Cookie Policy

Cookies are small files stored on your device that help a website work and remember things between visits. This policy explains the cookies PlainReads uses and how you can control them.

The cookies we use

• Strictly necessary. These keep you securely signed in (set by Clerk, our sign-in provider) and remember your analytics choice (pr_consent, kept for 12 months) and whether your region needs to be asked first (pr_region, kept for one day). The site can’t work properly without them, so they can’t be switched off.
• Analytics. These only run when allowed — see the next section.
  • FlowGlancekeeps a random visitor ID in your browser’s local storage (_fw_vid) and a session ID in session storage. It records the pages you view, where you came from, and actions such as claiming a free guide or starting checkout. If you sign in, it links those visits to your account email so we can see which pages led to a purchase.
  • DataFast sets two first-party cookies (datafast_visitor_id, datafast_session_id) to count visits and see which sources lead to sales.
  • Vercel Web Analytics, Vercel Speed Insights and Cloudflare Web Analytics count page views and measure page speed without setting cookies.

When analytics run depends on where you are

• EU, EEA, UK and Switzerland. Nothing above loads until you click Accept on the banner. If you click Decline, it never loads.
• Everywhere else.There’s no banner: analytics run by default. To refuse, click Do not track me at the bottom of any page. We save pr_consent=declined, delete the analytics IDs listed above, and none of these scripts load in that browser again. We treat a Global Privacy Control signal from your browser the same way.

We tell the two apart by the country of your IP address, which our host (Vercel) provides with each request. We don’t store your IP address for this.

What we don’t use

We do not use advertising cookies, cross-site trackers, or third-party marketing pixels. We’re not in the business of following you around the internet.

Changing your mind

The link at the bottom of every page shows your current setting: click Do not track me to turn analytics off, or Turn it back on to allow them again. Clearing this site’s data in your browser also resets your choice; in the EU, EEA, UK and Switzerland you’ll then see the banner again. Most browsers also let you block or delete cookies in their settings — though blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent you from signing in.

Changes

If our use of cookies changes, we’ll update this page and the “last updated” date above.

Contact

Questions about cookies? Email contact@plainreads.com.