FORK Cookie Policy

1. About This Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how FORK (operated by FORK ([Legal Entity Name — to be confirmed])) uses cookies and similar browser-storage technologies on our marketplace at forkitover.ai (the "Service").

FORK is a creator marketplace where buyers purchase credits and spend them to unlock AI prompts, and creators publish prompts and earn from each unlock. To run that marketplace reliably and securely, we rely on a small, deliberately limited set of cookies and local storage.

We have written this policy in plain English so you can understand what we store on your device, why we store it, and what control you have. It works alongside our Privacy Policy, which describes how we handle your personal information more broadly.

Last updated: 2026-06-03.

2. What Cookies and Local Storage Are

A "cookie" is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store on your device. When you return to the site, your browser sends the cookie back, which lets the site recognize your session or remember a setting.

"Local storage" (and the closely related "session storage") is a similar technology built into modern browsers. Instead of being sent back and forth with every request like a cookie, it keeps small pieces of information on your device for the site to read when you visit. FORK uses local storage mainly to remember lightweight preferences, such as your light or dark theme.

In this policy, when we say "cookies" we generally mean both true cookies and these similar browser-storage technologies, unless we draw a specific distinction.

Cookies can be described in two helpful ways:

• By who sets them: "first-party" cookies are set by FORK itself, while "third-party" cookies are set by another company whose service we use.
• By how long they last: "session" cookies disappear when you close your browser, while "persistent" cookies stay until they expire or you delete them.

3. The Categories of Cookies We Use

We group the cookies and storage we use into three categories: strictly necessary, preferences, and analytics/performance. The sections below explain each one.

We keep this list intentionally short. FORK does not use advertising cookies, cross-site tracking cookies, or cookies that build a marketing profile of you.

4. Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the Service to work. Without them, you could not sign in, your account would not stay secure, and core actions like buying credits or unlocking a prompt could not be completed safely. Because they are required to deliver a service you have asked for, they are always on.

They are first-party cookies set by FORK. We use strictly necessary cookies and equivalent storage to:

• Keep you signed in (session and authentication). These remember that you have logged in so you do not have to re-enter your details on every page, and they tie your session to your account, your credit balance, and the prompts you have unlocked.
• Protect your account and our platform (security). These help us detect and prevent fraudulent logins, abuse, and suspicious activity, and they support the integrity of our creator IP protections, such as the content fingerprinting and originality checks behind the scenes.
• Prevent cross-site request forgery (CSRF). These tokens confirm that sensitive actions, such as making a purchase or initiating a payout, genuinely come from you and not from a malicious site acting in your name.

Some of these functions are provided through our authentication and payment partners (for example, the secure checkout used to buy credits and the systems used to process weekly creator payouts). Where a partner sets a strictly necessary cookie to complete a payment or login flow you have started, it is still considered essential and falls into this category.

You can block these cookies in your browser, but if you do, parts of the Service, including signing in and completing purchases, will not work.

5. Preference Cookies and Storage

Preference cookies and local storage remember choices you make so the Service feels consistent each time you visit. They are first-party and are not used for tracking or advertising.

We use them to:

• Remember your appearance setting, such as whether you prefer light or dark mode.
• Remember product context, such as where you were in the marketplace, recently viewed sections, or interface preferences, so your experience is smoother across visits.

If you clear these, the Service still works fully; it simply forgets your preferences and returns to its default settings until you set them again.

6. Analytics and Performance Cookies

Analytics and performance cookies help us understand how the Service is used so we can fix problems and improve it. For example, they tell us which pages load slowly, where people run into errors, and which features are used most.

We use this information in aggregate to measure and improve performance. We do not use it to identify you personally for marketing, and we do not sell it.

Some analytics may be provided by a third-party measurement tool, which would set its own (third-party) cookies for this limited purpose. Where required by law, we will ask for your consent before setting non-essential analytics cookies, and you can decline them without losing access to the Service.

Turning these off does not affect your ability to buy credits, unlock prompts, publish, or get paid; it only reduces the usage insight we receive.

7. First-Party vs. Third-Party Cookies

Most of the cookies we rely on are first-party, meaning they are set by FORK to run the marketplace, keep you signed in, and remember your preferences.

