Cookie Policy

How pithplay.com and the PithPlay app use cookies and browser storage

Last updated: October 1, 2026
Effective date: October 1, 2026
Status: PithPlay is in beta

In short

  • On pithplay.com, we always use a small piece of essential storage to remember your cookie choice. Google Analytics cookies are set only if you choose "Accept All".
  • In the app, we use browser storage to keep you signed in and to remember things like drafts and preferences. The app also uses Google Analytics for Firebase to see how the app is used (details below).
  • We don't use advertising cookies, and we don't sell what these tools collect.

Changed your mind about the website's cookie banner? Reset your choice and the banner will appear again:

1. What cookies and browser storage are

Cookies are small text files a website saves in your browser. Browser storage (such as "local storage") works in a similar way. Websites use them to remember things between visits, like whether you're signed in or which choice you made on a cookie banner.

2. On our website (pithplay.com)

Name Set by What it's for When How long
cookieConsent (local storage) PithPlay Remembers your cookie banner choice: "Accept All" or "Essential Only" Always (essential) Until you clear your browser's site data or use Cookie settings
_ga, _ga_* Google Analytics Counts visits and shows us which pages are useful Only after you choose "Accept All" Up to 2 years
None Cloudflare Web Analytics Counts page views without cookies and without tracking you across sites Stores nothing on your device Not applicable

Your choices on the banner:

  • Accept All allows Google Analytics cookies.
  • Essential Only keeps Google Analytics cookies off. The website works the same either way.
A note on Google Analytics

We use Google Consent Mode. Before you choose, and if you choose "Essential Only", Google Analytics doesn't set or read its cookies. Google may still receive limited, cookieless signals (for example, that a page was viewed) so it can produce rough, aggregate counts.

3. In the PithPlay app (app.pithplay.com)

  • Staying signed in: Google Firebase Authentication keeps your sign-in session in your browser's storage. Without it, you'd have to sign in on every page.
  • Drafts and preferences: we save things like unfinished project drafts, your frame-rate choice for a video, and housekeeping that keeps several open tabs in sync. These stay in your browser.
  • App usage statistics: the app uses Google Analytics for Firebase to understand how the app is used, such as which screens are visited. It sets Google Analytics cookies (_ga, _ga_*) on app.pithplay.com. The website's cookie banner doesn't control this. You can block it with your browser's privacy or tracker-blocking settings without affecting how PithPlay works.
  • Payments: when you pay or manage billing, you go to Stripe's secure pages. Stripe uses its own cookies there for security and fraud prevention, under Stripe's privacy policy.

The app doesn't use advertising cookies.

4. Changing your choice

  • Use Cookie settings: the button at the top of this page forgets your banner choice, removes Google Analytics cookies from pithplay.com, and reloads the page so the banner appears again.
  • Or clear site data: clearing cookies and site data for pithplay.com in your browser settings does the same, and the banner will show on your next visit.
  • Block cookies in your browser: most browsers let you block or delete cookies. If you block essential storage in the app, you won't be able to stay signed in.

5. Changes to this policy

If we change the cookies or tools we use, we'll update this page and the date at the top. For how we handle personal information more generally, see our Privacy Policy.

6. Contact us

Questions about cookies? Email info@pithplay.com.

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