Cookies & Storage
Last updated: 12 August 2026
Hexo does not use advertising, profiling or cross-site tracking cookies, and does not use any third-party analytics vendor. Usage metrics are stored in our own database and only after you consent.
1. Strictly necessary (no consent required)
| Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sign-in session (auth token) | Keeps you signed in and authorises your requests to your account, rooms and matches. | Local storage (our backend provider) | Until sign-out or token expiry |
| hexo.locale | Remembers whether you use Hexo in Spanish or English. | Local storage | Until cleared |
| hexo.consent.v1 | Stores your cookie choice so we stop asking. | Local storage | Until cleared |
| Sound, text size and theme preferences | Remembers music/effects toggles and accessibility text size. | Local storage | Until cleared |
| Saved solo games & offline cache | Lets you resume a match against the machine and play offline when the app is installed. | Local storage + service worker cache | Until cleared or overwritten |
| Onboarding / notice flags | Remembers which tutorials, badges and notices you have already seen. | Local storage | Until cleared |
2. Usage metrics (consent required)
| Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| hexo.aid | Random, non-identifying session id used to group usage events (screens opened, matches started) so we can improve the game. | Local storage (first-party) | Until you withdraw consent or clear storage |
3. Services we rely on
Lovable (hosting & cloud backend)
Serves the app and runs our database, authentication, storage and server functions.
Data: Account data, game data, sign-in session, security and request logs.
Cookies: Essential sign-in session storage only.
Google Sign-In
Optional way to create an account or sign in.
Data: Your Google account name, email and identifier when you choose this method.
Cookies: Google may set cookies on its own domain during the sign-in flow.
Stripe
Processes payments for Hexo Table and Hexo Plus, and manages subscriptions and invoices.
Data: Payment and billing details (handled by Stripe, never stored by us), purchase status.
Cookies: Stripe sets cookies on checkout pages for fraud prevention and payment security.
Ask Hexo (speech-to-text and rules assistant)
Answers your spoken rules questions when you use the assistant.
Data: The audio or text of the question you send, processed by our AI providers on request.
Cookies: None.
Google Fonts
Serves the typefaces used across the interface.
Data: Your IP address and browser data when the font files are requested.
Cookies: None set by us.
Hexo first-party metrics
Counts screen views and game events in our own database (no external analytics vendor).
Data: Anonymous session id, path, event name, coarse locale and referrer.
Cookies: Only with your consent, via hexo.aid above.
4. Legal basis
Strictly necessary cookies and storage are used to deliver the service you request. Usage metrics are stored only with your consent, which you can withdraw at any time below with no effect on gameplay.
5. Your choices
Current preference: not set
You can also block or delete cookies and site data in your browser settings; strictly necessary items may be required to stay signed in and to play offline.
6. More information
See our Privacy Notice for how personal data is processed, retained and shared, and for your data protection rights.