Cookie policy
Last updated 11 November 2026.
sOURnd uses as few cookies as it can. The engine, sound, pricing and docs pages set none of their own. The sign-in, checkout, download and contact pages, and playing a paid engine or synth preview, set the two needed for forms and sessions, and signing in adds two more. Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity only run if you allow them, and never when your browser sends Global Privacy Control.
Cookies
| Name | What it does | How long | Needed? |
|---|---|---|---|
sournd-session | Keeps you signed in during a visit, holds checkout state, and counts preview requests for the fair use limit | 2 hours | Yes |
XSRF-TOKEN | Protects forms from being submitted by other sites | 2 hours | Yes |
sournd_remember | Keeps this browser signed in after an access link or a payment. Signed and encrypted, holds no email, changes each time it is used | 30 days | Yes, once you sign in |
sournd_in | Holds only "1", so pages know to show what you own | 30 days | Yes, once you sign in |
_ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics | Up to 2 years | No: only if you allow it |
_clck, _clsk | Microsoft Clarity: recognise the same browser across pages and join one visit's pages into a single recording | 1 year and 1 day | No: only if you allow it |
CLID, MUID, ANONCHK, MR, SM | Set by Microsoft on its own domains (clarity.ms, bing.com) when Clarity loads, to recognise the browser | Up to 1 year | No: only if you allow it |
Cloudflare cookies, such as __cf_bm and Turnstile's | Protect the site from bots and abuse | Up to 30 minutes | Yes |
Things stored in your browser, not cookies
These stay on your device and are never sent to us:
| Key | What it holds |
|---|---|
sournd.cart | Your cart |
sournd.analytics, sournd.analytics.asked | Whether you allowed Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity, and which version of the question you answered |
sournd.sound, sournd.sound.raw, sournd.sound.source | Your sound and test-signal choices |
sournd.play.view, sournd-dock | How you left the Play page and the synth dock |
Your choices
- Sign out, or Sign out everywhere on Your engines, removes the remembered sign-in.
- One answer covers Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity. To change it, choose again. Saying no stops both at once and removes their cookies from this site.
- If your browser sends Global Privacy Control, neither runs and you are never asked.
- You can block or delete cookies in your browser's settings. Signing in and checkout need the necessary cookies above.
Questions: hello@sournd.com. See also the privacy policy.