A limited number may be third-party, set by trusted service providers we use to operate the Service. These include:

• Our payment provider, which is used both for buying credits and for processing weekly, earnings-only creator payouts (minimum US$10, equal to 100 credits). During checkout or payout setup, the provider may set cookies that are necessary to complete and secure the transaction.
• Our analytics/performance provider, if used, which may set cookies to help us measure how the Service performs.

These third parties handle the data they collect under their own privacy and cookie policies. We choose providers that support secure, transaction-focused use rather than advertising-based tracking.

8. We Do Not Use Cookies to Sell Your Personal Data

FORK does not use cookies to sell your personal data, and we do not use them to share your information with advertising networks or data brokers for cross-site behavioral advertising.

The cookies and storage described here exist to keep you logged in, keep your account and payments secure, remember your preferences, and help us understand and improve performance — nothing more.

If you are in a region with specific opt-out rights regarding the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information, those rights and how to exercise them are covered in our Privacy Policy.

9. How You Can Control Cookies

You are in control of cookies and local storage on your device. Your main tools are your web browser and, where we offer them, on-site choices.

Through your browser settings, you can typically:

• View the cookies and storage a site has saved and delete them.
• Block all cookies, or block only third-party cookies.
• Set the browser to clear cookies and site data when you close it.
• Use private/incognito mode, which discards most cookies when the window is closed.

Browser controls live in the privacy or security section of your settings, and the exact steps differ by browser (for example, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge each manage this slightly differently). Your browser's help pages explain how.

Where the law requires consent for non-essential cookies (such as analytics), we will give you a way to accept or decline them, and you can change that choice later.

Please note: clearing or blocking cookies usually clears your saved preferences and signs you out, so you may need to log in and set your preferences again on your next visit.

10. What Happens If You Disable Cookies

Disabling cookies has different effects depending on the category:

• Strictly necessary cookies: if you block these, essential features break. You will not be able to stay signed in, complete a purchase of credits, unlock prompts, or safely perform account and payout actions. We cannot provide the core marketplace without them.
• Preference cookies and storage: if you block these, the Service still works, but it will not remember choices such as your light or dark theme and will fall back to defaults.
• Analytics/performance cookies: if you block these, your experience is unaffected. We simply receive less information about how the Service is performing.

In short, you can safely turn off preference and analytics cookies and keep using FORK; turning off strictly necessary cookies will prevent the Service from working as intended.

11. A Note on User-Generated and AI-Related Content

FORK is a marketplace for user-generated, AI-related content, and some library items include AI-generated demonstration output clearly labeled "Sample output." The cookies described in this policy relate to how the website operates on your device; they do not change the nature of that content or how it is licensed.

How we handle the personal information that may be associated with your activity on the Service is described in our Privacy Policy.

12. Relationship to Our Privacy Policy

This Cookie Policy is part of, and should be read together with, our Privacy Policy. The Privacy Policy explains in more detail what personal information we collect, how and why we use it, who we share it with, how long we keep it, and the privacy rights you may have depending on where you live.

Where this policy refers to security, payments, analytics, or your rights, the Privacy Policy provides the fuller picture.

13. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, for example if we add a new feature, change a service provider, or adjust the cookies we use.

When we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy. If the changes are significant, we will take reasonable steps to let you know, such as a notice on the Service. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

Your continued use of FORK after an update takes effect means you accept the revised policy, except where additional consent is required by law for non-essential cookies.

14. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies, please contact us.

• Email: support@forkitover.ai
• Operating entity: FORK ([Legal Entity Name — to be confirmed])
• Mailing address: [Registered address — to be confirmed]

15. Counsel Review Note

This document is a working draft prepared for review by FORK's legal counsel. The bracketed items — the legal entity name, registered address, governing-law and jurisdiction terms (for example, [Governing law — to be set by counsel, e.g., the State of ___, USA]), and any designated-agent details — are placeholders for counsel to confirm.

Counsel should also confirm that the cookie categories and any third-party providers listed here match FORK's final production configuration, and that the consent mechanism described meets the requirements of every jurisdiction in which FORK operates.