What cookies are

Cookies are small text files stored in your browser. We use them to run the site and, with your consent, for analytics and marketing.

Categories

Necessary (always on): required for the site to work, no consent needed.

Analytics: help us understand how the site is used. Loaded only after your consent.

Marketing: measure ad performance and conversions. Loaded only after your consent.

Cookies we use today

  • karasaki-consent (necessary): stores your consent choice. Lifetime: 12 months.
  • karasaki-lang (necessary): stores your language. Lifetime: up to 12 months.
  • karasaki-currency (necessary): stores your selected currency. Lifetime: up to 12 months.
  • karasaki-steering (necessary): stores your steering preference (LHD/RHD). Lifetime: 12 months.
  • karasaki-lang-banner (necessary): remembers the dismissed language banner. Lifetime: 90 days.
  • sidebar (necessary): remembers the sidebar state. Session.

We collect traffic statistics via Vercel Analytics and Speed Insights, which use no cookies and do not identify you personally, so they need no consent.

Analytics (after your consent)

Once you consent to analytics we load Google Analytics 4 and Microsoft Clarity. They help us understand how you use the site (pages viewed, traffic sources, session recordings and attention maps). None of these cookies are set without your consent.

Google Analytics 4

  • _ga: distinguishes users. Lifetime: up to 2 years.
  • _ga_*: keeps Google Analytics session state. Lifetime: up to 2 years.

Microsoft Clarity

  • _clck: Clarity user ID and its preferences. Lifetime: up to 12 months.
  • _clsk: ties page views into a single recording session. Lifetime: 1 day.
  • CLID: recognises the first visit. Lifetime: up to 12 months.
  • MUID: browser identifier across Microsoft domains. Lifetime: up to 12 months.
  • ANONCHK, SM: Microsoft technical cookies supporting Clarity. Lifetime: session to 10 minutes.

Marketing

Advertising tools (including Meta Pixel, Google Ads) are not enabled yet. Once they go live we will expand this section with the specific cookies, their purpose and lifetime. None of them are set without your marketing consent.

Managing consent

You can change or withdraw consent at any time via the "Privacy settings" link in the footer. For details on data processing see our Privacy Policy.