The short version
This policy covers studionine.agency and the Studio Nine Lab at lab.studionine.agency. We do not set advertising, marketing, analytics or cross-site tracking cookies, and we do not use a cookie-based analytics product such as Google Analytics. Everything we store on your device is strictly necessary for something you asked for, so neither site needs a cookie consent banner.
What a cookie is
A cookie is a small text file a website can store on your device to remember information between visits. Similar technologies include local storage and session storage, which also keep small amounts of data on your device. This policy covers all of them.
What we store, and why
| What | Where | Type | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page transition flag | studionine.agency | Session storage | Makes moving between pages smooth. Never sent to us. | Until you close the tab |
| Your bag | Lab shop | Local storage | Remembers what you’ve put in your bag before you check out. Never sent to us until you check out. | Until you check out or clear it |
Proposal access (s9_proposal_…) | studionine.agency, private proposal pages only | Cookie, strictly necessary | Keeps a password-protected proposal unlocked after you enter the password. | Up to 7 days |
Staff sign-in (s9_session) | studionine.agency/admin only | Cookie, strictly necessary | Keeps Studio Nine team members signed in to the private admin. Public visitors never receive it. | Until sign-out, 2 hours idle or 12 hours |
| Payment (Stripe) | checkout.stripe.com | Cookies set by Stripe | When you pay for a Lab order you go to Stripe’s secure checkout, which uses cookies for security and fraud prevention under its own cookie policy. | Set by Stripe |
Cookieless analytics
We use Vercel Web Analytics and Vercel Speed Insights to measure aggregate traffic and performance. They are cookieless by design: they set no cookies, collect no personally identifying information, and do not follow you across other sites. Our own visit counter is cookieless too and stores nothing on your device. It does not count visits from browsers sending “Do Not Track” or Global Privacy Control.
Third-party content
Neither site embeds advertising or social-tracking widgets. Outbound links (for example to LinkedIn) take you to third-party sites, which have their own cookie and privacy policies that we do not control.
Managing what’s stored on your device
As we set no optional cookies, there is nothing to switch on or off here. You can still clear or block cookies and local/session storage at any time in your browser settings; the sites will keep working, though a Lab bag will empty and a proposal will ask for its password again. Browsers that send Global Privacy Control are honoured automatically; see Your privacy choices.
Changes to this cookie policy
If we ever introduce cookies that need your consent, we will update this policy and add a way to accept or refuse them first.
See also our Privacy Policy.