Cookie policy

The exact list of cookies and similar browser storage periskop.ai uses, why each is there, how long it stays, and how to change your decision. Generated from the actual implementation — not a generic template.

Last updated · May 26, 2026

What cookies are

Cookies are small text strings a website asks your browser to store. Similar browser storage — localStorage and sessionStorage — works the same way for our purposes: it lets the site remember a small amount of information between page loads.

This page lists everything periskop.ai actually stores in your browser, why it’s there, and how long it stays.

How we use cookies and similar storage

periskop.ai uses two categories:

Essential — needed for the site to work and to remember your cookie decision. Always on.
Analytics — internal event analytics and (if configured) Google Analytics 4. Off by default. Only loads after you select Accept all in the cookie banner.

We don’t use cookies for advertising and we don’t use them to build profiles for third-party ad networks.

Essential cookies and storage

Essential storage is set regardless of your analytics choice because it’s what makes the consent banner remember your decision. The current essential entry is:

periskop_consent— stores whether you accepted or declined analytics, so we don’t re-ask on every page load. Written as both a first-party cookie (one year) and localStorage.

Analytics cookies and storage

Analytics is consent-gated. If you select Essential only, none of the analytics entries below are written to your device and the Google Analytics 4 script is not loaded.

When you select Accept all, we may set:

periskop_visitor_id — a random identifier (UUID) that lets us count returning visitors without a third-party tracker.
periskop_session_id — a session-scoped random identifier used to group events from the same visit.
_ga and _ga_* — Google Analytics 4 identifiers, set only if a GA4 measurement ID is configured for this site. IP anonymisation is enabled.

Known cookies and storage

The table below lists everything periskop.ai may store in your browser. Anything not listed here is not used by this site.

Name	Type	Purpose	Duration	Party	Consent
periskop_consent	Cookie + localStorage	Remembers your cookie decision so we don't re-prompt on every page.	1 year (cookie) / persistent (localStorage)	First-party	Always on
periskop_visitor_id	localStorage	Random visitor identifier for first-party analytics.	Persistent until you clear it	First-party	Required
periskop_session_id	sessionStorage	Groups events from the same visit (session-scoped).	Tab/session only	First-party	Required
_ga	Cookie	Google Analytics 4 — distinguish unique users.	Up to 2 years	Third-party (Google)	Required
_ga_<container-id>	Cookie	Google Analytics 4 — session state for the GA4 property.	Up to 2 years	Third-party (Google)	Required

Third-party cookies

The only third-party cookies that may be set are Google Analytics 4 cookies — and only if (a) a GA4 measurement ID is configured for this site and (b) you have selected Accept all. We have IP anonymisation enabled for GA4. We do not allow Google Analytics data to be shared with Google’s advertising products from this site’s configuration.

We don’t embed third-party advertising pixels, social-media trackers, or session-replay tools.

How to manage your choices

Use the Cookie settings button in the footer to clear your stored decision and reopen the banner.
Clear cookies and site data for periskop.ai in your browser to remove everything we’ve stored.
Most browsers let you block cookies or specific storage by default. That setting may also affect essential storage, which can mean the banner re-appears each visit.
For Google Analytics specifically, Google publishes an opt-out browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Changes

When we add or remove a cookie or storage entry, we update the table above and bump the “Last updated” date.

Contact

Questions about this page? Email privacy@periskop.ai.