Cookie statement

If you visit Verno without an account, we set no cookies at all. Nothing is stored on your device until you do something that needs it — sign in, or choose a language.

This page lists everything Verno puts on your device, what it is for, and how to get rid of it.

Cookies

A cookie is a small file that travels back to our server with every request you make. Verno uses two, and only when they are needed.

Your sign-in session. Set when you sign in, removed when you sign out. Without it we cannot tell one request from another, so you would be signed out again on every click. It is strictly necessary and you cannot decline it while staying signed in.

Your language choice. Set only when you pick a language yourself, and it holds nothing but that choice — en, nl, de or es. It exists because Verno's interface is available in several languages and your browser has no other way to remember which one you picked. If you have an account, the choice is stored on your profile instead, so it follows you to your other devices.

Neither cookie is used to follow you, build a profile of you, or share anything with anyone else.

Stored in your browser, never sent to us

Two things live in your browser's own storage. They differ from cookies in one way that matters: they never travel to our server. We cannot see them, and there is nothing on our side to delete.

Recently viewed. Up to twelve timelines you opened, so that Discovery can put them back in front of you. Your browser decides what to show; we send the same timelines to everyone who may see them.

Unfinished work. If you start writing something and close the tab before it is saved, your browser keeps the draft so you do not lose it.

Measuring

We measure how fast pages load and how often they are visited. These measurements set no cookies and store nothing on your device — we checked, and we will check again whenever the setup changes. The scripts are served from our own domain rather than someone else's.

We do not use advertising trackers, social media pixels, or anything that follows you to other websites.

When you go and pay

Buying credits takes you to Polar's checkout, on their own address. Whatever they put on your device there falls under their statement, not this one — we have no say over it and cannot reach it. After paying you come back here.

Why there is no cookie banner

Under European rules, consent is needed for storing things that are not necessary for the service you asked for. What we store is either strictly necessary (staying signed in) or something you asked for yourself (your language). Asking permission for those would suggest you have a choice to make where you do not, and that makes the question misleading rather than helpful.

If that ever changes — if we add something that does need your consent — you will be asked before it is placed, and refusing will be as easy as accepting.

Clearing it

Everything on this page lives on your own device and can be removed from your browser settings, under cookies and site data. Clearing it signs you out and forgets your language and your recently viewed list. Nothing else changes: your account, your timelines and your stories are unaffected.

Questions

If something here is unclear or looks wrong, tell us. This page describes what the software actually does, and if the two ever disagree, that is a bug worth hearing about.