Cookie Policy

How we use cookies#

Refs.Gallery aims to keep tracking minimal. We may use cookies (or similar tech) for:

• Security and abuse prevention (e.g., rate limiting and protecting the service).
• Analytics and performance (understanding aggregate usage and measuring performance).
• Diagnostics (error reporting to help us fix issues).

Third‑party services#

Always on (no tracking cookies, needed to run and improve the site):

• Vercel Analytics and Speed Insights (cookieless, aggregate analytics and performance).
• Sentry and PostHog error monitoring (diagnostics when something breaks).
• PostHog product analytics (EU Cloud) in cookieless mode: no cookies or browser storage, and visits are counted with an anonymous identifier that PostHog derives on its servers and rotates daily. In this mode it records page views, a few named actions (such as saving a project or submitting a form) and error reports, not clicks.
• Your own preferences stored in your browser, such as theme and saved projects.

Only with your consent (these set cookies or record how the page is used):

• Google Tag Manager.
• Yandex Metrica, including session recording (Webvisor).
• Microsoft Clarity, including session recording.
• Sentry Session Replay for a sample of sessions.
• PostHog cookies, click autocapture, heatmaps and session recording (form inputs are masked).

Your choices#

On your first visit we ask whether you accept analytics cookies. Nothing in the consent-only list above loads until you accept, and declining is as easy as accepting. Your choice is stored in a refs_consent cookie for six months, after which we ask again. You can change it at any time with Cookie settings in the site footer; withdrawing consent removes those analytics cookies.

You can also manage cookies through your browser settings (block, delete, or limit cookies). Note that blocking some cookies may affect the site’s functionality.

More details#

For information about what data we collect and why, see our Privacy Policy.