utStorage in the iPhone app
The app's native catalog requests do not use cookies. Native follows, read history, and public-data caches are app storage; their controls are in Settings. Website tools opened inside the app have their own browser storage, including the privacy decision and any optional preferences or hardware reports you choose to save. The website controls described below apply inside those tools. App Settings can also delete all embedded website data. This does not clear Safari. Read the iPhone privacy details.
Updated September 12, 2026 · Applies to this Scout website.
Your choice comes first
Scout uses browser local storage rather than application cookies. Optional storage stays off until you select Allow preferences or enable it in Privacy settings. You can still browse, compare models, and enter hardware reports with it off; choices then last only while the current page remains open.
We do not use advertising cookies, advertising pixels, or third-party embedded media. Cloudflare Web Analytics measures visits and page performance without analytics cookies or local storage. Closing the notice or continuing to browse is not consent.
What is stored
| Storage key | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| scout-privacy-choice | Essential: your allow/decline choice, policy version, decision date, and expiry. No advertising identifier. | Valid for 180 days; renewed after a new choice. An expired record may remain but no longer permits optional storage. |
| scout-saved, scout-following | Optional: saved models and followed makers. | Until you delete them or clear browser data. |
| scout-compare, scout-filters | Optional: comparison selections and library filters. | Until changed or deleted. |
| scout-hardware, scout-reports | Optional: your hardware setup and self-reported measurements. | Until you delete them or clear browser data. |
| scout-last-visit | Optional: enables the “Since my last visit” filter. | Replaced on your next visit while storage is allowed, or until deleted. |
These records are first-party and stay in this browser. They are not uploaded to Privaj or shared with model providers. Your browser may separately cache website files and catalog responses to load the site efficiently; those caches do not contain an advertising identifier.
Change, export, or delete
Open Privacy settings from any page’s footer to change your decision. Declining stops optional reads and writes immediately. Previously saved records remain untouched until you delete them, and are restored if you allow preferences again. The same applies to records saved before this consent feature was introduced.
Export saved data to download a copy, or choose Delete saved data and confirm to remove Scout’s optional records. The privacy decision remains so Scout remembers that optional storage is off. Use your browser’s site-data controls to remove that record and its caches too. For reports created with storage off, use Export reports in My hardware before closing the page.
Decisions apply to this browser and site address, not other browsers or devices. If browser storage is blocked, Scout works for the current visit and may ask again next time. A material change to storage purposes requires a new choice.
Cloudflare delivery and security
Cloudflare delivers and protects the public website. Depending on the security checks applied to a request, it may set necessary security cookies such as cf_clearance. These are separate from Scout’s optional browser preferences and are not controlled by the preference switch. Cookie names, purposes, and applicable durations are described in Cloudflare’s cookie documentation.
Analytics without cookies
Cloudflare Web Analytics measures visits, page views, and page performance. According to Cloudflare, it uses no analytics cookies, local storage, or fingerprinting to identify people. It is currently enabled with EU visitor measurements excluded. The preference switch controls Scout’s saved choices, not Cloudflare’s measurements. Read about web analytics.
Other websites and questions
Source links open other websites, which have their own privacy and storage practices. Scout’s preference controls do not control those sites. Questions: [email protected].