Cookie Policy

We use a small number of cookies that are strictly necessary to make Make Me A Shopping List work. We do not use cookies for marketing, advertising or third-party analytics, so you will not see a "manage cookies" banner.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your device so it can recognise you on later visits. Cookies are used widely to make sites work, or work more efficiently.

Cookies we set

Name	Purpose	Type	Lifetime
makemeashoppinglist_session	Keeps you logged in across page loads.	Strictly necessary	2 hours of inactivity
XSRF-TOKEN	Protects against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks on forms.	Strictly necessary	2 hours of inactivity
remember_web_*	Set if you tick "remember me" at login. Keeps you signed in across browser sessions.	Strictly necessary	5 years (or until you log out)

Cookies set by third parties

When you click through to Stripe Checkout or the Stripe customer portal to manage your subscription, Stripe sets its own cookies on its own domain. We do not control these cookies. See the Stripe cookie policy for details.

Service workers and local storage

Once you log in, we register a service worker so the shopping list works when you are offline. The service worker stores a cached copy of recent pages in your browser's Cache Storage. We also use local storage to track whether to show the "Install for offline shopping" prompt and to record a dismiss for 30 days. None of this data leaves your device.

Turning cookies off

Because all the cookies we set are strictly necessary, turning them off in your browser will break key parts of the Service: you will not be able to log in, for example. If you want to clear them, your browser's privacy settings let you delete cookies for an individual site.

Email hello@makemeashoppinglist.co.uk with any questions. Our Privacy Policy covers everything else we do with your data.