Cookie Policy

1. Authentication Tokens (localStorage — Essential)

When you log in to Meet4.Gift, we store a session token and basic account information (such as your username and avatar URL) in your browser's localStorage. This is essential to keep you logged in as you navigate the platform and to personalize your experience.

• meet4_token — A JSON Web Token (JWT) used to authenticate your requests to our servers. It expires after 30 days.
• meet4_user — A small JSON object containing basic profile information (username, profile photo URL, membership tier, etc.) used to personalize your experience while logged in. Also stores your warning suppression preferences so previously acknowledged notices are not shown again.

These values are stored locally in your browser and are never shared with third parties. They are used solely to authenticate you with our own servers. You can clear them at any time by logging out or clearing your browser's local storage.

2. Google Fonts (Third-Party — Functional)

Our website loads the Inter typeface from Google Fonts (fonts.googleapis.com) via Next.js's built-in font optimization. When your browser requests font files, Google's servers may log standard request data such as your IP address and browser type, subject to Google's Privacy Policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy. No persistent tracking cookies are set by this interaction on our behalf.

3. Google Analytics (Third-Party — Analytics)

We may use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC. If enabled, Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to collect information about how visitors use our website, such as pages visited, time spent on the site, and general traffic patterns. This data is used in aggregated, anonymized form to help us understand and improve our services.

For more information on how Google collects and processes data, visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. You may opt out of Google Analytics by downloading the opt-out browser add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and opt out of Google's ad personalization at https://adssettings.google.com/.

4. Google™ Maps API (Third-Party — Functional)

Some features of our website may rely on Google™ Maps API cookies to provide location-based functionality. If used, such cookies will be stored on your device. By using features that rely on Google™ Maps, you consent to the storage and collection of such cookies on your device and to the access, use, and sharing by Google of the data collected thereby.

Google™ manages the information and your choices pertaining to Google™ Maps API cookies via an interface separate from that supplied by your browser. For more information, please see https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/cookies/.

5. Social Networking Cookies (Third-Party — Social)

We may integrate social networking features that allow you to share content or connect with others through third-party platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter/X. If such features are enabled, those third parties may set their own cookies on your device when you interact with those features. These cookies may also be used by those third parties for their own advertising purposes. Your use of these features is subject to the respective privacy policies of those third-party platforms.