Many regions in the world have legal requirements about the use of cookies (for example the European Union or California).
What are cookies used for in a Sharetribe marketplace?
Cookies used for end-users (your visitors)
Essential (necessary) cookies
These cookies don't require consent from visitors.
The Sharetribe cookie is only used to session information. The cookie is named
st-hosted-token. At present, this cookie is not used to store any personal information. This cookie is valid for 1 month.If you use online payment with Stripe, Stripe adds its own cookie when the payment component loads.
Non-essential (non-necessary) cookies
These cookies require consent from visitors. If you want your Sharetribe marketplace to be cookie-compliant, you should disable the following associated features:
Google Maps sets some cookies ("NID" and "SID" cookies, in particular), that track personal information. If you don't want to use code and be cookie-compliant, you should use Mapbox as your map provider instead of Google Maps, as Mapbox doesn't use cookies. Mapbox is already used in your Test marketplace and you can choose to configure it yourself when you go Live.
Google Analytics uses cookies to track personal information. If you don't want to use code and be cookie-compliant, you should use Plausible instead of Google Analytics, as Plausible doesn't use cookies. Learn more about the Plausible integration here.
You can also customize your marketplace with code to let users consent to non-essential (non-necessary) cookies.
Integrations not using cookies
YouTube embedded videos don't use cookies (the videos are embedded using Google's own
youtube-nocookieservice). However, some tracking still happens once a visitor clicks "Play".
Other cookies you may have added through customization with code
If you add any more integrations through custom development, you should review whether they set non-essential (non-necessary) cookies, as these should be consented to.
Cookies used for admins in Console
These cookies do not affect visitors as they are used only in Console, for admins.
There are two types of cookies:
Sharetribe's own cookies, used for sessions and security.
Third-party services' cookies, such as Intercom, Chargebee, Cloudflare, or usage services, which manage their own cookies. You can find the full list of third-party services we rely on here and learn more about their privacy policy on their websites.
How to make your Sharetribe marketplace compliant without custom code
To make your hosted Sharetribe marketplace cookie-compliant, you should use:
Mapbox instead of Google Maps
Plausible instead of Google Analytics