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How Mastering Your Scenes Studio uses cookies and similar browser technologies. Effective Date: September 18, 2026.
What These Technologies Are
Cookies and similar technologies help websites and applications remember sessions, preferences, security information and other browser or device state. In addition to cookies, this includes browser local storage and session storage, which the Studio uses for most of the purposes described below.
Essential Technologies
Essential technologies may support authentication, account security, session management, load balancing, fraud prevention and core functionality. In the Studio these currently include your sign-in session and the payment technologies Stripe sets when you begin a checkout.
Preference Technologies
Preference technologies may remember theme, accessibility choices, interface preferences or other user-selected settings. The Studio stores these in your browser so your accessibility and workspace settings apply immediately, without a server round trip.
Analytics and Performance
Analytics and performance technologies may support performance measurement, error diagnosis and product usage understanding. Our current browser-facing inventory does not include an analytics or product-telemetry SDK in your browser. If that changes, this policy and the table below will be updated before such technology is introduced.
Advertising and Cross-Site Tracking
Our current inventory of browser-facing technologies did not identify advertising or cross-site tracking technologies. We do not add advertising clauses or trackers merely because a generic policy contains them. Any future change in this category would be reflected here and in the table below.
Current Inventory
The table below lists the browser technologies verified in the current production application. Where a retention period cannot be verified, it is marked Requires confirmation rather than estimated.
| Name | Type | Provider | Party | Purpose | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supabase authentication session | Local storage (brokered) | Lovable Cloud (Supabase) | First party | Keeps you signed in, refreshes your session and secures account access. | Until sign-out or token expiry — Requires confirmation of exact lifetime | Essential |
| sidebar_state | Cookie | Mastering Your Scenes Studio | First party | Remembers whether the workspace sidebar is expanded or collapsed. | 7 days | Preference |
| sip-theme | Local storage | Mastering Your Scenes Studio | First party | Remembers your light, dark or system theme selection. | Until cleared by you | Preference |
| mys-a11y-prefs | Local storage | Mastering Your Scenes Studio | First party | Caches your accessibility settings (typography, spacing, motion, contrast and reading aids) so they apply immediately on load. | Until cleared by you | Preference |
| mys-writing-view | Local storage | Mastering Your Scenes Studio | First party | Remembers your preferred scene editor writing view. | Until cleared by you | Preference |
| mys.coach.favourites / mys.coach.recent | Local storage | Mastering Your Scenes Studio | First party | Remembers your favourite and recently used AI coaches in the Coach Hub. | Until cleared by you | Preference |
| mys-ai-first-use-notice-dismissed | Local storage | Mastering Your Scenes Studio | First party | Records that you dismissed the AI-assisted feature notice in this browser. | Until cleared by you | Preference |
| guide-launched:<account id> | Session storage | Mastering Your Scenes Studio | First party | Prevents the onboarding guide from re-launching repeatedly in the same session. | Cleared when the browser tab closes | Preference |
| Stripe checkout technologies (for example __stripe_mid, __stripe_sid) | Cookie / browser storage set by Stripe | Stripe | Third party | Loaded only when you start a checkout or payment flow. Stripe uses these for payment processing and fraud prevention. | Set by Stripe — Requires confirmation | Essential |
| Google Fonts stylesheet requests | External stylesheet request (no cookie observed) | Google Fonts | Third party | Loads the typefaces used across the Studio, including the accessibility reading fonts. Font files are requested before any consent interaction. | Browser cache — Requires confirmation | Essential |
Your Choices
Where optional technologies actually exist and consent is required or appropriate, you can manage your nonessential choices. Based on the current inventory, the Studio uses essential technologies and browser-stored preferences you control directly through your own settings — there is no optional analytics or advertising technology to accept or reject today.
You can clear or block cookies and browser storage through your browser settings. Blocking essential technologies may break sign-in, payment and other account features.
Changes to This Policy
We update the categories and inventory table above when the technologies used by the Studio change. Material changes will be reflected in the effective date at the top of this page.
Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent to support@masteringyourscenes.com.
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