Last updated: September 21, 2026
Essential cookies only
The cookies below are required to keep a session or complete sign-in. AccessLens does not use them to build an advertising profile, and it does not load an analytics script. Because there is no non-essential cookie to accept or refuse, the site does not show a cookie banner.
How personal information in those sessions is used is covered in the Privacy Policy.
Cookies and browser storage
| Name | Storage | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| authjs.session-token | Cookie | Keeps you signed in. On HTTPS the name is __Secure-authjs.session-token. The value is an HTTP-only session token. | Up to 30 days, or until you sign out |
| authjs.csrf-token, authjs.callback-url, authjs.state, authjs.pkce.code_verifier, authjs.nonce | Cookie | Short-lived Auth.js cookies used only to finish email or Google sign-in. On HTTPS, secure prefixes may be added to the names. | Cleared when sign-in finishes, or within about 15 minutes for the PKCE and state cookies |
| accesslens_business_access | Cookie | Encrypted HTTP-only cookie that remembers a verified business access code for one place. SameSite is lax. It is marked Secure in production. | 24 hours |
| accesslens:prefs | localStorage | Caches display preferences on this device, including theme, text size, contrast, motion, and the email-notification choice. Saving while signed in also stores those preferences on the account. | Until you clear site data for this browser |
| accesslens_signup_intent | sessionStorage | Remembers whether a Google sign-up was started as a reviewer or a business account. | Removed when sign-up completes, or when the tab closes |
Other sites your browser contacts
Map pages ask your browser to load tiles from OpenStreetMap (tile.openstreetmap.org). That request leaves AccessLens, and OpenStreetMap’s own practices apply to it. Choosing Google sign-in takes you to Google, which can set its own cookies on Google’s domain. Those cookies are not set by AccessLens.
Your choices
You can sign out to end the account session, and you can clear cookies or site data in your browser. Blocking the essential cookies will prevent sign-in and the business access-code session from sticking. Clearing accesslens:prefs resets on-device display preferences; a signed-in account can still reload the copy stored on the server.
Changes and contact
If AccessLens adds a non-essential cookie, this page will be updated and a choice will be added if the law requires one. Questions: hello@accesslens.ca.
Related documents: Privacy Policy · Terms of Use · Cookie Policy · Accessibility Statement