Cookies and browser storage
One cookie, for signing in. No advertising, no analytics, no tracking — which is why you have not been asked to accept anything.
The cookie
| Name | What it is for | How long |
|---|---|---|
buyer_auth_token | Keeps you signed in. Without it you would have to sign in again on every page. It is HttpOnly, so no script on the page can read it — including anything injected into one. | 30 days, or until you sign out |
That is the whole list. We set no advertising cookie, no analytics cookie, and no third-party cookie of any kind.
Storage in your browser
The site also keeps a little state in your own browser so it survives a refresh — which filters you had set, what is in your cart, that sort of thing. It stays on your device and is never sent anywhere.
Your identity is deliberately not part of that. Who you are is proved by the cookie and nothing else, so an identity can never outlive the session that proved it — which matters on a shared workshop machine. Signing out clears the stored state as well as the cookie.
Turning them off
You can block cookies for this site in your browser. Everything public keeps working — search, listings, prices, the whole catalogue — but you will not be able to stay signed in, so ordering will not work.
Why there is no banner
A consent banner exists to ask permission for tracking. There is nothing here to consent to: the one cookie is what signs you in, and asking whether you would like to be signed in while you are trying to sign in helps nobody.
The newsletter is the one place we do ask, because that is a genuine choice — and the moment you agreed is recorded with it. See privacy.
Questions about this, or anything else we hold — ask us.
Last reviewed 2026-09-01