This notice explains the cookies and similar technologies (such as browser storage) used on mobilevalidate.com and in the customer dashboard (app.mobilevalidate.com). They are operated by MobileValidate LLC. We use only technologies that are strictly necessary to provide the website and the dashboard securely, or that store a setting you chose yourself. We don't use analytics, advertising, social-media or tracking cookies, and we don't build visitor profiles. Because these technologies are exempt from consent under the ePrivacy rules and their national equivalents, we don't show a consent banner.
Which cookies does the website use?
| Name | Set by | When | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CF_Authorization | Cloudflare Access, for us | Only for pages restricted to invited users (for example a private preview), after an authorised person signs in | Proves that the visitor may see the restricted pages | Until the access session ends, as set in our access policy (Cloudflare limits it to at most one month) |
| Turnstile challenge data | Cloudflare Turnstile, for us | Only on pages with a form or the chat (request access, test key, opt-out, chat) | Tells people apart from automated abuse, usually without a puzzle | Short-lived, for the challenge only |
Cloudflare security cookies (for example __cf_bm or cf_clearance) | Cloudflare, our network and security provider | Only when its bot or attack protection is triggered | Protect the site against automated attacks | Up to the period Cloudflare sets for the security check |
Which cookies does the customer dashboard use?
| Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
__Host-mv_app | Keeps you signed in (secure, HTTP-only session cookie) | Ends after 24 hours of inactivity and at most 14 days |
__Host-mv_wa | Protects a passkey sign-in or registration while it is in progress | 5 minutes |
mv_mode | Remembers whether you chose test or live mode | 1 year |
mv_theme | Remembers the light, dark or system theme you chose | 1 year |
mv_pk_prompt | Remembers that you dismissed the suggestion to add a passkey | 180 days |
Card payments are made on our payment provider's hosted checkout page, which sets its own cookies under its own notice.
What browser storage is used?
| Name | Where | Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
mv_sid | Website | Session storage (this tab only) | Random session ID for our own first-party visit counting; not created if your browser sends Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control |
mv_chat | Website | Local storage (removed after 14 days without activity) | Keeps an open chat conversation across pages, tabs and return visits |
mv-code-lang, mv:snippet-lang | Website | Local storage | Remembers the programming language you chose for code samples |
mv_try_recent | Dashboard | Session storage | Your recent test runs on the "Try it" page, with masked numbers and addresses only |
Session storage is deleted by your browser when you close the tab. None of these items is sent to a third party. When you submit a form, we store only a keyed hash of your IP address, not the address itself. The Privacy Policy has the details.
How can you control cookies?
You can block or delete cookies and site data in your browser settings. If you block the strictly necessary ones, parts of the service will not work: without Turnstile, the forms and the chat can't be submitted; without the session cookie, you can't sign in to the dashboard; without the access cookie, restricted pages can't be shown.
If we ever add cookies that are not strictly necessary, we will update this notice and ask for your consent first.
Contact: support@mobilevalidate.com (subject "Privacy").