Cookie Policy

Last updated: 2026-10-15. What China LLM Directory stores on your device, and why.

Summary

Essential cookies support sign-in. Plausible provides cookieless aggregate analytics. Microsoft Clarity is optional: its script loads only after you choose “Allow analytics”. Clarity's advertising storage remains denied. You can reject analytics or withdraw consent through “Analytics settings” without affecting access to public content. Google AdSense advertising uses a separate consent message where required.

Cookies we set

NamePurposeLifetimeCategory
better-auth.session_tokenKeeps you signed in after Google OAuth or magic-link authentication. Set only after you sign in.Session + sliding expiryStrictly necessary
themeRemembers your dark / light theme preference. First-party, set only if you interact with the theme switcher.1 yearFunctional
better-auth.csrf_tokenCSRF protection during sign-in flow.SessionStrictly necessary

Analytics without cookies

We run Plausible Analytics to understand aggregate site usage. Plausible does not use cookies, does not create persistent identifiers, and does not fingerprint visitors. All metrics are aggregated — we cannot link a page view to a specific person.

Optional Microsoft Clarity

With your consent, Clarity records masked page interactions such as clicks, scrolling and navigation for heatmaps and session replay. It receives technical information such as device/browser details and visited public page URLs. Page text and inputs are masked. We do not send an account ID through Clarity's identify API. Recording is limited to public editorial routes without query strings or fragments and stops on navigation to an excluded URL.

Clarity may set _clck (up to one year) and _clsk (up to one day) to link visits and session activity. Our consent choice is stored in localStorage underchina-llm-analytics-consent-v1 for 180 days. Withdrawing consent stops recording, removes those cookies and reloads the page. It does not erase data already processed by Microsoft. See Clarity's cookie listand Microsoft's privacy statement.

Google advertising and consent

Google AdSense is connected for site review; approval is required before ads can be served. Google and its advertising partners may use cookies and local storage for ad delivery, measurement, fraud prevention and, where your consent permits, personalization. Advertising consent is separate from Microsoft Clarity consent. Google's consent message offers consent, rejection and options management where it applies, including in the EEA, UK and Switzerland. “Ad privacy settings” in the footer reopens the message once Google's consent API is available.

Cookie names and lifetimes depend on Google's services and your settings; see Google's cookie information and how Google uses data from partner sites. You can change personalization preferences in Google My Ad Center.

Error reporting

If the site throws a JavaScript error, a Sentry client may send a diagnostic beacon with the stack trace and request URL. Sentry's default client may briefly use localStorage (not a cookie) to de-duplicate events; it does not set persistent cookies on this site.

Third-party sites

When you click an outbound link to a Provider (DeepSeek, Moonshot, Zhipu, Alibaba, etc.), that Provider's own cookie and tracking practices apply once you leave our site. Read their policies if you have specific concerns.

Disabling cookies

Every major browser lets you block or clear cookies at the site level. Disabling the strictly-necessary cookies will prevent you from signing in, but public browsing (the entire Directory, Provider profiles, comparison pages) remains accessible.

Changes

If we add or change cookies, this page will be updated and the "Last updated" date above changed. Material changes that affect consent (e.g., adding an advertising network) will trigger a visible consent banner before the change takes effect.

Contact

Questions: hello@china-llm.com. See also our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.