Overview
FixBeforeBuy uses a small set of first-party storage items to remember language, cookie choices, theme, and purchase access on a device. A cookie banner lets you accept all, reject non-essential, or save analytics and functional preferences. Necessary items stay on. Preference records are stored in the browser for up to 12 months.
Storage this site uses
The names below identify storage used on this site. Third-party cookies set by Google or Stripe are controlled by those companies.
| Name | Where | Category | Purpose | Typical lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fbb_locale | Cookie and local storage | Functional | Stores the language you explicitly selected. The URL remains the source of truth for which locale page you are viewing. | Up to 12 months (cookie) |
| fbb_cookie_consent | Local storage | Necessary | Stores whether you accepted, rejected, or customized analytics and functional preferences. | Up to 12 months in code, then the banner can appear again |
| theme | Local storage (next-themes) | Functional | Remembers light, dark, or system color scheme. | Until you clear site data |
| fbb-buyer-email | Local storage | Functional | Remembers the checkout email on this browser so you do not have to retype it. | Until you clear site data |
| fbb-buyer-access-token and expiry | Local storage | Necessary for paid access | Lets this browser open purchased manual content for a limited time without a public login. | Until the stored expiry, or until you clear site data |
| _ga / _ga_* | Cookies (Google) | Analytics | Set when Google Analytics 4 is enabled for the site. Used by Google to measure public page views. | Per Google's current cookie policy |
| Stripe checkout cookies | Stripe domains | Necessary for payment | Set by Stripe when you are redirected to Checkout. Not set by our own cookie banner. | Per Stripe’s policy |
What we do not currently load
This site does not currently use Meta Pixel, Hotjar, TikTok Pixel, or similar marketing tags.
How to change your choices
Use Cookie Preferences in the banner (or reopen it if your browser still has no stored choice). You can also delete cookies and site data in your browser. Blocking all cookies may affect language memory and paid-access helpers on this device; the locale in the URL will still work.