieless by design; it does not set tracking cookies in your browser and does not fingerprint you across sites. Reporting is aggregate and not tied back to a specific subscriber. If we ever add a client-side analytics tool that does set cookies, we will list it here and email subscribers before turning it on.

We don't set any. The platform doesn't embed YouTube, Twitter widgets, Facebook share buttons, or anything else that would drop a tracking cookie on your browser.

When you go through Stripe checkout to subscribe, Stripe may set its own cookies on its checkout page (stripe.com domain) to detect fraud. Those are governed by Stripe's cookie policy.

You can clear or block our session cookie in your browser settings. If you do, you'll be signed out and will need a fresh sign-in link to use any account-gated surface. Public pages (the landing page, the daily read preview, legal pages) keep working without cookies.

Questions: support@meatread.com.