Cookies and device storage

First-party statistical analytics

• ahuk_analytics_consent: compatibility preference cookie. A value of 0 records an aggregate-analytics objection for one year; when absent, aggregate-only statistics may run under the statistical purposes exception. It is not advertising consent.
• ahuk_analytics_visitor_choice: Secure, HttpOnly choice cookie lasting one year. It is set only if you explicitly enable optional visitor recognition in Privacy settings.
• ahuk_analytics_visitor: random Secure, HttpOnly first-party visitor ID, created only after visitor recognition is enabled; expires after 90 days.
• ahuk_analytics_session: random Secure, HttpOnly session ID for visitor-recognition reporting; a session ends after 30 minutes without a page event. The cookie expires after 90 days.

Visitor-level event and session rows are deleted after 90 days and when visitor recognition is withdrawn, where the browser ID is available. Daily aggregate counts are retained to preserve long-term trends and cannot be linked back to an individual browser. Coarse device, browser, operating-system and Cloudflare country categories are stored only as aggregate page-view totals; raw IP addresses and User-Agent strings are not stored by analytics. Use Privacy settings to change either choice.

Essential and preference storage

• __session and Clerk-managed __clerk_* cookies: sign-in and account security. Names and lifetimes may vary with the authentication configuration.
• plant_guest_id: short-lived, Secure and HttpOnly guest identifier used for Plant Identifier daily abuse limits; up to 24 hours.
• sidebar_state: remembers the navigation open/closed preference for up to seven days.
• Plot Planner local storage: tutorial preference and temporary account-scoped recovery data for unsaved edits. It supports the requested Planner feature and is not used for analytics.
• ahuk-monthly-jobs-v1 local storage: for signed-out visitors, remembers the selected region, growing environments and monthly completed task IDs so the checklist can be resumed in this browser. Signed-in members' preferences and task completion IDs are saved in the Site database with their account. Monthly Jobs data is not used for analytics.
• ahuk_analytics_excluded: Secure and HttpOnly owner-only setting to exclude this browser, including when the owner is signed out; up to two years. It is configured in Admin Analytics.

Third-party requests

Clerk authentication, Pl@ntNet plant identification, geocoding, OpenStreetMap map tiles/data, and the email notification provider are contacted when the related feature is used. These services may process request and network information needed to provide the feature. Amazon affiliate links navigate to Amazon only after you choose them; no Amazon script or pixel is loaded on this Site.

These service requests are separate from statistical analytics. Statistical analytics data is not shared with those services or with future advertising providers.

Advertising

No ads or advertising trackers are active. If the Site adds advertising later, advertising storage and scripts will be separately blocked until valid consent is obtained. You will have separate controls to accept, reject and withdraw advertising consent; the analytics objection will remain separate.