Cookie Policy
Last updated: September 2, 2026 (provider-status clarification)
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They can remember preferences or help measure site use. Some cookies are "first-party" (set by the site you're visiting) and some are "third-party" (set by other services). MindCheck Tools does not display ads or load advertising networks.
How we use cookies
MindCheck Tools uses a minimal number of cookies. The application does not use cookies to store or read screening responses. Questionnaire scoring happens in client-side JavaScript, and answers and scores are not intentionally sent to MindCheck Tools. Ordinary page requests can still create hosting records.
LocalStorage is browser storage, not a cookie. The safety plan, CBT thought record, worry-time scheduler, daily recovery check-in, and sobriety calculator use it only after you choose to enter or save tool data. That information stays available to the browser profile until you reset the tool or clear site data, and other users of the same browser profile may be able to see it.
MindCheck Tools does not use Google Analytics or display advertising. The application's cookie-free Vercel Web Analytics configuration is described separately below because, when enabled for the production project, it does not set a browser cookie.
Cookies we use
Essential
Consent: Not required| Cookie | Purpose | Duration | Provider |
|---|---|---|---|
| mh-theme | Stores your light/dark mode preference | Persistent (localStorage) | MindCheck Tools |
| empire_gpc | Remembers a Global Privacy Control signal so any enabled Vercel Web Analytics stays off | 30 days (cookie) | MindCheck Tools |
Browser storage (not cookies)
Consent: Tool choice| Cookie | Purpose | Duration | Provider |
|---|---|---|---|
| mct-safety-plan, mct-thought-records, mct-worry-* | Keeps a safety plan, optionally saved thought records, or a worry log available in this browser | Until reset or site data is cleared | MindCheck Tools |
| mct-recovery-checkins, mindcheck_sobriety_* | Keeps recovery check-ins, sobriety date, and optional spending estimate in this browser | Until reset or site data is cleared | MindCheck Tools |
Managing your preferences
You can clear cookies and local storage through your browser settings. Each persistent local tool also provides an appropriate reset or delete control.
Google Analytics and advertising
MindCheck Tools does not use Google Analytics, Google Consent Mode, or display advertising. There is no analytics or advertising consent cookie.
Cookie-free aggregate measurement
When enabled for the production project, Vercel Web Analytics counts aggregate visitors and page views without setting cookies. The application permits it only on a fixed allowlist of topic-neutral trust, policy, professional, and commercial pages. Assessment, result, crisis, condition-specific, blog-detail, and interactive-tool routes are excluded.
The implementation removes query strings and fragments from the event URL, sends no custom events, and suppresses events when Global Privacy Control is active. Vercel documents that an allowed page-view data point may include event time, path and route, browser-supplied referrer, coarse city/region/country, operating system and version, browser and version, device type, and analytics-script version. Vercel also documents that it determines a visitor with a request-derived hash that resets after 24 hours. Because this service does not place a cookie, it is not listed in the cookie table above.
Your rights
If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA) or United Kingdom: MindCheck Tools does not place Google Analytics or advertising cookies. Applicable privacy rights and ordinary hosting disclosures are described in the Privacy Policy.
If you are in California: Under the CCPA/CPRA, you have the right to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information, which may include certain cookie-based data collection. We honor the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal. If your browser sends a GPC signal, we treat it as a request to opt out.
Everywhere else: The same technical controls apply regardless of jurisdiction. There is no analytics consent banner. If Vercel Web Analytics is enabled, it runs only on the fixed non-sensitive allowlist described above, and Global Privacy Control suppresses it.
Changes to this policy
We will update this policy when cookie or storage practices change. MindCheck Tools does not use Google Analytics or display advertising. The "Last updated" date reflects the most recent revision.
Contact
Questions about our cookie practices? Email us at privacy@mindchecktools.com.