This Cookie Policy explains how Lahez (digital business cards, organization workspaces, and billing by WHIKS Ltd) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website and web app. Lahez is owned and operated by WHIKS Ltd (company number 17189817), registered in England and Wales, with its registered office at 128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX.
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.
This policy applies to cookies and similar technologies such as web beacons, pixels, and local storage.
We use cookies and similar technologies for sign-in, security, language, consent storage, optional product analytics (PostHog), and payment checkout (Paddle) when you start a purchase.
Necessary to run Lahez: session cookies from Better Auth, security cookies from Cloudflare Turnstile, language routing, storing your cookie choices, and a short-lived browser cache for a hashed device fingerprint to protect signed-in sessions.
The PostHog browser SDK loads only after you opt in. PostHog may then use cookies or local storage to understand how Lahez is used and to improve the product.
Optional category for future advertising or cross-site measurement. No dedicated marketing trackers are loaded today.
Preferences such as UI theme are stored in your browser’s local storage (not HTTP cookies) so the interface remembers your choices. This category is not a separate toggle in the cookie banner (essential / analytics / marketing); theme and similar UI preferences use browser storage as described here.
These are temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser.
Duration: Until browser is closed
These cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them.
Duration: Up to 1 year
These are set directly by our website and can only be read by our website.
These are set by other websites that have content on our pages.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| better-auth.session_token | Keeps you signed in to Lahez (Better Auth session token) | Session | Essential |
| cf_clearance | Security cookie from Cloudflare Turnstile used for bot protection on sign-in and sensitive actions | Up to 30 days | Essential |
| language | Remembers your preferred site language for navigation | 1 year | Functional |
| theme, darkMode | Stores UI theme and dark mode in the browser (localStorage keys theme and darkMode) | Until you clear site data | Functional |
| lahez_cookie_consent_v1 (+ cookie-consent in localStorage) | Stores your consent categories; mirrored in localStorage (cookie-consent) and cookie lahez_cookie_consent_v1 | 1 year | Essential |
| PostHog (ph_*) | Product analytics (PostHog) only after you opt in to Analytics; the PostHog script is not loaded until then. May set cookies/local storage prefixed with ph_ when enabled. | Up to 1 year (varies by PostHog configuration) | Analytics |
| device_fingerprint_cache | Caches a hashed device fingerprint in your browser for session security (abuse detection). Not used for ads. Sent with your signed-in session as described in our Privacy Policy. | Up to 24 hours (cache), then refreshed when needed | Essential |
| Paddle | Payment provider when you open checkout or billing flows (Paddle.js) | While checkout is active; see Paddle’s policy for retention | Checkout / payments |
The following practices are explained here so you know what Lahez does beyond the Analytics/Marketing toggles:
You can control cookies through your browser, and use the cookie banner on Lahez to allow or refuse non-essential analytics and marketing preferences.
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings:
Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website and your user experience.
Some features rely on subprocessors that may set their own cookies or storage when you use that feature:
We use PostHog for product analytics when you opt in. The PostHog browser SDK is not downloaded until you allow Analytics; it may then use cookies and local storage.
If you sign in with Google or Facebook, those providers may set their own cookies in their domain as part of the OAuth flow.
When you start a subscription or checkout, Paddle.js and Paddle-hosted pages may set cookies required to process payment. We only load Paddle checkout when you take that action.
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.
We will notify you of any material changes to this policy by posting the updated policy on our website and updating the 'Last Updated' date.
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:
Email: privacy@whiks.com
Address:
WHIKS Ltd
128 City Road
London, EC1V 2NX
United Kingdom
Registered in England and Wales · Company number 17189817
Tel: +44 7988580234