The JOY iOS and Android applications do not use cookies. Mobile apps use local storage, Firestore, and Firebase Authentication tokens to maintain session state — these are different from web cookies and are stored securely on your device and in Firebase. These are strictly necessary for app functionality.
Our website is hosted on Netlify and uses minimal cookies:
| Cookie | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netlify session cookie | Strictly necessary | Required for Netlify's CDN and page serving infrastructure. No personal data collected. | Session |
| Google Fonts | Functional | Loads fonts (Cormorant Garamond, Inter) from Google Fonts CDN. Google may log requests. No tracking cookie is set. | N/A (HTTP request, no cookie) |
We do not use:
When the JOY app is accessed via a web browser (e.g., during development testing at localhost:8081), Firebase Authentication may use browser local storage and IndexedDB to persist authentication state. These are browser-based storage mechanisms, not traditional cookies, but they serve a similar session-persistence function. They are strictly necessary for authentication.
You can control cookies through your browser settings:
Blocking the Netlify session cookie may affect website functionality. Blocking all cookies will not affect the JOY mobile app experience.
Our website respects browser Do Not Track (DNT) signals. Because we do not use tracking or advertising cookies, enabling DNT has no additional effect on our website beyond our standard practice.
Questions about cookies: joy@joyhealthtechnologies.com
Related: Privacy Policy