Short version: cookieless traffic counts run by default. Google Analytics is off unless you opt in. No ads, no personalisation. This page explains the detail and how to change your mind.
What we use.
The handpayapp.com website is intentionally minimal. We do not set cookies of our own for marketing, advertising, or personalisation. One analytics product runs cookielessly by default, and a second sets cookies only if you consent.
Strictly necessary
- Vercel may set short-lived security cookies (for example to protect against abuse) when you load pages. These have no marketing value and are required for the site to work.
Cookieless analytics
- Vercel Web Analytics counts page views and referrers using a hashed visitor signature that is not stored on your device. No cookies. No cross-site tracking. We run this by default because it does not rely on personal data or storage on your device — under PECR it does not require opt-in consent.
Consented analytics
- Google Analytics 4 sets cookies (typically _ga and _ga_*) to measure aggregated visitor behaviour: pages viewed, approximate location, device type, and referrer. Off by default. Only loads if you accept via the cookie banner. IP anonymisation is on. We do not use Google Signals, remarketing, or ad personalisation.
Advertising and personalisation
- None. We do not use Facebook Pixel, ad retargeting, or any comparable service.
Third parties.
When you submit your email address to the waitlist, FormSubmit.co processes the submission. FormSubmit does not set tracking cookies on our site. Its server logs are covered by its own privacy policy.
If you follow an external link from our site (for example to GamCare or BeGambleAware), the destination site sets its own cookies under its own policy. We do not control those.
How to control cookies.
Analytics cookies are off by default. On your first visit you'll see a banner at the bottom of the page: accept analytics, keep only essentials, or customise. Blocking analytics does not break anything on this site.
Change your mind at any time using the button at the bottom of this page, or by clearing the handpay.consent.v1 entry in your browser's site storage.
We honour Do Not Track (DNT) signals by keeping analytics off where they're sent.
Changes.
If we ever introduce advertising or personalisation cookies, we will update this policy, change the effective date at the top, and ask for your consent before the new cookies are set.
Contact.
Questions about cookies? Email privacy@handpayapp.com.