Cookie Policy
How Skin Candid uses
cookies and similar technologies.
This Cookie Policy lists the cookies and similar technologies used on skincandid.com, what each one does and how you can control the optional ones.
Analytics cookies are used only if you select Accept in the cookie banner. Rejecting them does not limit your access to any page.
Effective date: 1 November 2026
What cookies are
Small files, different jobs.
Cookies and local storage
Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser. Local storage works similarly but stays on your device and is not sent with every request. Both can remember a choice or recognize a returning browser.
First-party and third-party
First-party cookies are set under skincandid.com. Third-party cookies are set by another provider’s domain, such as Microsoft, when its service runs on our pages.
Strictly necessary
Always active, because the site needs them.
sc_consent and sc_consent_ts (local storage)
Remember whether you accepted or rejected analytics cookies, and when. Kept for six months on your device, then the banner asks again. Provider: Skin Candid.
WordPress sign-in cookies
Cookies such as wordpress_logged_in_* and wp-settings-* are set only for site editors who sign in to manage content. Readers do not receive them.
Hosting and security
Our hosting provider, Hostinger, delivers pages through its content delivery network and may use technical measures to keep the site fast and protected from abuse.
Analytics, only after you accept
Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity.
Google Analytics (Google)
_ga: distinguishes users. Expires after 2 years._ga_<ID>: keeps session state. Expires after 2 years.- Purpose: measuring which pages are read and how visitors arrive. Advertising features are not used.
- Google privacy policy
Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft)
_clck: keeps the Clarity user ID and preferences for this site._clsk: connects page views into one session recording.- Microsoft cookies such as
CLID,MUID,ANONCHK,MRandSMmay also be set on Microsoft domains. - Purpose: heatmaps and session replays that show where pages are confusing. Text typed into fields is masked by default.
- Microsoft Clarity cookie list
Until you accept, Google Analytics runs in consent mode without setting cookies and may send limited cookieless signals. Microsoft Clarity runs without cookies and does not link page views across visits. If you reject or withdraw consent, Clarity deletes its cookies for this site and our banner removes the Google Analytics cookies.
Other technologies
Requests that do not set cookies.
Google Fonts
Some fonts load from Google’s servers. This does not set cookies, but your browser sends your IP address and browser details to Google with the request.
No advertising or social tracking
We do not use advertising cookies, retargeting pixels or embedded social media widgets. Links to our Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest profiles are plain links.
Affiliate links
If we add affiliate links in future, the retailer or network may set cookies after you click through to its site. We will update this policy and label those links.
Your controls
Change your mind at any time.
Use the button below to reopen the cookie banner and accept or reject analytics cookies. You can also delete cookies or block third-party cookies in your browser settings; the site works fully without analytics cookies.
Changes to this policy
We update this list when the tools change.
If we add, remove or reconfigure a tool that uses cookies or similar technologies, we update this page and the effective date before the change takes effect.
Questions about cookies or privacy: hi@skincandid.com.