# Cookies and privacy

Source: https://ai.geekindata.com/cookies
Prices last checked: Nov 5, 2026
Page updated: Nov 5, 2026
License: CC BY 4.0, attribution GeekInData AI

Analytics cookies load only after you click Accept.

- Ads cookies: never
- Change your choice: Cookie settings in the footer
- Contact: sai@geekindata.com

## Who is responsible

GeekInData AI is run by Sai Neelakantam in Norway. Email [sai@geekindata.com](mailto:sai@geekindata.com) about anything on this page.

## Your choice

- **Accept**: analytics and session insights turn on.
- **Decline**: only cookieless measurement runs.
- **Settings**: pick analytics or session insights on their own.

Your choice is kept for 6 months, then we ask again. We also ask again when this cookie list changes.

## What we measure and why

*Purposes and legal basis*

| Purpose | Tool | Legal basis | Without consent |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Which pages and tools help people (page views, clicks, finder use) | Google Analytics 4 | Consent: GDPR art. 6(1)(a), ekomloven § 3-15 | Cookieless pings with no identifiers (Google Consent Mode) |
| Where pages confuse people (heatmaps, masked session replays) | Microsoft Clarity | Consent: GDPR art. 6(1)(a), ekomloven § 3-15 | Not loaded at all |
| Page views and loading speed | Vercel Web Analytics and Speed Insights | Legitimate interest: GDPR art. 6(1)(f) | Runs. No cookies, no identifiers, no query strings |
| Your settings (theme, currency, finder) | Your browser's storage | Strictly necessary for what you asked for | Runs. Never leaves your device |

Advertising is never switched on. Google's ad storage, ad user data and ad personalization stay denied, and Google signals are off.

## Every cookie and stored item

*Cookies and browser storage on ai.geekindata.com*

| Name | Set by | Purpose | Kept for | Needs consent |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| _ga | Google Analytics | Tells visits apart with a random ID | 13 months | Yes (Analytics) |
| _ga_GKFYGX5TST | Google Analytics | Keeps the session count and state | 13 months | Yes (Analytics) |
| _clck | Microsoft Clarity | Random user ID and preferences | 1 year | Yes (Session insights) |
| _clsk | Microsoft Clarity | Joins page views into one session | 1 day | Yes (Session insights) |
| CLID | Microsoft Clarity (clarity.ms) | Recognises a browser across Clarity sites | 1 year | Yes (Session insights) |
| MUID, ANONCHK, SM, MR, SRM_B | Microsoft (clarity.ms, c.bing.com) | Clarity's own service cookies | Up to 1 year | Yes (Session insights) |
| consent | This site (local storage) | Your cookie choice and its version | 6 months | No, strictly necessary |
| theme | This site (local storage) | Light or dark mode | Until you clear it | No, your setting |
| billing | This site (local storage) | Monthly or annual prices | Until you clear it | No, your setting |
| prefs | This site (local storage) | Currency, country and tax display | Until you clear it | No, your setting |
| finder | This site (local storage) | Your plan finder answers | Until you clear it | No, your setting |
| None | Vercel Web Analytics and Speed Insights | Page views and loading speed, without cookies | Not stored | No |

Clarity is set to strict masking: text and form inputs are hidden in replays.

## Other requests your browser makes

*Third-party requests without cookies*

| Service | Why | What it receives |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [open.er-api.com](https://www.exchangerate-api.com/terms) | Live exchange rates on the homepage | Your IP address and browser, like any web request |
| [api.frankfurter.dev](https://frankfurter.dev) | Backup exchange rates (ECB data) | Your IP address and browser, like any web request |

## Who processes the data

*Processors and transfers*

| Processor | Role | Transfer outside the EEA |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Google Ireland Ltd (Google LLC) | Google Analytics 4 | USA, under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and standard contractual clauses |
| Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd (Microsoft Corp.) | Microsoft Clarity | USA, under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and standard contractual clauses |
| Vercel Inc. | Hosting, Web Analytics, Speed Insights | USA, under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and standard contractual clauses |

## How long data is kept

- Google Analytics: event data is deleted after 14 months.
- Microsoft Clarity: recordings are kept 30 days, heatmap data 13 months.
- Vercel analytics: aggregated, with no personal identifiers.

## How to change or withdraw consent

Click **Cookie settings** in the footer, or the button below. Declining removes the Google Analytics cookies and stops Clarity.

## Your rights

You can ask for access, correction, deletion, restriction or a copy of your data, and object to processing. Email [sai@geekindata.com](mailto:sai@geekindata.com).

You can also complain to the Norwegian Data Protection Authority, [Datatilsynet](https://www.datatilsynet.no).

## Last updated

This page was last updated on Nov 5, 2026.