Cookie Policy
Effective Date: November 5, 2026 · Part of the Herd Yard Privacy Policy
This Cookie Policy explains the cookies and similar browser storage Herd Yard uses. See also the Privacy Policy.
1. Strictly necessary
- Sign-in session cookie: an HttpOnly cookie that keeps you signed in for up to 30 days. Removing it signs you out.
- Sign-in with Google or Apple: a short-lived cookie that protects the sign-in handoff.
- Local storage: your browser stores items such as your account summary, listing drafts and choices, saved listings, dismissed notices, and app-install prompts so the site works quickly. These stay on your device.
- Service worker: Herd Yard may cache site files on your device so pages load faster and work as an installed app.
2. Analytics
Herd Yard uses Google Analytics 4, which sets its own cookies (such as _ga) to count visits and measure how features are used. When you are signed in, we send only an internal account ID. Learn more at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. You can opt out with the Google Analytics opt-out add-on or your browser settings.
Anonymous visitor cookie (hy_vid): a first-party cookie with a random ID and no personal information. It is set for signed-out visitors on a first page view, lasts about one year, and is HttpOnly with SameSite=Lax and Secure. With that ID we store first-seen and last-seen times, visit and session counts, and the top landing page for about 13 months, so we can measure anonymous visits and, if you later sign up or sign in, link that earlier visit to your account. We do not sell this information. Bots and capacity-test traffic are skipped.
3. Third-party content
Maps (Google Maps, or Esri/OpenStreetMap as a fallback), embedded YouTube videos, and Stripe checkout may set their own cookies or collect device data under their own policies when those features load.
4. Your choices
Most browsers let you block or delete cookies and site data. Blocking strictly necessary cookies will stop sign-in from working. If Herd Yard adds advertising cookies or pixels, we will update this policy first.
5. Contact
Questions: Herd Yard LLC, [email protected], 972-740-8679.