Last updated 9 June 2026

Cookie Policy

SharpCast uses as few cookies as possible. This page lists the essential cookies we set and notes that our analytics is cookieless.

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About cookies
Essential cookies
Third party
Managing cookies

1. About cookies on SharpCast

A cookie is a small file a site stores in your browser. SharpCast uses as few cookies as possible. We do not use advertising or cross site tracking cookies, and we do not sell or share anything a cookie tells us. Our website analytics (Plausible) is cookieless.

Two kinds of storage are used. The essential cookies listed below sign you in and keep the service secure, so they do not require consent under the law. Separately, our performance monitoring (Dynatrace, section 3) stores a session identifier so a fault can be traced to the page it happened on; it runs on the main site and not on these legal pages.

2. Essential cookies we set

Cookie	Purpose
Session and authentication	Keeps you signed in as you move between pages. Set when you sign in.
CSRF token	A security cookie that protects forms and actions from cross site request forgery.
Cookie notice	Remembers that you have seen and dismissed the cookie notice, so it does not show again.

These are strictly necessary. The service cannot work properly without them, so they are not subject to a consent banner. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, but if you do, sign in and some features will stop working.

3. Third party services

Stripe handles payments and the billing portal. When you go through checkout or the customer portal, Stripe may set cookies it needs for fraud prevention and to operate the payment flow. These are governed by Stripe's own cookie and privacy notices.
Plausible provides our website analytics. It is cookieless and does not track you across sites or store any data in your browser.
Dynatrace provides application performance monitoring. Its browser script measures page load and error rates so we can find and fix faults, and it stores identifiers in your browser to recognise a session. It is not advertising, it does not follow you to other sites, and it does not read the content of what you enter. It does not run on these legal pages.

4. Managing cookies

You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Because the cookies SharpCast sets are essential, removing them will sign you out and may break parts of the service. For more on how we handle personal data, see our Privacy Policy.