About cookies
HOOX uses only the cookies and browser storage needed to run the site, such as keeping you signed in. We don’t use advertising or tracking cookies of our own.
Cookies are small text files a website saves in your browser. Browser storage (local storage) works the same way but stays in your browser and isn’t sent with each page request. Both let a site remember you between pages and visits.
This policy is part of our Privacy Policy and applies to hoox.app, run by HOOX Software LLC.
What HOOX stores
Everything below is needed for the site to work or to remember a choice you made.
| Name | Type | What it does | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| hoox_auth | Cookie | Keeps you securely signed in (signed, and hidden from page scripts) | Until you sign out or it expires |
| hoox_session | Cookie and browser storage | Remembers who is signed in on this browser | Until you sign out |
| hoox_ref | Cookie | Remembers the affiliate link you arrived through, so the affiliate gets credit if you sign up | 60 days |
| hoox-conditions-place | Browser storage | Remembers the place you picked for Fishing Conditions (or that you cleared it) | Until you change it or clear browser data |
| hoox_support_visitor | Browser storage | Keeps your support chat and tickets linked to this browser | Until you clear browser data |
| hoox-insights-range, hoox-insights-compare | Browser storage | Remembers admin dashboard settings (HOOX admins only) | Until you clear browser data |
Cookies from other companies
Some parts of HOOX come from other services, which may set their own cookies under their own policies:
| Service | When | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Any visit | Security, such as telling people from bots (for example the __cf_bm cookie) |
| “Sign in with Google,” and maps on event pages | Signing you in, and showing the map | |
| Affiliate and advertising partners (such as AvantLink or Impact) | When their script is on a page, or you click a partner link | Confirming HOOX’s partner account and crediting referrals |
Ad banners on HOOX are images that link to the advertiser’s site; they don’t set cookies until you visit that site.
Your choices
You can see, block or delete cookies and browser storage in your browser’s settings, usually under Privacy or Site settings. If you block HOOX’s own cookies, you won’t be able to sign in, and the site won’t remember your choices. Blocking other companies’ cookies may stop Google sign-in or maps from working.
Because HOOX only uses cookies needed to run the site, we don’t show a cookie consent banner. If we ever add analytics or advertising cookies, we’ll update this policy and ask for your consent where the law requires it.
Changes and contact
We’ll update this policy when the cookies we use change, and change the date at the top. Questions: gethoox@gmail.com, support@hoox.app, or the Contact us form.