YAPILAPIThe one cookie we set
| Name | What it does | How long |
|---|---|---|
ypl_session | Keeps you signed in. It can’t be read by scripts on the page and is only sent to YAPILAPI. The website doesn’t work signed in without it. | 30 days, or until you sign out |
We don’t use advertising or analytics cookies, and no other company sets cookies through our pages, except as described below.
What the website keeps in your browser
These are stored only in your browser (its local or session storage), are never sent to us by themselves, and you can clear them in your browser settings at any time. They only remember choices you make on the website and where you are in it; none of them is used for advertising or to follow you on other websites.
- Your light or dark appearance choice, when you chose one other than your system’s, and your language while you are signed in, so pages open in it.
- Your Data saver choice for this browser, your Reels sound and caption preferences, and whether you have hidden people suggestions.
- Your recent searches and recently used story music, so you can find them again.
- Whether Yaps are on, and whether you put away today’s “On this day” card.
- For the minutes you use YAPILAPI each day: the time of the last count in this tab, so a minute is counted once, and whether today’s break reminder was already shown.
- While you are live: the stream details for this tab, so a reload doesn’t end the stream.
Other companies
- The website’s fonts are served by YAPILAPI itself, so opening a page sends nothing to Google or any other font service.
- At checkout, Stripe’s payment form loads from Stripe, which may set its own cookies to prevent fraud (see Stripe’s privacy policy). Nothing from Stripe loads anywhere else. Paystack checkout opens on Paystack’s own page, under its own cookie rules.
- When you press play on a song from a music catalogue, your browser loads it from that catalogue’s own address (for example Jamendo), which sees your IP address. Nothing loads before you press play.
- Mini apps open inside a sealed frame loaded from the address of the developer who made them, so that developer sees your IP address. The frame can’t read our cookie or anything the website keeps in your browser.
In the phone app
The app has no cookies. It keeps in your phone’s secure storage: your sign-in (for up to five accounts if you use account switching), the token that lets us send you notifications, and a few preferences (appearance, Data saver, Reels sound, recent searches, story music, whether you have seen the tour, the break reminder and the “On this day” card).
More
See the Privacy policy, or write to [privacy email address].