Cookie Policy
Effective October 12, 2026
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, and connections that keep a page up to date. This policy covers all of them and should be read with our Privacy Policy.
Your consent comes first
- When you first visit, a bar at the bottom of the page asks for your choice. Until you choose, you can read and scroll the Site but not use it. “Reject all” is one click, just like “OK”, and either one lets you in.
- Nothing except strictly necessary storage runs until you choose. In Cookie settings, Analytics and Advertising start switched off; they only load if you turn them on or choose “OK”.
- If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal, we treat it as rejecting both and do not ask.
- Turning Advertising off is also your California “Do Not Sell or Share” opt-out (see the link in the footer).
- We remember your choice for 12 months, then ask again. We also ask again if this policy changes in a way that affects your choice.
- You can change or withdraw your choice at any time: . Withdrawing takes effect immediately; we stop analytics and delete the analytics cookies and storage from your browser.
What we use
Strictly necessary (always on)
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
spotter-consent, spotter-consent-id (local storage) | Spotter | Remembers your cookie choice. The id is random and is used only to record that a choice was made. | 12 months |
| Backend connection (WebSocket) | Convex | Submits the waitlist form and keeps live counts up to date. Nothing is stored after you leave. | Session |
| Hosting and security cookies, if any | Vercel | Delivering pages and protecting the Site from abuse. | Session |
Analytics (only if you accept)
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
ph_<project>_posthog (cookie and local storage) | PostHog, Inc. (United States) | Counts page views and interactions with a random visitor id so we can see how the Site is used. Session recording and surveys are turned off. | Up to 12 months |
Advertising (only if you allow it)
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
_gcl_au, _gcl_aw | Google LLC (Google Ads) | Tells Google when someone who clicked one of our ads later joined the waitlist, so we can measure our ads. | Up to 90 days |
_fbp, _fbc | Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta Pixel) | Tells Meta when someone who saw or clicked one of our ads later visited or joined the waitlist. | Up to 90 days |
Under California law, letting these platforms receive this information is “sharing” for cross-context behavioral advertising. It is off unless you allow it. We do not sell your personal information.
Browser controls
You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking strictly necessary storage may stop parts of the Site, such as the waitlist form, from working.
Changes
We will update this page before we use any new kind of cookie, and ask for consent again where required.
Contact
Questions: privacy@spotterclass.app.