Cookies Policy
The cookies Indep.now sets, what they are for and how long they last.
Last updated: 23 October 2026
Table of Contents
1. What Are Cookies?
A cookie is a small file that the site you visit stores on your device. Indep.now only sets cookies needed to run the service: no audience measurement, advertising or social media cookies.
2. Cookies We Set
Indep.now sets at most the five cookies below, all strictly necessary for the service you request.
| Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
sb-auth-token | Keep you signed in to your account. Scripts on the page cannot read it. | 1 hour |
linkedin_state | Protect sign-in with LinkedIn against forged requests. | 10 minutes |
oauth_locale | Bring you back in your language when you return from LinkedIn. | 10 minutes |
oauth_intent | Tell a sign-up from a sign-in when you return from LinkedIn. | 10 minutes |
NEXT_LOCALE | Remember the language you chose, when it differs from your browser's. | Until you close your browser |
3. Why There Is No Banner
These cookies are exempt from consent: they are strictly necessary for the service you request (French Data Protection Act, article 82, and CNIL guidelines). That is why no banner is shown. Should Indep.now ever set a cookie that requires consent, a banner would ask you first, and refusing would be as easy as accepting.
4. Managing Your Cookies
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Without the session cookie you cannot sign in; without the LinkedIn sign-in cookies, signing in with LinkedIn will fail. Any question: contact@indep.now.
5. Third-Party Services
No third-party service sets cookies on Indep.now. When you sign in with LinkedIn, you go through LinkedIn's site, which applies its own cookies policy.