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Cookie policy

Below is the full list of what can end up on your device from this website. If you’re not signed in: not a single cookie until you consent in the banner, with one exception that only happens through your own click — the cookie for your vote on a service (see below); beyond that, only browser storage for the “My subscriptions” list, your votes and your answer in the banner, and even that only once you do something yourself. If you consent, Google Analytics cookies are turned on, as described below. If you sign in with your email: essential session cookies, nothing more. How the data is then used is described in the privacy policy.

The “My subscriptions” list in your browser

What you add to the “My subscriptions” list and the subscription calculator is saved in your browser’s local storage (localStorage, key pk_subscription_cart_v2), so it’s still there between visits. It’s not a cookie. If you’re not signed in, it never leaves your browser. If you’re signed in to your account, the contents of “My subscriptions” are also saved with us (the user_carts table) — that’s exactly what the account is for: so the same list shows up on another device. If you delete your account, that row disappears at the same time. The storage is only used once you add something yourself. You can clear it in your browser settings — what disappears then is listed further down, in “How to manage it yourself”.

sb-… — sign-in session

When you sign in with your email to your account (or as an administrator at /admin), Supabase uses a few cookies whose names start with sb- for the session. They’re created only when you click the link in the email yourself, and they disappear when you sign out. Without them, signing in simply wouldn’t work — so they’re strictly necessary cookies, and they don’t require consent. If you don’t sign in, they’re never set.

as_lankytojas — your vote on a service

At the end of a review you can rate the service with stars. When you click a star, the server sets the as_lankytojas cookie — a random identifier valid for one year — so each reader has one vote and can change it. We store only a hash of the identifier, which can’t be used to identify you; along with it, the rating, the service, the page language and a hash of the IP address to detect abuse. No email address and no name. The cookie is created only after your click and is necessary for this feature, so it doesn’t require consent; if you don’t vote, it’s never set. Your own vote is remembered by your browser in local storage (localStorage, key as-ivertinimas:<service>).

Partner links — no cookie

When you click a button that leads to the service provider, the link goes through our server, which records the click itself (which offer, from which page, when) and sends you on. Nothing is stored on your device in the process. We used to set an identifier here to see whether the same link was clicked ten times by one person or by ten people; we stopped doing that — answering that question isn’t worth leaving something behind in someone else’s browser.

Cookie-free visit statistics

To measure visits we use Vercel Web Analytics. It sets no cookies and stores nothing on your device: visitors are told apart by a hash calculated from the request itself, valid for 24 hours. Since nothing remains on the device, no consent is needed for these statistics.

The consent banner and Google Analytics

Since August 25, 2026, we also use Google Analytics to measure visits. Unlike Vercel Web Analytics, it sets cookies (_ga and _ga_…), and they aren’t necessary for the service you’re asking for. That’s why we ask.

Until you answer, Google Analytics isn’t loaded at all. It isn’t loaded and then switched off — it simply isn’t loaded. If you say no, it’s never loaded, and the site works exactly the same: no feature depends on it.

Your answer is saved in your own browser (localStorage) — no cookie is needed for that. Setting a cookie to remember “I don’t want cookies” would honestly be absurd.

You can change your mind at any time: at the bottom of the page, next to “©”, click the “Cookie settings” button — the banner appears again with the same two buttons. If you previously consented but now say no, the Google Analytics cookies (_ga and _ga_…) are deleted and the page reloads — from then on Google Analytics isn’t loaded anymore. Another way is to clear the site’s storage in your browser settings: the banner then appears again too.

For a long time this section said there was no consent banner, because there was nothing to show it for — and back then that was true. It also stated a condition: “if a cookie that requires consent is ever added, the banner will come back and work for real: the cookie will be set only after consent, and this page will be updated in advance.” That has now happened, and with this section we keep that promise.

How to manage it yourself

Every browser lets you view and delete a specific website’s cookies and local storage (usually: settings → privacy → site data). For this website it’s harmless — the site itself keeps working, but the following disappears:

  • The “My subscriptions” list and your choices in the subscription calculator in this browser. If you have an account, the list saved there comes back when you sign in again.
  • How you voted on services: the votes still count, but your browser no longer remembers them and you can’t change them.
  • Your answer in the cookie banner — it asks again. If you previously consented, the Google Analytics cookies disappear too.
  • Your sign-in: if you were signed in, you’ll need to sign in again.

This list was last checked against the code on September 29, 2026.