— Cookies

Only the cookies we actually need.

Effective —

In plain language

SERVD ships without a cookie banner because we only set strictly-necessary cookies — sign-in, payment processing, CSRF protection. None of them track you across the internet.

Below is every cookie we set, who set it, what it does, and how long it lives. No marketing or analytics cookies. No pixels.

The legal version is below. If anything reads differently in the long form, the long form controls.

Section 01

Why there isn’t a cookie banner

Cookie banners exist because most websites set tracking/marketing cookies that need your consent under laws like the GDPR or California’s CCPA. SERVD does not set tracking or marketing cookies. We only set cookies that are strictly necessary for the Platform to work — things like keeping you signed in or preventing checkout fraud.

Strictly-necessary cookies are exempt from consent requirements under both U.S. and EU privacy frameworks because you couldn’t use the site without them. We could ship a banner anyway, but it would be theater. So we don’t.

Section 02

Every cookie we set

The full list of cookies set by SERVD and our infrastructure partners:

Cookie	Set by	Purpose	Lifetime
__session	Clerk	Authenticated session	Session
__client_uat	Clerk	Session sync between tabs	Session
__stripe_mid	Stripe	Payment fraud prevention	1 year
__stripe_sid	Stripe	Payment fraud prevention	30 minutes
csrf-token	SERVD	CSRF protection on form posts	Session

“Session” cookies are deleted when you close your browser. The Stripe cookies above are set on a Stripe subdomain when their payment elements render on the checkout page — they’re necessary for payment processing and we don’t see what’s in them.

Section 03

What we don’t use

The following are not present anywhere on the Platform:

Google Analytics or any other web analytics platform that sets a tracking cookie.
Facebook Pixel, TikTok Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, or any other ad-network tracking pixel.
Marketing automation cookies (HubSpot, Marketo, Klaviyo, etc.).
Cross-site tracking of any kind. Nothing follows you from SERVD to another site.
Local storage of personal information. We use the browser’s in-memory storage for ephemeral UI state only.

Section 04

How to control cookies

You can clear or block cookies through your browser settings. Blocking the SERVD or Clerk cookies will sign you out and break sign-in. Blocking Stripe’s cookies will break checkout. Other than that, everything will continue to work.

See your browser’s documentation for instructions:

Section 05

When this list changes

If we add a new strictly-necessary cookie, we update this page within 30 days. If we ever decide to add a non-essential cookie (we don’t plan to), this page will list it, we’ll ship a banner asking for consent, and your existing preferences will default to “no” until you choose otherwise.

Drafted in-house. Counsel review pending before final publication. If you spot something off, write legal@servdchefs.com.