Cookies

Last updated: Saturday, October 31, 2026

ArtsCal.org uses very little browser storage, and nothing for advertising.

Local storage (on your device)

The app saves your picks, favorites, filters and a few settings (such as whether you have seen the intro) in your browser's local storage. As a guest this stays on your device and is not sent to us. The home page's sample cards keep a count of your swipes in your browser so the sign-in page can show it. Clearing your browser data removes all of this.

Session cookie (only if you sign in)

When you sign in we set one secure cookie so you stay signed in. It is marked HttpOnly and Secure, is used only for sign-in, and is removed when you sign out. A short-lived cookie is also used for a moment while you sign in with Apple or Google. Sign-in pages may also load a Cloudflare Turnstile check, which helps us block automated abuse.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 to count visits and see which pages and features are useful, so we can improve the site and the search results that lead here. It sets two small first-party cookies (_ga and _ga_<id>) for visitors in the United States. For visitors whose browser reports a European time zone, analytics does not load, so no analytics cookies are set. We switch off every advertising feature: no Google signals, no ad personalization, no remarketing. We also run Cloudflare Web Analytics, which sets no cookies.

We never send your email address, name, notes, custom tags, ZIP code or home base, search words, or account id to analytics. We send only event types (for example "swiped Interested", "opened a ticket link", "tapped Open in app", "asked for a sign-in code", "signed in", each only as the type of action, without who you are), the genre and venue of the event, and the website a link went to. To tell new visitors from returning ones, your browser also keeps a random number (it is not made from anything about you and is not your account id) that we attach to those events, along with a count of your visits. It is never created for visitors whose browser reports a European time zone, and signing out of your account does not link it to you; deleting your account erases it. For swipes we count how many you made and which genres you skipped, in batches. If a page of ours breaks we also count that it happened, with only the name of our script file and a line number; no error text. More is on the Privacy page.

We honor Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track: if your browser sends either signal, analytics does not load. You can also block analytics with your browser's tracking or cookie settings, or a content-blocking extension. Google Analytics keeps event data for 14 months, and we do not link it to your account or email address.

Your control

You can block or delete cookies and local storage in your browser settings. The site still works for browsing, but signing in and saving picks will not.

Questions: contact@artscal.org.