Cookie Policy

Plainly stated

Most cookie policies are padded. This one is short on purpose. If a cookie is on this page, it does what the page says. If a cookie is not on this page, we are not setting it.

• A small set of cookies, each with a stated job.
• Plausible analytics is cookie-less by design; aggregate counts only.
• No advertising trackers, retargeting pixels, session recording, or device fingerprinting.
• We do not sell cookie data and we do not infer your identity across services outside the Bitcitizen ecosystem.

1. Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how OffshoreGuy, a service operated by Bitcitizen LLC ("Bitcitizen," "we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on the offshoreguy.com website (the "Website"). It works alongside our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. For matters not addressed here, the Bitcitizen LLC Privacy Policy applies.

2. What cookies are

A cookie is a small text file placed on your device that lets the Website remember authentication state, preferences, and similar functional data. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, pixels, and server-side identifiers; this Policy applies to all of them. First-party means set by offshoreguy.com directly; third-party means set by a service we use, identified in Section 5.

3. Cookies we use

3.1 Necessary. Authentication session (kept signed in between page loads, set by our authentication provider Clerk); CSRF token (protects form submissions, session-scoped); cookie-consent state (records that you have seen this Policy, retained 12 months); and load-balancing / bot-management cookies set by Cloudflare at the edge (for example, a short-lived first-party __cf_bm cookie).

3.2 Analytics (cookie-less by default). Plausible counts page views and device types in aggregate without setting any cookie and without storing a linkable identifier. PostHog records product events with IP anonymization to help us improve the Website; it is not used for advertising and sets no cross-site or fingerprinting identifier.

3.3 Functionality. Tool-state storage saves in-progress inputs in local storage on your device, not transmitted to our servers unless you submit. Display preferences remember the denomination toggle (USD, BTC, sats) and similar settings.

4. Cookies we do not use

Stating the absence as clearly as the presence. We do not run advertising or retargeting cookies; cross-site tracking pixels (Facebook Pixel, TikTok Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, and similar); device fingerprinting; session recording or mouse-movement heatmaps; or data-broker enrichment keyed to cookie identifiers. We do not sell, rent, or license cookie data, and we do not use cookies to infer your identity across services outside the Bitcitizen ecosystem.

5. Third-party services

A limited set of third-party services may set cookies where their functionality is present: Clerk (authentication and account management; clerk.com/privacy); Cloudflare (edge delivery, DDoS protection, TLS termination; may set short-lived first-party cookies for bot management and routing; cloudflare.com/privacypolicy); BitSettle and BTCPay Server (Bitcoin and USDT invoice settlement; no advertising or tracking cookies); and PostHog (product analytics with IP anonymization; posthog.com/privacy).

6. Managing cookies

You can control cookies through your browser settings (every major browser lets you view, block, and delete cookies per site; blocking necessary cookies will break sign-in, while blocking analytics and functionality cookies will not), through private or incognito browsing (cookies set in a private window are deleted when it closes), and through operating-system-level privacy tools. The Website is tested to function correctly under strict tracking-prevention configurations.

7. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

We respect the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal and treat it as a request to limit non-essential cookies and data sharing under applicable privacy laws, including the CCPA/CPRA. We do not serve targeted advertising, so there is nothing to opt out of on that front. Legacy Do Not Track (DNT) is not a binding standard and is honored inconsistently across the web; regardless of DNT state, we set no advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.

8. Changes to this policy

We update this Policy when our cookies change, when a third-party service is added or removed, or when applicable law changes. The effective date above reflects the most recent update.

9. Contact

Questions about cookies: privacy@offshoreguy.com. For broader privacy questions, see the Privacy Policy; for terms governing use of the Website, see the Terms of Service.