Cookies and browser storage
The short version
- This website sets no cookies, and uses no advertising or third-party analytics.
- It keeps two small notes in your browser tab, which go when you close it.
- The Helio Guard app and browser extension store only what they need to work.
- Mollie, our payment provider, sets its own cookies only on its payment page, when you choose to pay.
The law on this is the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR). It covers cookies and anything similar stored on your device. So this page lists both.
1. This website (helioguard.io)
No cookies. This "session storage" is kept in the browser tab only, and deleted when the tab closes. It holds no name, email address or tracking code.
| Name | What it is for | How long | Strictly necessary? |
|---|---|---|---|
| hg_origin | The first page of your visit, the site that sent you and any campaign tag. If you start a free trial, it tells us which page or article led there. | Until you close the tab | No. Used for our own statistics. |
| hg_tool | Which free tool you used in this visit, such as the AI leak check, for the same reason. | Until you close the tab | No. Used for our own statistics. |
The site works the same if your browser blocks site storage. Visit counts are kept on our server as daily totals, as the privacy policy explains.
2. The Helio Guard app (app.heliosmsp.io)
You sign up and manage Helio Guard in our app. It sets no cookies. It uses "local storage" in your browser for these:
| Name | What it is for | How long | Strictly necessary? |
|---|---|---|---|
| token | Keeps you signed in. | Stops working after 24 hours, removed when you sign out | Yes |
| dt_token | Remembers a device you trusted, so you are not asked for your two-factor code every time. | 30 days | Yes, for security |
| theme, and screen settings such as dismissed tips and layouts | Remembers choices you made on screen. | Until you clear them or your browser does | Yes, you asked for them |
| helios_origin (session storage) | Where a sign-up came from, passed on from this website. | Until you close the tab | No. Used for our own statistics. |
3. Paying
When you pay, you go to the secure payment page of Mollie B.V., our payment provider. Mollie sets its own cookies there, for example to take the payment safely and to stop fraud. They are Mollie's cookies, under Mollie's own privacy and cookie notices. Mollie sets no cookies on our pages.
4. The Helio Guard browser extension
On a work computer with Helio Guard, the extension keeps these in the browser's own extension storage. They stay on that computer. Nothing here is a cookie, and none of it is used for advertising.
| Name | What it is for | How long | Strictly necessary? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Managed settings | The settings your employer chose. They include your Windows user name, the AI policy, site rules, client-name fingerprints, and where and how to send records to your employer's account. The Helio Guard agent writes them through browser policy. | While Helio Guard is installed | Yes |
| queue, nextId, retry | Records waiting to be sent to your employer's account while the computer is offline, at most 500. | Until sent | Yes |
| client_standins | Which stand-in, such as "Client A", is which client, so copied text gets the real name back. | Up to 180 days | Yes |
| policy_agreed_vN | The date you agreed version N of your employer's AI policy, so it is not shown again. | While Helio Guard is installed | Yes |
| carry_on_site | You chose to carry on to an AI site your employer points you away from. Holds only today's date. | Ignored from the next day | Yes |
Your employer installs and manages the extension. To ask about it, speak to your employer or its IT provider.
5. Changes
If we add anything to these lists, we will update this page first. Anything that is not strictly necessary will ask your permission first, unless the law allows it without.
6. Contact
Nexborne Ltd. Registered in England and Wales. Company number 17375877. ICO registration ZC240034. Email support@heliosmsp.io.