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Cookie & storage policy

Draft — pending legal review.

This draft explains the storage used by this website. See our Privacy Policy for broader information about personal data. Contact info@thehumanbots.co with questions.

Necessary

Necessary storage remembers your privacy preferences. The localStorage key hb_consent stores a policy version, necessary status, analytics and marketing choices, and the date. If storage is unavailable, preferences last only in memory for this page session.

Enquiry confirmation storage

After a form service accepts an enquiry, sessionStorage key hb_lead_confirmation remembers its confirmation for this tab. hb_lead_tracked_analytics and hb_lead_tracked_marketing prevent duplicate optional conversion events, and are written only for the respective consented category. The confirmation expires after a day and closing the tab ends this storage.

Analytics

Optional analytics helps understand visits. It is off until you choose to enable it. HumanBots measures visits with its own first-party analytics, stored in our own database; no third-party analytics provider is configured. Without analytics consent we count one anonymous page view per page load (the page address, device type, browser family and the approximate country, region and city derived from the request) with no identifier and nothing stored on your device. With analytics allowed, localStorage key hb_px_vid (a random visitor ID, kept for 13 months) and sessionStorage key hb_px_sid (a random session ID, ending after 30 minutes without activity) join your page views into visits, and we record how far you scroll, which buttons and links you click, where on the page you click (never inside forms), and which form steps you reach; we never record what you type. If you send an enquiry, that visit is linked to it. Raw analytics events are deleted after 90 days. Withdrawing analytics consent deletes both IDs. With analytics allowed, localStorage key hb_attr_first (kept for 90 days) and sessionStorage key hb_attr_session remember how you first reached the site (campaign tags, referring site and first page), and this is sent with any enquiry you submit so we know which pages and campaigns bring enquiries. Withdrawing analytics consent deletes both keys.

Marketing

Optional marketing supports advertising measurement. It is off by default. Global Privacy Control also defaults this choice to off. No marketing provider is configured by this implementation. With marketing allowed, the attribution storage above also keeps advertising click identifiers (such as Google Ads gclid), which may be shared with the advertising platform to measure which ads led to customers.

Chat storage and processing

The assistant uses functional sessionStorage under hb_chat to remember this tab’s conversation across pages. Clear chat deletes the conversation; closing the tab ends the session. The current browser-only assistant does not use an AI API availability flag. The current assistant answers from built-in topics in your browser; asking a question does not send it to an AI provider. Avoid sharing sensitive information. Details you submit are sent to the configured contact-form provider with your transcript, or prepared in your email application when no provider is configured.

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Use Cookie settings in any footer. Changes prevent future optional script activation. Already executed scripts cannot be unloaded; reload the page after withdrawing consent. Provider-specific cookies may require removal in your browser settings.