Browsers offer several ways for a website to keep information on your device.
Cookies are small pieces of data the browser sends back to the server with every request. They are used for things that need to travel with your requests — most notably, your authentication session.
localStorage is key-value data stored on your device that stays until you clear it (or we do). Cookies are sent to the server automatically; localStorage is not.
Cookieless analytics are tools that record aggregate metrics — page views, load times — without setting cookies or storing anything per-user on your device.
This page uses "cookies" loosely, in the everyday sense, to mean any of the above. Where the distinction matters, we call it out.
Only the Essential items are on by default. Everything else waits for your explicit opt-in via the consent banner or Settings.
The first time you visit touBill, a small consent banner appears in the corner. The default state of every toggle is off — you have to actively opt in to Functional, Analytics, or Error monitoring for any of those tools to load. Nothing loads on your device until you decide.
The banner does not appear on /login, /signup, /register, or /emergency. Those routes stay clean either because they need to remain uninterrupted or, in the case of /emergency, because the page is load-bearing for someone in distress.
Once you make a choice, the banner disappears. Your choice is remembered on your device in localStorage. If we materially change what a category includes, the consent version bumps and you are re-prompted the next time you visit.
You can update your choices at any time in one of two places:
A "Reset (re-prompt)" button in Settings clears your stored decision entirely, which brings the consent banner back the next time you load a page.
Questions about cookies or browser storage on touBill: email privacy@sovraos.com.