Cookie Policy

Last updated: August 2, 2026

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by a website. They help websites work, keep you signed in, and remember preferences. We also use similar browser-storage technologies such as localStorage and sessionStorage. This Policy explains what we use and how you can control it.

How we use cookies on MineralCache

Essential (required): Keep you signed in, protect your account, and let checkout, billing, auctions, and vendor tools work. Without these, the site cannot function correctly.
Preferences: Remember choices such as theme, layout state, legal-prompt progress, and dismissed notices so you do not have to set them every time.
Payments and security: Support secure payments, saved payment methods, payout onboarding, fraud prevention, and checkout reliability through providers like Stripe.
Optional first-party analytics: with your permission, MineralCache may use a first-party identifier to count unique Product and Auction views. This measurement is not used for advertising, cross-site tracking, or behavioral profiling.
Advertising: We do not use third-party advertising cookies on MineralCache at this time.

Cookie-like technologies

localStorage or sessionStorage: stored in your browser by the site. We use these for non-sensitive flow state and preferences, such as theme preference, agreement prompts, auction EU/UK notice acknowledgement, dismissed notices, and UI collapse state.
Third-party scripts required for payments and security: checkout, saved-card flows, and vendor payout onboarding may load Stripe scripts or related storage needed for secure payment and fraud prevention.
First-party unique-view measurement: after you select Allow Analytics, MineralCache may use a random browser identifier, or your account ID when you are signed in, to avoid counting repeat views as different visitors. We do not use a third-party analytics pixel for this measurement.

Categories and examples

Name	Who sets it	Purpose	Type	Expires	Essential
mc.sid	MineralCache (first-party)	Secure session cookie to keep you signed in and link requests to your account.	HTTP-only cookie	Up to 30 days, or when you log out	Yes
mc.analytics_consent	MineralCache (first-party)	Securely remembers whether you allowed or declined optional first-party analytics, along with the policy version and choice timestamp.	HTTP-only preference cookie	Up to 180 days	Yes, to remember your choice
mc.analytics_viewer	MineralCache (first-party)	When unique-view counting is enabled and you allow analytics, stores a random browser identifier used to deduplicate Product and Auction views. It does not contain your name, email address, or advertising profile.	HTTP-only analytics cookie	Up to 180 days	No
mc:theme	MineralCache (first-party)	Saves your theme and display preferences.	localStorage	Until cleared by you or overwritten by the site	No
mc.pendingAgreements, mc.legalOnboarded, mc.auction.eu-uk-notice.v1:*, agegate:dismissed, and similar UI-state keys	MineralCache (first-party)	Tracks non-sensitive legal prompt progress, notice acknowledgements, dismissed banners, and UI state in the current browser.	localStorage or sessionStorage	Until cleared by you, the session ends, or the site overwrites the value	No
__stripe_mid, __stripe_sid	Stripe (third-party)	Enables secure payments, saved-card flows, fraud detection, and checkout reliability.	Third-party cookies	Up to 1 year	Yes for payments

Names and durations may change as we improve the site or our providers update their services. We will keep this page current and describe the categories of storage and cookies we actually use.

Your choices

Browser settings: most browsers let you block or delete cookies and clear localStorage or sessionStorage. Doing so may break essential features like login, checkout, billing, auctions, or vendor tools.
Payment flows: blocking third-party cookies or scripts used by Stripe may interfere with checkout, saved payment methods, and vendor payout onboarding.
Cookie Preferences: use Cookie Preferences in the MineralCache footer to allow or decline optional first-party analytics at any time. Analytics remains off until you allow it. Withdrawing permission stops future unique-view measurement in that browser and removes its analytics identifier.
Preference duration: your choice is remembered for up to 180 days. We may ask again after it expires or if a material change requires a new choice.
Global Privacy Control (GPC): when your browser sends a supported GPC signal, MineralCache treats optional analytics as declined and does not use the analytics identifier in that browser.

How we keep cookies secure

Sensitive cookies, like session cookies, are set with security attributes where supported, including HttpOnly, Secure, and SameSite. We regularly review our use of cookies and providers to maintain security and privacy.

International visitors

If you access MineralCache from outside the United States, information associated with cookies or similar technologies may be processed in the United States and in other countries where our service providers operate. Depending on your location, local law may provide additional rights or consent requirements relating to cookies, browser storage, or similar technologies.

Children

MineralCache is for users 18+. We do not knowingly use non-essential cookie or browser-storage technologies on children's accounts.

Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this page as our site or laws change. Material updates will be posted here. Where a change requires a new analytics choice, MineralCache will reset the saved preference and ask again.

Contact

Questions about this Policy or cookies on MineralCache? Contact us at support@mineralcache.com. For more information on how we handle personal data, see our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service.