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Last updated: 5 October 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Howseen AI ("Howseen", "we", "us") uses cookies and similar technologies on howseen.ai and app.howseen.ai (the "Service"). It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
Cookies are small text files a website stores on your device. They let a site remember things like whether you are signed in or which language you chose. Similar technologies include local storage, which works in much the same way.
| Type | Purpose | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Keep you signed in, secure the Service, and remember your preferences (such as interface language and the active project). The Service cannot work properly without these. | Authentication session, security tokens, hs_locale, hs_brand, hs_scan_domain (1 day: the website you typed for your report) |
| Analytics (only with your consent) | Understand how visitors use the site and the app (pages viewed, the free scan, sign-up and checkout steps, and session recordings with form inputs masked) so we can fix what gets in the way. Set only if you click "Accept". If you decline or have not chosen yet, we still count visits anonymously without any cookie or local storage. | PostHog (EU), Google Analytics, hs_consent (remembers your choice) |
| Third-party | Some providers we rely on to run the Service (for example payments and hosting) may set their own strictly necessary cookies when you interact with their features. | Stripe (checkout & fraud prevention), Cloudflare Turnstile (bot protection on the free report) |
| Live chat (only when you open it) | The chat on howseen.ai is loaded only when you click the chat bubble. Our chat provider then sets cookies to keep your conversation open across pages. | Crisp |
| Referral and campaign (only with your consent) | If you arrive through a partner's link (a link with ?ref=), we remember which partner referred you so they can be credited if you subscribe, and a random visitor ID records the click. If you arrive from one of our campaign links (with utm_ parameters), we remember that campaign until you sign up. These cookies are set only after you click "Accept". If you decline or have not chosen yet, no cookie is written: the partner code stays in your browser tab's session storage (erased when you close the tab) and is passed in the sign-up link itself, so the partner can still be credited. Declining also deletes any of these cookies set earlier. |
hs_ref (60 days), hs_vid (12 months), hs_utm (30 days) |
| Session storage (this tab only) | Small values kept in your browser tab while you browse and erased when you close it: whether you already closed the demo pop-up, the state of the chat bubble, the answers you typed in a form (so a reload does not wipe them), the campaign that brought you to a landing page, and a pending partner code with a random per-tab click ID. Unlike cookies, it is not shared with other tabs, is not sent automatically with your requests, and does not survive the end of the session. | hsDemo, hs_gc_form, gc_src, hs_ref_pending, hs_ref_tab |
Strictly necessary cookies are exempt from prior consent under EU rules because the Service cannot function without them. Analytics, referral and campaign cookies are only set after you click "Accept" in the cookie banner.
Your choice applies to howseen.ai and app.howseen.ai and is kept for 12 months. To change it, delete the hs_consent cookie in your browser and the banner will ask again.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings, and set your browser to block them. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may stop parts of the Service, such as signing in, from working.
We may update this policy; material changes will be reflected by the "Last updated" date above.
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From Paris
128 rue La Boétie, 75008 Paris, France