This policy explains how Descant, operated by Autonomy, uses cookies and similar technologies across this marketing site and the Descant product dashboard.
This marketing site
This marketing site does not set advertising or cross-site tracking cookies. Our hosting and content-delivery providers may record standard technical request data, but we do not use it to track you across other sites.
Our website loads Cloudflare Web Analytics for website-usage and performance measurement. Our forms use Cloudflare Turnstile to protect against automated submissions; verification includes the challenge response and, when available, the connecting IP address. See our Privacy Policy for how we handle this information.
If you open Book a demo, the scheduling page we embed from Google Calendar loads, and Google may set its own cookies for its own purposes. This site does not set them.
For our homepage headline test, local storage keeps your randomly assigned version for up to 30 days. Session storage prevents repeat counts of headline views and Get started, case-study or benchmark clicks within the same tab session. We record the test, version and action without a visitor identifier or form contents. Clearing browser storage resets your assignment; if storage is unavailable, you are not included in the test.
Cookies and storage the product uses
When you use Descant, we use the following cookies and browser storage. None of them serve advertising or cross-site tracking.
| Item | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sign-in and session | Authenticates you and keeps your session going. | Cookie | Up to seven days, subject to refresh and sign-out |
| Security, sign-in and two-factor | Carries short-lived security and verification state during sign-in (OAuth) and two-factor authentication. | Cookie | The browser session, or 5 to 15 minutes depending on the step |
| Invitation state | Carries an invitation through sign-in. | Cookie | 30 minutes |
| Organization selection | Remembers which organization you are working in. | Cookie | One year |
| Dollars or credits display | Remembers whether cost figures show in dollars or credits. | Cookie | 365 days |
| Since your last visit | Remembers when you last visited so the dashboard can summarize what changed since then. | Cookie | 90 days, or the browser session |
| Updates and page loading | Keeps pages working while a new version of the product is released, and ends the loading indicator after a download. | Cookie | The browser session, or up to 10 minutes |
| Repository setup progress and view choices | Keeps your progress and view choices while you set up a repository. | Local storage | Until cleared, or removed by the application |
| Reload guard | Prevents repeated reloads if a page fails to load after an update. | Session storage | The browser session |
| Waiting-list joined flag | Set by our former waiting-list form if you joined it; the site no longer writes or reads it. It does not contain your email address. | Local storage | Until cleared |
| Demo scheduling (Google Calendar) | Set by Google, for its own purposes, only when you open Book a demo. | Third-party cookie | As set by Google |
The sign-in, session, security and organization-selection cookies are HttpOnly and sent only over HTTPS. The display-preference, last-visit and page-loading cookies are readable by the page so it can use them.
Managing cookies and site data
Most browsers let you block or delete cookies and clear site data, including local and session storage, through their settings. Blocking the sign-in and session cookies will prevent you from signing in to or using the Descant dashboard. Clearing site data resets stored preferences and progress.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the product evolves. When we do, we will revise the “Last updated” date above.
Contact us
Questions about our use of cookies? Contact us. See also our Privacy Policy.