Legal1. What cookies and browser storage are
A cookie is a small file that a website saves in your browser. Websites can also keep information in your browser's local storage ("localStorage") or session storage ("sessionStorage", erased when you close the tab). This policy covers all of them.
2. What we use
All the items below are necessary for the features you ask for, or remember a choice you made. They are not used to track you across other websites.
| Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
thirdslot_session | localStorage or sessionStorage | Keeps you logged in. In sessionStorage if you untick “Stay signed in”. | Until you log out or the session expires |
thirdslot_audit_idthirdslot_audit_emailthirdslot_audit_company | sessionStorage | Resumes your audit and pre-fills sign-up with it. | Until you close the tab |
thirdslot_recent_audits | localStorage | Lists the free audits run from this browser (website, score, date) under the audit form, so you can reopen a report without typing the address again. “Clear” under the list erases it. | 30 days |
thirdslot_signup | sessionStorage | Saves the sign-up steps already completed. | Until you close the tab |
thirdslot_period | sessionStorage | Remembers whether you chose monthly or annual billing. | Until you close the tab |
ts_refthirdslot_ref | Cookie and localStorage | Set only if you arrive through a link shared by a customer: remembers that link so its welcome offer can be applied when you sign up. | 180 days, or until you create an account |
thirdslot_ref_banner | localStorage | Remembers that you closed the welcome-offer banner, so it stays closed. | Until you clear your browser data |
thirdslot_draft_…thirdslot_howto_seen | localStorage | Dashboard: keeps a draft you are writing, and remembers that you have seen the guide. | Until you clear it |
3. Third parties
- Payment: when you pay, our payment provider (Stripe, or PayPal where offered) may set its own cookies on the payment form, to process the payment and prevent fraud. They are governed by that provider's cookie policy.
- Fonts: our pages load fonts from Google Fonts. This sets no cookie, but your browser sends your IP address to Google to download them.
If we ever add audience-measurement or marketing tools, we will update this policy and ask for your consent beforehand where the law requires it.
4. How to control them
You can delete cookies and site data at any time from your browser settings, and block them for thirdslot.com. If you do, you will be logged out and an audit or sign-up in progress may need to be restarted.
5. Contact
Questions about this policy: [email protected]. See also our Privacy Policy.