Cookie Policy

1. What cookies are

Cookies are small text files a website stores on your device. Similar technologies include localStorage and sessionStorage in your browser. Under Dutch law (Telecommunications Act art. 11.7a) and the GDPR, cookies that are strictly necessary or that have no or minimal impact on privacy may be placed without consent; all other cookies require your prior consent.

2. Strictly necessary cookies (no consent required)

• ps_consent — plainsignage.com — stores your cookie choices (analytics on/off, embedded media on/off) so we do not ask again. 12 months.
• ps_locale — console.plainsignage.com — remembers the language you chose in the console. 12 months.
• ps_session — console.plainsignage.com — signed, HTTP-only session cookie that keeps you logged in to the console. 7 days.
• ps_gid — console.plainsignage.com/play/… — random identifier set when a screen guest opens a poll, photo wall, game or request page; used to enforce limits such as one vote per device and to block abuse. Contains no personal data. 12 months.
• __stripe_mid, __stripe_sid and related cookies — set by Stripe on the checkout and customer-portal pages hosted by Stripe for fraud prevention and to complete payments. See stripe.com/cookies-policy.

3. Anonymous statistics (cookieless, opt-out available)

We use Umami, self-hosted at stats.plainsignage.com in the EU, to count visits to plainsignage.com. Umami sets no cookies and no identifiers in storage. It records the page URL, referrer, browser and OS family, screen size, language and country, and counts unique visitors with a one-way hash of IP address, user agent and a daily rotating salt. IP addresses are not stored. No data is shared with third parties. Because this has no meaningful impact on your privacy and uses no cookies, it runs before you make a choice in the banner.

You can still opt out: switch off "Anonymous statistics" in the banner or under "Cookie settings" in the footer. Your browser then stores the value umami.disabled in localStorage and no page views are sent. We also respect the Do-Not-Track browser setting. The console at console.plainsignage.com does not use analytics.

4. Embedded media (consent required)

If we embed third-party media on the website in the future — for example a YouTube video in a guide — it will only load after you enable "Embedded media" in the banner. Third parties such as Google/YouTube may then set their own cookies according to their policies. Until you consent, a placeholder is shown instead. We do not use advertising, retargeting or social-media tracking cookies.

5. Managing your choices

Open "Cookie settings" in the footer of any page to change your choices at any time. You can also delete cookies in your browser settings; the banner will then appear again on your next visit. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent the console from keeping you logged in.

6. Changes

When we add or remove cookies we update this page and, if a new consent category is introduced, ask for your choice again. Questions: info@plainsignage.com.