Cookies and your choices

Cookies are small text files a website stores on your device. StoryCheck also uses similar technologies such as local storage and pixel tags. We group them all under “cookies” in this policy. We use them to keep you signed in, remember your preferences, understand how the service is used, and measure our advertising.

You can change or withdraw your choice at any time:

• Use Cookie settings to review and update which optional cookies you allow.
• In the United States, use Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal, we apply the same opt-out in that browser.
• Control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may break sign-in, checkout and other core features.

Strictly necessary. Required for the service to work, so they cannot be switched off. These include sign-in and session cookies, security and anti-fraud checks, checkout with our payment processor, and cookies that remember your language, currency and your cookie choice itself.

First-party measurement. A session identifier kept in your browser, and records of the steps you take on our site and of any errors, which we use to run and measure our own pages. This information stays with us and our service providers.

Analytics. Help us understand how StoryCheck is used so we can improve it, including session recordings that capture clicks, scrolling, mouse movements, and the content shown on the page. Report pages are never recorded, text typed into form fields is masked, payment card fields are not captured, and recordings are deleted after 14 days.

Advertising. Let us measure our marketing campaigns and show relevant ads on other sites. These are set by, or share data with, the advertising partners listed below.

A representative list (exact names and lifetimes can change as our providers update their tools):

• Necessary: sc_session (keeps you signed in, 30 days), sc_consent (your cookie choice, 12 months), NEXT_LOCALE (your language, 12 months), country (your approximate country from your IP address, used to show the right banner, language, and prices, 30 days), and sc_guided_intro (remembers that you have seen the report introduction).
• First-party measurement: sc_sid (a session identifier in local storage).
• Analytics: session recording state in session storage and, where configured, Google Analytics (_ga).
• Analytics or advertising: sc_eid (a visitor identifier that we also share with advertising partners, 12 months), sc_utm_* (campaign details, 90 days), sc_landing (the first page you visited, 24 hours), and sc_ref (referral code, 14 days).
• Advertising: Meta (_fbp, _fbc), TikTok (_ttp), Snapchat (_scid), AppLovin (_axwrt, _axeid), ad click identifiers (sc_gclid, sc_gbraid, sc_wbraid, sc_ttclid, sc_ScCid, sc_aleid, 90 days), and your email address in local storage (sc_am_em), which is used for advertising measurement only when advertising is allowed.

In the EEA, the UK, and Switzerland, the analytics and advertising cookies and identifiers above are used only after you opt in.

When analytics or advertising cookies are active, the following partners may process data through them. Each has its own privacy and cookie notice:

• Meta Platforms (Facebook/Instagram advertising): privacy policy
• Google (Analytics and Ads): privacy policy
• TikTok (advertising): privacy policy
• Snap Inc. (Snapchat advertising): privacy policy
• AppLovin (advertising measurement and delivery).

We may update this policy as our tools change. When we make a material change we will re-request consent where required. For questions about cookies or your data, see our Privacy Policy or reach our support team.