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Last updated: June 20, 2024
This Cookie Policy describes how Stripe (“Stripe”) uses “cookies” and other similar technologies, in connection with our Site and Services. Any capitalized term used and not otherwise defined below has the meaning assigned to it in the Privacy Policy.
For Stripe-affiliated websites, you can learn more about cookies by visiting those sites directly.
1. What is a Cookie?
Cookies are small text files that are stored in a computer's browser directory. They help site providers with things like understanding how people use a site, remembering a User's login details, and storing site preferences. Stripe uses cookies as well as similar technologies (e.g., URL tracking, local storage). For the purpose of this Cookie Policy, such technologies are included in the term ‘cookies’.
2. Does Stripe use Cookies?
Yes. We use cookies in accordance with our Privacy Policy to:
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ensure that our Services function properly,
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detect and prevent fraud and violations of our terms of service,
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understand how visitors use and engage with our Site,
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advertise our products and Services, where allowed and
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analyze and improve our Services and your Site experience including improved relevancy and navigation, customizing your user experience (such as language preference and region-specific content), and curating content about Stripe and our Services that's tailored to you.
3. Who Sets Cookies When I Use Stripe's Site?
There are two main types of cookies that can be set:
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First party cookies: these cookies are placed and read by Stripe directly when you use our Services,
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Third party cookies: these cookies are not set by Stripe, but by other companies, like Google or Facebook, for site analytics purposes. See further details below on how to manage these cookies.
4. How Stripe Uses Cookies
Cookies play an important role in helping us provide effective and safe Services. Below is a description of the commonly used cookie types and the purposes that apply to them. Each section references Stripe’s Cookies & Consent Settings Dashboard, where you can find more information about each cookie, including the types and duration of each cookie, and exercise your choices.
Stripe distinguishes between 3 different types of cookies:
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Essential Cookies
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Functional Cookies
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Advertising Cookies
Essential Cookies
Some cookies are essential to the operation of our Site and Services and make it usable and secure by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the Site. We use those cookies in a number of different ways, including:
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Authentication. To remember your login state so you don't have to log in as you navigate through our Site and dashboard.
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Fraud Prevention and Detection. Cookies and similar technologies that we deploy through our Site help us learn things about computers and web browsers used to access the Services. This information helps us monitor for and detect potentially harmful or illegal use of our Services. For example, in order to process payments transactions for our Users, it is necessary for Stripe to collect information about the transaction and the Customer. To help secure these transactions and minimize fraud, we collect additional information through the use of cookies and other technologies in helping to identify bad actors and prevent them from making fraudulent transactions. Customers should check our Users' sites for more information about the use of Stripe cookies for fraud detection.