Draft — pending legal review. This policy is a working draft prepared in good faith. It must be reviewed by qualified counsel and an effective date applied before publication.
Cookie Policy
Last updated: pending — effective date TBD
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file placed on your device by a website you visit. Cookies are widely used to make websites work, remember preferences, and provide analytics. We also use similar technologies — such as local storage and pixels — and refer to all of them collectively as "cookies" in this policy.
Categories of cookies we use
- Strictly necessary — required to operate our website, sign you in securely, remember your consent choices, and keep your session active. These cannot be disabled.
- Payment — set by Stripe on checkout pages to prevent fraud and process card payments securely.
- Analytics — help us understand which pages are visited and how visitors find us, in aggregate. Loaded only after you give consent.
We do not use advertising, retargeting, or social-media tracking cookies on this website.
Cookies set on this site
| Name | Provider | Category | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| __clerk_session | Clerk | Strictly necessary | Session |
| __client_uat | Clerk | Strictly necessary | 1 year |
| __stripe_mid, __stripe_sid | Stripe | Payment | 1 year / 30 minutes |
| _ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics 4 | Analytics | 2 years |
| sb_consent | SwahiliBridge | Strictly necessary | 1 year |
Purpose of each cookie:
- __clerk_session — Authenticates a signed-in user and keeps them logged in across pages.
- __client_uat — Records the time of last authentication for session management.
- __stripe_mid, __stripe_sid — Fraud prevention and secure card-payment processing on checkout pages.
- _ga, _ga_* — Aggregated, anonymized analytics — pages visited, traffic source, device. Loaded only after you accept analytics cookies.
- sb_consent — Remembers your cookie-consent choices for this site.
How to control cookies
On your first visit you will be asked to accept or reject non-essential cookies. You can change your choice at any time by clearing your browser cookies for this site and revisiting the homepage. You can also block cookies altogether through your browser settings — note that blocking strictly necessary cookies may break parts of the site such as sign-in or checkout.
To opt out of Google Analytics across all websites, you can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
More information
For full details on how we handle personal data, see our Privacy Policy. For any cookie-related questions, email hello@swahilibridge.com.
Changes
We may update this policy from time to time. The "last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision.