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Cookie Policy

How Hardline uses cookies and similar technologies.

Version 1.0-draft · Last updated: 2026-05-10 · Effective: Pending counsel sign-off

Plain English summary.We use a small number of cookies, and we don’t use any of the tracking ones. The cookies we set are for signing you in, remembering your UI preferences, and basic privacy-respecting analytics. No Meta Pixel, no Google Ads remarketing, no TikTok, no LinkedIn, no cross-context behavioral tracking. We honor the Global Privacy Control signal your browser may send. You can control everything else through your browser settings. The detailed terms below control if there’s any conflict with this summary.

1.What Cookies Are

A cookie is a small text file that a website stores in your browser to remember information about you across visits. Similar technologies (local storage, session storage, pixels, and SDK identifiers) function in equivalent ways. References to “cookies” in this Policy include these similar technologies.

2.Categories of Cookies We Use

Cookie categories used by Hardline
Category	Purpose	Examples	Lifetime	Consent required?
Strictly Necessary	Authentication, session management, CSRF protection, routing	Supabase Auth session cookie; Vercel routing cookies	Session or up to 30 days	No
Functional	UI preferences (theme, filter state, last-visited page)	Local storage entries	Up to 365 days	No (essential to UX)
Analytics (privacy-respecting)	Aggregate, non-identifying telemetry to operate and improve the Service	Vercel Analytics (cookieless / hashed visitor IDs)	N/A (no persistent identifier stored)	No; opt-out at /legal/privacy-choices
Advertising / cross-context	Not used	None	N/A	N/A

3.We Do Not Use Advertising or Cross-Context Tracking

We do not deploy advertising pixels or cross-context behavioral tracking technologies. That includes the Meta Pixel, the Google Ads remarketing tag, the TikTok Pixel, the LinkedIn Insight Tag, X (Twitter) Conversion Tracking, and similar networks. If we change this practice, we will update this Policy under the procedures in Section 18 of the Terms of Service and add an opt-in / opt-out interface.

4.Your Choices

You may control cookies through your browser settings (typically Settings › Privacy › Cookies). Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies, delete existing cookies, or be notified when cookies are set. Blocking strictly necessary cookies will prevent the Service from functioning.

We honor the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal sent by your browser as a request to opt out of any sale or sharing of personal information for your browser or device. See Your Privacy Choices.

5.Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. Material changes are made under Section 18 of the Terms of Service. Each version is archived at /legal/archive.

6.Contact

Cookie or tracking questions: privacy@hardlinelending.com