Cookies

We use essential cookies and session storage to keep you signed in and to remember your sidebar and theme preferences. These are required for the app to function, so they are not subject to a consent prompt. Legal basis: legitimate interest in providing the service you asked for.

We use two analytics tools, and they are treated differently because they behave differently:

• Vercel Analytics does not use cookies. It collects aggregated, anonymized data only (page URL, referrer, device type) and never sets an identifier on your device. Because it cannot track you across sessions, it runs without a consent prompt under legitimate interest.
• Google Analytics does set cookies and can measure repeat visits, so we treat it as non-essential. It is off by default. It loads only after you accept analytics cookies in the banner on your first visit. If you choose essential only, the Google Analytics script never loads and no Google Analytics cookies are set.

We use Cloudflare Turnstile on the signup and feedback forms to verify that submissions come from humans. Turnstile sets a short-lived challenge cookie during the verification flow only. It is cleared after verification and is not used for tracking. Because it is tied to a specific action you take (submitting a form) and protects the service from abuse, it runs under legitimate interest.

Guildhall is free and supported by ads. When you allow advertising in the cookie banner, we work with a third-party advertising partner (Google AdSense / Ad Manager) that may set cookies or read an advertising identifier to serve and measure ads. These are off by default. No advertising cookie is set until you opt in.

You have three choices for advertising, and you can change them anytime:

• Personalized ads: our partner may use ad cookies and your ad identifier to tailor ads. Legal basis: consent.
• Non-personalized ads: ads are shown based on the page and general context, without ad-profiling cookies. This is the default if you have not chosen personalized ads. Legal basis: legitimate interest in funding a free service.
• No advertising: no ads are shown to you at all.

We use Google Consent Mode, so when you decline or limit ad consent those signals are passed to Google and personalized ad storage stays off. We do not sell your personal data, and we do not share it with data brokers. We share only the limited data our advertising partner needs to deliver and measure ads under our instructions. See the Privacy policy for the full picture.

Founding GMs, and any supporters who buy an ad-free option in the future, do not see ads at all.

Defaults depend on where you are. In the EU, EEA, UK, and Switzerland advertising cookies stay off until you opt in. In regions that follow an opt-out model (such as the United States) we may show personalized ads by default; you can switch to non-personalized or no ads anytime with the Manage cookie preferences button below.

You can change your analytics choice at any time. Use the button below to reopen the cookie banner, or clear cookies through your browser settings (clearing cookies will also sign you out). Turning analytics off takes effect immediately on your next page load.

Under the ePrivacy rules and GDPR, non-essential cookies require your consent. That is why Google Analytics stays off until you opt in, and why declining is as easy as accepting. Your choice is stored on your own device, not on our servers, so it does not create a new profile of you. See our Privacy policy for the full picture on data, lawful bases, and your rights.