Cookie Policy
Pals Guide uses a first-party preference cookie to remember whether you accepted or rejected optional Microsoft Clarity analytics. Microsoft Clarity cookies are used only after you choose Accept Clarity. Rejecting or withdrawing Clarity does not limit site features.
Cookieless Plausible measurement
On eligible pages, Pals Guide automatically uses cookieless Plausible measurement at plausible.shipsolo.io. The supplied Plausible browser script does not set analytics cookies or local-storage identifiers and only reads the optional plausible_ignore flag. It is separate from and is not controlled by the Microsoft Clarity choice. See the Privacy Policy for its route, query-string, Global Privacy Control, and Do Not Track exclusions.
Necessary preference cookie
palsguide_consent is a necessary first-party preference cookie containing only analytics_granted or analytics_denied; it contains no user ID and expires within 9 months.
Microsoft Clarity cookies after opt-in
If analytics is accepted, Clarity may set first-party cookies _clck and _clsk and Microsoft third-party cookies including CLID, ANONCHK, MR, MUID, and SM for pseudonymous identification, session association, analytics, synchronization, and operational purposes. See Microsoft’s Clarity cookie documentation.
Before a Clarity choice or when Clarity is off
Before a Clarity choice, after rejection, or after withdrawal, Pals Guide does not load Clarity and does not send Clarity telemetry. This is stronger than Microsoft’s optional limited no-consent mode. Use Cookie settings in the footer to change or withdraw your choice. An active Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal keeps Clarity off under Pals Guide’s site policy. Eligible cookieless Plausible measurement is separately suppressed when either privacy signal is active.
Your controls
lets you accept, reject, or withdraw optional Microsoft Clarity analytics. Microsoft also describes an external Clarity telemetry opt-out; it is an additional control and does not replace the choices on this site.
Contact
For cookie or privacy questions, email support@palsguide.cc.