🍪 Cookies Policy

Effective Date: Tuesday, 8th July 2025

MoodLyst.com ("we", "us", "our") respects your privacy. This Cookies Policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies on our website to enhance your experience.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) by your web browser. They help websites remember information about your visit — like login state or preferences.

While MoodLyst does not use traditional tracking cookies, we use local storage and Firebase services which may behave similarly in terms of data persistence.

2. What We Store

We use local browser storage and Firebase to store and manage:

• ✅ Your username and login state (via Firebase Authentication)
• ✅ Your mood posts and timestamps (via Firestore)
• ✅ Your last mood post time (to manage cooldown)
• ✅ Profile preferences (if supported in future)

MoodLyst does not store or share sensitive personal data with third parties. When you register, we automatically generate your public username from the portion of your email address before the “@” symbol. This is used for identity display within the platform only and is not treated as personally identifiable information under GDPR or CCPA definitions. No advertising cookies or trackers are used on our platform..

3. Third-Party Services

We use Firebase (by Google) for:

• 🔐 User authentication
• ☁️ Firestore database to store posts
• 🛡️ Secure syncing across devices

Firebase may store cookies or identifiers as part of its core services. Learn more in the Firebase Privacy Policy.

4. How You Can Control Cookies & Storage

You can:

• Clear your browser’s local storage and cookies anytime
• Disable cookies in browser settings (note: this may affect login)
• Manage Firebase data via your Google account

5. Consent

By using MoodLyst.com, you agree to our use of cookies and local storage as described above. You may withdraw your consent at any time by clearing browser data or disabling cookies.

6. Contact Us

If you have questions about this policy, please contact us at: arron.hirst@gmail.com