1. Short version
- This website (www.valentry.co.za) sets no cookies and stores nothing in your browser.
- The Valentry app, at your brokerage's address on valentry.co.za, uses strictly necessary cookies and storage to keep you signed in. Nothing else.
- We use no analytics, advertising or tracking cookies anywhere.
2. This website
This website does not set cookies and does not use local storage, session storage or any other browser storage. It loads no analytics scripts, advertising pixels or third-party trackers. Fonts are served from this website itself, not from a third party.
Like any website, our hosting provider receives standard request information, such as your IP address and browser type, to deliver and protect the site. That is not a cookie and is not used to track you.
3. The Valentry app
When you sign in to your brokerage, the app uses the following. Each is strictly necessary: without it you cannot stay signed in.
| Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
valentry_session | First-party cookie | Keeps you signed in. Holds a session token that is checked on every request, so revoked access ends immediately. Not readable by scripts (HttpOnly), sent only over HTTPS (Secure), and not sent on cross-site requests that could change data (SameSite=Lax). | Up to 5 days, or until you sign out |
| Firebase Authentication | Browser storage (IndexedDB) | Sign-in is handled by Google Firebase Authentication, which keeps sign-in state in your browser's storage on your brokerage's address while you sign in. | Until you sign out or clear site data |
Signing in with Google
If your brokerage lets you sign in with a Google account and you choose to, Google may set its own cookies on Google's domains during that step. Those are governed by Google's policies, not this one.
4. Why there is no cookie banner
We only use cookies and storage that are strictly necessary for a service you have asked for. If we ever add anything else, such as analytics, we will update this policy and ask for your consent first.
5. Managing cookies
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking the valentry_session cookie or Firebase storage will stop you from signing in to the app. This website works the same with cookies off.
6. Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent to support@valentry.co.za. See also our privacy notice and PAIA manual.