Cookie Policy
Last updated: 26 September 2026
This page lists every cookie and browser storage item Raag Finder uses. Read it alongside our Privacy Policy.
1. What we use, and what we don't
Cookies and local storage are small pieces of data your browser keeps for a site. We use only what is needed to sign you in, keep the Service secure, count unique devices, and remember small interface choices.
We do not use advertising cookies, do not run ad networks, and do not track you across other websites.
2. The full list
| Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| sb-*-auth-token | Local storage · strictly necessary | Keeps you signed in and restores your session after payment or reload. | Until you sign out or clear browser data |
| rf_device_id | Local storage · strictly necessary | A random identifier so a returning browser is counted once, not as a new visitor. | Until you clear browser data |
| Device fingerprint hash | Computed in browser · strictly necessary | A hash of coarse device characteristics used to count unique devices and detect abuse of free credits. | Not stored in your browser; the hash is stored with our visit records |
| Turnstile token | Cookie · strictly necessary | Confirms a human is completing sign-in, sign-up or password reset. | Session to 30 minutes, set by our human-verification provider |
| rf_support_guest | Local storage · strictly necessary | A support-chat token created after a visitor verifies their email with a one-time code, so the same browser can reopen its own chat. | Until the chat is closed or you clear browser data |
| rf_support_guest_name | Local storage · functional | Remembers the name you gave in support chat so you do not retype it. | Until the chat is closed or you clear browser data |
| rf_support_muted | Local storage · functional | Remembers whether you muted the support-chat notification sound. | Until you clear browser data |
| UI preferences | Local storage · functional | Remembers small interface choices such as your last used tab, the Hindustani/Carnatic toggle in the explorer, your preferred tonic (Sa) and whether the headphone check has passed on this device. | Until you clear browser data |
| Practice recordings (IndexedDB) | Browser database · functional | Stores the audio you record in the Practice Room on your own device, so takes stay available without uploading them to us. Nothing here is sent to our servers unless you choose the paid lyric-extraction step. | Until you delete the take or clear browser data |
| Practice Room pass expiry | Local storage · functional | Keeps your signed-in account's pass end time on this device so you can use an active Practice Room pass offline until it expires. | Until the next online check finds no active pass, or you clear browser data; older account-specific entries may remain until site data is cleared |
| Practice Room preferences | Local storage · functional | Remembers your microphone choice, monitoring and effects settings, drone/tanpura preference and the raag you last practised. | Until you clear browser data |
| On-device copy of the site (Cache Storage) | Browser storage · strictly necessary for offline use | When Raag Finder is added to your device, a copy of pages, images, sounds and program files is kept so the site opens quickly and works in a limited way without internet. It stays on your device and is not sent anywhere. | Refreshed with each release; removed when you clear site data or remove Raag Finder from the device |
| Signed-in session kept for offline use | Local storage · strictly necessary | A copy of your sign-in details held on the device so you stay signed in between visits and when you have no connection. | Until you sign out or clear browser data |
| rf_site_version | Local storage · strictly necessary | Records which released version this device is running, so the footer can tell you when a newer one is available. | Until you clear browser data |
| rf_just_updated | Local storage · functional | A short-lived marker set after you reload onto a new release, so we do not prompt you again. | Cleared once the page has loaded on the new version |
| Live streaming provider storage | Third-party, only when you host or watch a live stream | Our real-time media provider sets connection and session data in your browser to carry the audio/video stream and reconnect after a network drop. | For the duration of the stream session |
| Embedded video platform cookies | Third-party, only if you play an embedded video | Set by the embedded video provider to play the video and measure playback. | Set by the respective video platform; see its privacy policy |
3. Visitor counting
The visitor numbers shown on the site are counts of unique devices, not people. They are derived from the random device identifier and the device fingerprint hash described above, together with an approximate country derived from your IP address at the time of the visit. We do not build advertising profiles from this data.
4. Managing and clearing them
You can clear cookies and local storage, or block them, in your browser settings. If you do: you will be signed out and must sign in again, your browser will be counted as a new device, and the human check may appear more often. Blocking the strictly necessary items will prevent sign-in and the analysis features from working.
5. Microphone and the headphone check
Live singing and the headphone check use your microphone only while the feature is running and only after your browser asks for permission. The short tone played during the headphone check, and the bleed it listens for, are processed in your browser to decide whether headphones are in use; that test audio is not stored or sent to us. Only the pass/fail outcome may be kept in your browser so you are not asked again on the same device.
6. Changes and contact
We update this list when the Service changes. Questions: admin@raagfinder.com.