Cookie Policy

A cookie is a small file a site asks your browser to store and send back on later visits. Local storage is a related browser feature that keeps a value on your device until it is cleared, without attaching it to network requests. Both are covered by the ePrivacy rules on storing information on a user’s device, so both are described here.

The following is the complete inventory for radioheart.io as this policy’s revision date:

rh_cookie_choice (local storage, strictly necessary)

Records the choice you made in the cookie banner — “all” or “essential” — so the banner is not shown again on every page. Set only when you press one of the buttons. It contains no identifier and is not sent to us. It stays until you clear your browser’s site data for radioheart.io.

Vercel Web Analytics (no cookie)

Aggregated page-view measurement provided by our hosting platform. It sets no cookie and stores no identifier on your device; visits are counted using a value derived from request data that is not retained in a form that identifies you or links your visits across days.

Vercel Speed Insights (no cookie)

Measures page-loading performance (Core Web Vitals) so we can find slow pages. It sets no cookie and stores no identifier on your device.

Yandex Metrica (cookies, optional — only after “Accept all”)

Web analytics from YANDEX LLC. It counts visits and conversions (for example, clicks on sign-up or pricing buttons), draws click maps, and records sessions (Webvisor) so we can see where pages confuse people; text typed into form fields is masked. It sets first-party cookies such as _ym_uid and _ym_d (a pseudonymous visitor identifier and first-visit date, kept for up to one year), _ym_isad (ad-blocker check, about two days), and _ym_visorc (session recording, about 30 minutes), plus related local-storage entries. Data is processed on Yandex servers in the Russian Federation. It is not loaded at all until you choose “Accept all”, and not loaded if your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal.

This website sets no advertising cookies and no social-media pixels, and we do not use Yandex Metrica data for advertising. The RadioHeart studio application at studio.radioheart.io is a separate application with its own sign-in session cookies, which are strictly necessary to keep you logged in there.

Strictly necessary

Needed for the site to work or to honour a preference you expressed. Consent is not required for these under ePrivacy rules. The consent record above is in this category, as are studio sign-in cookies.

Analytics and performance

Helps us understand traffic, page speed, and how visitors use our pages. The Vercel scripts run without cookies or device identifiers. Yandex Metrica uses cookies and a pseudonymous identifier, so it runs only with your consent.

Advertising and profiling

Not used on this site.

To change your choice or withdraw consent, clear site data for radioheart.io in your browser. That deletes the rh_cookie_choice entry and any _ym_* Yandex Metrica cookies, Metrica stops loading, and the banner appears again on your next visit so you can choose differently.

• Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Third-party cookies → See all site data and permissions → radioheart.io → Delete.
• Safari: Settings → Privacy → Manage Website Data → radioheart.io → Remove.
• Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data → Manage Data → radioheart.io → Remove Selected.
• Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies and site data → See all cookies and site data → radioheart.io → Delete.

Your browser can block or delete cookies and site storage generally, and most offer a private-browsing mode that discards them at the end of the session. Blocking storage entirely means the banner cannot record your choice, so it will reappear on each visit. It does not otherwise prevent you from reading this site.

We honour Global Privacy Control: if your browser sends the signal, Yandex Metrica is not loaded, whatever you chose in the banner. We run no advertising technologies.

Links to external platforms — the studio application, social profiles, directories, podcast hosts, and payment pages — take you to services with their own cookie practices, which this policy does not cover. Read their notices before providing information to them.

If we add or remove a storage technology, we update the inventory in section 2 and the revision date at the top of this page. The Privacy Policy explains the wider picture of how we handle personal data.