Last updated September 26, 2026

Cookie settings

Annotate stores a small amount of data in your browser. Some of it is needed for the site to work. The rest is analytics, which stays off until you turn it on.

This page covers cookies and other browser storage — localStorage and IndexedDB — together, because the same rules apply to all of them. For everything else about your data, see the privacy policy.

Your settings

Necessary

Always on

Keeps you signed in, remembers your choices on this page, and attributes comments you leave on unlisted links. The site doesn't work without it.

Analytics

Off by default

Counts pages viewed and features used, with device type, browser, and approximate location derived from your IP address. Runs Google Analytics for Firebase. Nothing loads until you turn this on.

Your choice applies to this browser only. It is kept for 12 months, then we ask again.

What we store

Necessary

Name	Type	Set by	What it does	Kept for
`firebaseLocalStorageDb`	IndexedDB	Firebase Authentication	Keeps you signed in	Until you sign out
`annotate_consent`	`localStorage`	Annotate	Remembers your choice on this page	12 months

Analytics

Set only after you accept analytics.

Name	Type	Set by	What it does	Kept for
`_ga`	Cookie	Google Analytics for Firebase	Distinguishes one browser from another and keeps session state	2 years

Google keeps the event data these cookies send for 14 months, and user data for 15 months. Google processes it under the Google Analytics terms and the Google Privacy Policy.

Checkout

When you open checkout, Paddle loads its own script and may set its own cookies to process the payment and prevent fraud. Paddle is the merchant of record and controls that data under the Paddle privacy policy. These cookies are set only on checkout.

What we don't use

Advertising or retargeting cookies
Social media pixels
Session recording or heatmaps
Cross-site tracking of any kind

Changing your choice

On this page. Change the toggle and save. If you turn analytics off, the _ga cookies are deleted and no more events are sent. Events already sent stay with Google until the retention period ends.
In your browser. You can block or delete cookies and site data in your browser settings. Blocking necessary storage signs you out and breaks commenting on unlisted links.
Across Google sites. Use the Google Analytics opt-out add-on.

Changes to this page

When we add or remove anything in the tables above, we update this page and the date at the top. If we add a new category, we ask for your consent again.

Contact

Annotate Ltd.
Kremenetski St 2, Tel Aviv 6744320, Israel
security@getannotate.dev