Cookies and tracking
BoatStays sets no tracking cookies, no advertising pixels and no cross-site profiling. That is why you have never seen a cookie banner here. Rather than ask you to take our word for it, here is exactly what we store and how to check.
No ad trackers
No Google Analytics, no Meta Pixel, no Hotjar, no retargeting tags.
Cookieless analytics
Plausible counts page views in aggregate, in the EEA, with no personal data.
No data selling
We never sell, rent or broker your data. Ever.
Check it yourself, right now
Reading your browser...
You can verify independently: open your browser's developer tools, go to Application or Storage, and look at Cookies for this site.
Everything we store in your browser
| What | Type | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sign-in session | Local storage, not a cookie | Keeps you signed in. Strictly necessary. | Until you sign out or clear browser storage |
| Skipper session ID | Local storage, not a cookie | Groups your questions to our assistant within one visit. Anonymous. | Until you clear browser storage |
| Theme and small preferences | Local storage, not a cookie | Remembers light or dark mode and draft listing autosave. | Until you clear browser storage |
| Stripe payment cookies | Cookie, strictly necessary | Only set when you start a payment, to process it securely and prevent fraud. | Set by Stripe during checkout |
| Plausible Analytics | No cookie at all | Counts page views in aggregate. No personal data, no IP storage, no cross-site tracking. | Nothing stored on your device |
Why there is no cookie banner
Under UK PECR, consent is only required for non-essential storage such as advertising or analytics cookies. We set none of those. The only things in your browser are the items above, all strictly necessary to sign you in, remember your preferences, or take a payment securely.
Clearing what we store
Clearing site data for boatstays.org in your browser settings removes everything listed above. It will sign you out, and nothing is kept on your device afterwards.
Questions
Email privacy@boatstays.org, or read the full privacy policy for how we handle personal data.