Minilab legal
Cookie policy
Minilab uses essential authentication cookies. Vercel Web Analytics measures aggregate use without third-party cookies.
Effective and last updated: August 10, 2026
1. What this policy covers
This policy explains how Minilab and its providers store or access information on your device. This includes cookies and temporary browser storage. Read the privacy policy for other processing, such as server logs and billing records.
2. Essential authentication cookies
Clerk provides Minilab account authentication. Clerk sets the cookies below when you sign in, sign up, or use an authenticated part of the service. These cookies are necessary to provide the account and protect the session. Minilab cannot provide signed-in features if you block them.
| Cookie or group | Purpose | Typical duration | Provider |
|---|---|---|---|
__session | Authenticates requests and keeps the active session secure. | About 60 seconds and renewed while the session is active. | Clerk |
__client | Maintains the Clerk client and supports secure session renewal. | The configured session lifetime, subject to browser limits. | Clerk |
__client_uat | Records when the Clerk client state was last updated. | Linked to the active Clerk client. | Clerk |
| Clerk handshake and verification cookies | Complete sign-in, sign-up, token refresh, and security checks. | Temporary or linked to the authentication flow. | Clerk |
Exact cookie names and durations can change when Clerk updates its security system or when the operator changes the session settings. Your browser developer tools show the cookies and expiration times that apply to your current session.
3. Cookie-free analytics
Vercel Web Analytics measures page views and aggregate site use. It does not use third-party cookies. It can process a timestamp, page URL, application route, referrer, filtered query information, approximate region, browser, operating system, and device type. Vercel creates a request-based hash for short-term visitor counting and discards that visitor session after 24 hours. Minilab uses the resulting aggregate data to understand service use and reliability.
4. Third-party pages
If you open Stripe Checkout or the Stripe billing portal, you leave Minilab and use a Stripe page. Stripe can set cookies for payment, security, fraud prevention, and its own permitted purposes. Stripe's cookie and privacy notices apply on that page. The same rule applies to any other external page that you choose to visit.
5. Your controls
You can inspect, block, or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking the Clerk cookies will sign you out or stop account features from working. Because Minilab does not currently use optional advertising or cookie-based analytics, it does not show a separate optional-cookie consent control.
If Minilab later adds a non-essential cookie or similar technology, we will update this policy and request consent before using it where the law requires consent.
6. Contact and changes
We can update this policy when our technology or providers change. We will change the date at the top. Use the privacy contact in the legal notice for questions.