Cookie Policy

Story Poker uses minimal data storage to provide essential functionality and performance monitoring. We use one session cookie, browser local storage, and Vercel Analytics & Speed Insights for performance tracking.

Session Cookie

We use a single session cookie called poker_session to maintain your connection to poker planning rooms. This cookie stores your room code, participant name, and participant ID. It expires when you close your browser or after 24 hours. This cookie is essential for the website to function.

Browser Local Storage

We use your browser's local storage (not cookies) to remember your theme preference (light/dark mode) and your acceptance of this cookie policy. Local storage data never leaves your device and is not transmitted to our servers.

Vercel Analytics & Speed Insights

We use Vercel Analytics and Vercel Speed Insights to monitor website performance and user experience. These services collect anonymized data about page load times, Core Web Vitals, and general usage patterns. No personally identifiable information is collected. Data is processed by Vercel Inc. in accordance with their Privacy Policy.

The data collected includes:

• Page load performance metrics (LCP, FID, CLS)
• Geographic region (country-level only)
• Device type and browser information
• Referring website

This helps us improve the website's speed and reliability. You can opt-out by using browser privacy settings or ad-blockers that block analytics scripts.

Managing Your Data

You can clear your session cookie and local storage at any time by closing your browser or clearing your browser's cookies and site data. This will log you out of active sessions and reset your preferences.

Your Consent

By clicking "Accept cookies" on our banner, you consent to our use of the session cookie and performance monitoring services as described above. We may update this policy from time to time – changes will be posted on this page.

Last updated: January 28, 2026