Cookie Policy

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Last updated: 24 September 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how MT4 FRANCHISE LTD ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on honestreviews.app.

We only use cookies and similar storage that are strictly necessary to provide the website and the features you ask for, such as signing in and paying for a subscription. We do not use analytics, advertising, or tracking cookies. Under EU ePrivacy rules, strictly necessary storage does not require your consent, so instead of a consent banner we show a short notice that links to this page.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website stores in your browser. Similar technologies, such as localStorage and IndexedDB, also store data in your browser. This policy covers all of them.

2. Storage Used for Every Visitor

These are the only items stored when you browse our website:

firebaseLocalStorageDb

  • Provider: Google Firebase (on honestreviews.app)
  • Type: Browser storage (IndexedDB), first-party
  • Purpose: Keeps you signed in. It holds no account data until you sign in.
  • Duration: Until you sign out or clear your browser data

firebase-heartbeat-database

  • Provider: Google Firebase (on honestreviews.app)
  • Type: Browser storage (IndexedDB), first-party
  • Purpose: Records which days the Firebase software was used in this browser. It is sent with requests to Firebase so Google can operate the service.
  • Duration: Until you clear your browser data

hr_cookie_notice_dismissed

  • Provider: Honest Reviews
  • Type: Browser storage (localStorage), first-party
  • Purpose: Remembers that you closed the cookie notice, so it is not shown again.
  • Duration: Until you clear your browser data

No cookies are set when you simply browse the website.

3. Only When You Sign In With Google

When you open the sign-in window, we load Google's sign-in service from accounts.google.com. Google may then set its own cookies on its domains, for example to know which Google account you are signed into. Google handles these under its own privacy policy. We do not load Google's sign-in service until you open the sign-in window.

4. Only During Checkout

When you pay for a subscription, we load Stripe, our payment processor. Stripe sets the following cookies to detect and prevent fraud. Stripe is not loaded anywhere else on the website.

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  • Provider: Stripe (set on honestreviews.app)
  • Type: Cookie, first-party
  • Purpose: Fraud prevention during payment.
  • Duration: 1 year

__stripe_sid

  • Provider: Stripe (set on honestreviews.app)
  • Type: Cookie, first-party
  • Purpose: Fraud prevention during payment.
  • Duration: 30 minutes

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  • Provider: Stripe (m.stripe.com)
  • Type: Cookie, third-party
  • Purpose: Fraud prevention during payment.
  • Duration: Up to 2 years

5. Only When You Connect Instagram

instagramAuthStatus, instagramUsername, instagramAuthError, instagramAuthErrorDesc

  • Provider: Honest Reviews
  • Type: Browser storage (localStorage), first-party
  • Purpose: Records the result of connecting your Instagram account so the connection can be completed.
  • Duration: Until you clear your browser data

6. Review and Survey Pages

The review and survey pages that businesses share through QR codes and links only use the Firebase storage listed in section 2. They set no cookies.

7. Other Services We Link To or Load

  • Links to YouTube, the App Store, and Google Play open those sites, which have their own cookie policies. Nothing from them is loaded on our website until you follow the link.
  • When you view your QR codes in the dashboard, the QR images are loaded from goQR.me (api.qrserver.com), which receives your IP address as part of that request.

8. No Analytics or Advertising Cookies

We do not use analytics, advertising, or marketing cookies. If we ever want to, we will update this policy and ask for your consent first, and rejecting will be as easy as accepting.

9. Managing Cookies and Storage

You can view and delete cookies and site data in your browser settings:

  • Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Third-party cookies / Site data
  • Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
  • Safari: Settings → Privacy → Manage Website Data
  • Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions

Blocking or deleting this storage may sign you out or prevent sign-in and payments from working.

10. More Information

For how we handle personal data more generally, see our Privacy Policy.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at:

MT4 FRANCHISE LTD

Email: support@honestreviews.app