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Cookie notice

This notice explains the cookies and similar technologies used on ancesta.co, operated by Sonder Brands LLC, 701 Tillery St, Austin, TX 78702, USA.

Effective date: August 3, 2026 · Contact: history@ancesta.co

What we use

Essential cookies (always on). Required for the site to work: keeping you signed in, securing checkout and email verification, remembering your progress page session, and protecting against fraud. These cannot be switched off, as the service doesn't function without them.

Analytics cookies (with your consent where required). Help us understand how the site is used — which pages people visit, where they arrive from, and where they drop off — so we can improve it. Analytics data is used in aggregate; we don't use it to profile individuals.

Marketing cookies (with your consent, only if present). If we run advertising, these measure whether our ads work (for example, a conversion pixel that tells an ad platform a purchase happened). We will only set these with consent where the law requires it.

We do not use cookies to sell your data, and third parties may not use cookies on our site for their own advertising purposes.

Your choices

Visitors from the UK, EU, and other regions requiring consent see a banner on first visit where analytics and marketing cookies can be accepted or declined; essential cookies run regardless. You can change your choice at any time via the “Cookie settings” link in the footer, and you can clear or block cookies in your browser settings (the site will still work, though you may be signed out).

The current list

Cookie / technologyTypePurposeDuration
Session / auth tokenEssentialKeeps you signed in to your dashboardSession / 30 days
Checkout sessionEssentialConnects your payment to your reportUp to 24 hours
Cookie consent recordEssentialRemembers your banner choice12 months
Analytics identifiersAnalyticsAggregate usage measurementUp to 13 months
Ad conversion pixelsMarketingMeasures advertising effectiveness (only if running ads, only with consent)Up to 13 months

(This table is maintained as tools change; the version on this page is always current.)

More information

How we handle personal data generally is covered in our Privacy Policy. Questions: history@ancesta.co.

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