Cookie Policy
Effective Date: January 15, 2025
We use minimal, privacy-respecting cookies for analytics only. You're in control.
The Short Answer
Minimal, Consent-Based Cookies
We only use Google Analytics cookies for website improvement. You choose whether to accept them.
✓ No advertising cookies • ✓ No social media tracking • ✓ Anonymized data • ✓ GDPR compliant
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device to remember information about you, such as your preferences, login status, or browsing behavior.
Common uses of cookies include analytics, advertising tracking, session management, and personalization.
2. Our Cookie Usage
🔍 Analytics Cookies (With Your Consent)
Google Analytics 4 (GA4) - Measurement ID: G-DFVD3E7TBB
- • Purpose: Understand how visitors use our website to improve user experience
- • Cookies set: _ga, _ga_*, _gid (Google Analytics tracking cookies)
- • Duration: Up to 2 years (_ga), 24 hours (_gid)
- • Your control: Only activated when you click "Accept Cookies" on our banner
- • Privacy: IP addresses are anonymized, no personally identifiable information collected
✓ What We DON'T Use
- ✗Advertising cookies - No targeted ads or retargeting
- ✗Social media tracking - No Facebook Pixel, Twitter pixels, etc.
- ✗Cross-site tracking - We don't follow you around the web
- ✗Marketing automation - No HubSpot, Marketo, or similar tools
- ✗Session cookies - No login tracking (we have no authentication)
🛡️ GDPR Compliance
We follow GDPR best practices:
- • Consent first: Analytics disabled by default until you accept
- • Easy opt-out: Click "Decline" to browse without any tracking
- • Transparent: You know exactly what cookies we use and why
- • Your choice saved: We remember your preference in localStorage
3. The Vision Guard App (macOS)
The Vision Guard macOS application is separate from this website and does not use cookies because:
- It's a native macOS app, not a web application
- All data is stored locally on your Mac using SwiftData
- No web browser or HTTP cookies are involved
- No data is transmitted to external servers
See our Privacy Policy for details about how the app handles data.
4. Other Browser Storage Technologies
| Technology | Do We Use It? | Purpose (If Used) |
|---|---|---|
| Cookies (GA4) | ✓ Yes (with consent) | Website analytics and improvement |
| LocalStorage | ✓ Yes | Remember cookie consent preference |
| SessionStorage | ✗ No | N/A |
| IndexedDB | ✗ No | N/A |
| Web Beacons | ✗ No | N/A |
| Advertising Cookies | ✗ No | N/A |
| Social Media Pixels | ✗ No | N/A |
We use minimal browser storage: only Google Analytics cookies (with your consent) and localStorage to remember your cookie preference.
5. External Links
This website may contain links to external services, such as:
- Apple App Store (for downloading Vision Guard)
- Social media platforms (Twitter, Discord, GitHub)
- Third-party documentation or resources
⚠️ Important: When you click these links and visit external websites, those sites may use their own cookies. We have no control over external sites' cookie policies. Please review their privacy and cookie policies separately.
6. Our Privacy-First Approach
🔒Consent Required
Analytics cookies are disabled by default. We only track when you explicitly accept our cookie banner.
🎯Analytics Only
We only use Google Analytics to understand how to improve our website. No advertising, no social media tracking.
👤Anonymized Data
IP addresses are anonymized. We collect aggregate statistics, not personally identifiable information.
✓GDPR Compliant
Full compliance with EU privacy regulations. You have complete control over your data.
7. Your Rights & How to Opt Out
🛑 How to Disable Analytics
You have complete control over cookie tracking:
- Decline our cookie banner when it appears (analytics will never activate)
- Clear your browser cookies for visionguard-mac.vercel.app to reset your choice
- Use browser privacy mode (Incognito/Private browsing)
- Install browser extensions like uBlock Origin or Privacy Badger
- Adjust browser settings to block third-party cookies
Under GDPR and similar privacy laws, you have the right to:
8. Browser Cookie Settings
You can manage cookie settings in your browser to control our analytics cookies and cookies from other websites:
🌐 Chrome:
Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
🦊 Firefox:
Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
🧭 Safari:
Preferences → Privacy → Cookies and website data
🌊 Edge:
Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data
9. Changes to This Policy
If we decide to add additional cookies or tracking in the future, we will:
- Update this Cookie Policy with specific details
- Update the "Effective Date" at the top of this page
- Request your consent again via our cookie banner
- Clearly explain what new cookies are being used and why
- Provide opt-out mechanisms
Current version: 2.0 (January 15, 2025) - Google Analytics only
10. Questions?
If you have questions about our cookie policy (or lack thereof), contact us:
Email: mykytavp@gmail.com
Developer: Mykyta Popov, Warsaw, Poland
11. How to Verify Our Cookie Usage
You can verify our minimal cookie usage yourself:
Before Accepting Cookies:
- Open Developer Tools (F12 or Cmd+Option+I)
- Go to "Application" → "Cookies" (Chrome/Edge) or "Storage" → "Cookies" (Firefox)
- Result: No cookies from visionguard-mac.vercel.app (GA4 is blocked)
After Accepting Cookies:
- Click "Accept Cookies" on our banner
- Check cookies again in Developer Tools
- Result: You'll see _ga, _ga_DFVD3E7TBB, and _gid cookies from Google Analytics
Check LocalStorage:
- Go to "Application" → "Local Storage"
- Result: You'll see one entry:
cookie-consentwith value "accepted" or "denied"
We encourage technical users to verify our privacy claims. Transparency is important to us.
Privacy-First Analytics
We respect your privacy. Minimal cookies, your consent, full transparency.