Cookie Policy
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Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser. This page lists every cookie Ytgo (https://ytgo.me) sets, and the other ways we store information in your browser. It takes effect on November 11, 2026. More about the data behind them is in our Privacy Policy.
In short: we use no advertising cookies. Google Analytics runs only if you accept it in our cookie banner (section 3). Our cookies keep you signed in, let you keep links you made without an account, remember a few settings, and record where your visit came from (for example a referral, coupon or campaign link, or the site that linked to us). That last record is our own first-party measurement: it is never shared with anyone or used for advertising.
1. Cookies we set
All of these are first-party cookies: they are set by ytgo.me itself and are only sent back to ytgo.me. Except for tz and consent, they cannot be read by scripts on the page (HttpOnly).
| Name | Purpose | Duration | When it is set |
|---|---|---|---|
__Secure-better-auth.session_token |
Keeps you signed in to your account. | 7 days, renewed while you use the site; deleted when you sign out | When you sign in |
__Host-signin_binding |
Ties an e-mailed sign-in link to the browser that requested it, so a forwarded link cannot take over the links made in this browser. | 10 minutes; deleted when the link is used | When you request a sign-in link |
__Host-anon_id |
A random identifier for links you create without an account, so you can add them to an account later. It does not identify you. | 365 days; deleted when you add or dismiss the links, sign out or delete your account | When you create a link without being signed in |
NEXT_LOCALE |
Remembers the language you chose, when it differs from your browser's language. | Until you close the browser | When you open a page in a language other than your browser's |
tz |
Your time zone, so the dashboard shows dates and statistics in your local time. | 1 year | When you open the dashboard |
ref |
The referral code of the first referral link (?ref=…) you followed, so we can note which partner brought you if you sign up. Contains no personal data. |
30 days | When you follow a referral link |
coupon |
A coupon code from a link (?coupon=…), so it is filled in for you at checkout. |
30 days | When you follow a coupon link to the pricing or sign-up page |
consent |
Your answer in the cookie banner (Google Analytics accepted or rejected), so we do not ask on every page. | 180 days; change it any time under "Cookie settings" at the bottom of every page | When you answer the banner |
src |
Where your visits came from: for your first visit and your latest visit from somewhere, the kind of source (search, social, AI assistant, e-mail, referral…), the campaign tags in the link (utm_…), the referring site's name, the page you landed on and the time. If you sign up, we copy it to your account so we know which channels bring members. Contains no IP address and no identifier. |
90 days | On your first visit, and when you arrive from another site or a tagged link |
Short links and bio pages on our short-link domains, and on custom domains of our members, set no cookies.
2. Other storage in your browser
We also keep two settings in your browser's local storage. They never leave your device:
| Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
theme |
Your choice of light or dark appearance. | Until you choose "system" again or clear your browser data |
upgrade-strip-dismissed |
Remembers that you closed the Pro banner in the dashboard. | Until you clear your browser data |
3. Third parties
- Cloudflare Turnstile. On some forms (creating a link without an account, sign-up, sign-in, password reset, the abuse report form) a bot check from Cloudflare is loaded from
challenges.cloudflare.com. It may store and read its own data in your browser to tell people from bots. See Cloudflare's Turnstile privacy addendum. - Cloudflare security. All traffic to our domains passes through Cloudflare. Depending on its security features, Cloudflare may set a strictly necessary cookie such as
__cf_bmto protect the site from automated attacks. See Cloudflare's cookie policy. - Stripe. When you subscribe or manage your subscription you are taken to pages on
checkout.stripe.comorbilling.stripe.com. Stripe sets its own cookies there, for example to prevent fraud. See Stripe's cookie policy. - Google Analytics (only with your consent). If you click "Accept" in our cookie banner, Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC / Google Ireland Limited) is loaded from
www.googletagmanager.comand sets_gaand_ga_<ID>(up to 2 years) to tell visits of the same browser apart. It records which pages you view, how you arrived (for example the referring site or theutm_…tags of a campaign link), your device, browser and approximate location, and a few actions (signing up, creating a link, starting and completing a Pro purchase). Google Analytics 4 does not store IP addresses. Advertising features are off. If you click "Reject", nothing is loaded. You can change your choice under "Cookie settings" at the bottom of every page; withdrawing consent deletes these cookies. See Google's privacy policy and how Google uses data from sites that use its services. - Google sign-in and One Tap. On the sign-in and sign-up pages ("Continue with Google") and, while you are signed out, on our public pages (Google's "One Tap" prompt), Google's sign-in script is loaded from
accounts.google.com. Google uses its own cookies on its own domain, for example to know whether you are signed in to Google and that you closed the prompt; we cannot read them, and nothing is sent to us unless you choose an account. See Google's privacy policy. - YouTube. A short link takes you to YouTube, and our intermediate page and bio pages load thumbnails from YouTube's image servers. From there on, YouTube's (Google's) own cookie and privacy rules apply.
4. How to control cookies
You can see and delete cookies in your browser's settings and block them for ytgo.me. If you block or delete our cookies, you will be signed out, and links you made without an account can no longer be added to an account from this browser. Without the session cookie you cannot sign in.
5. Changes and contact
We update this page whenever we add, change or remove a cookie. Questions: [email protected].