Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how PlanScope ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies in connection with the PlanScope website and Chrome extension (together, the "Service").

PlanScope is designed with a privacy-first approach, and we minimise the use of cookies and similar technologies wherever possible.

This policy is intended to comply with applicable data protection and electronic communications laws, including the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), as well as equivalent principles under other international privacy frameworks where applicable.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you access a website. They are commonly used to enable core functionality, improve performance, and maintain security.

Cookies may be:

• Session cookies, which expire when you close your browser; or
• Persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a defined period.

3. Our Approach to Cookies

PlanScope intentionally limits the use of cookies.

We do not use:

• Advertising or marketing cookies
• Behavioural tracking cookies
• Social media tracking cookies
• Third-party analytics cookies that identify individual users

The PlanScope Service does not rely on cookies for profiling, advertising, or cross-site tracking.

4. Cookies We Use

4.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the operation and security of the Service and cannot be disabled without affecting functionality.

Cookie	Purpose	Duration
Technical session cookies	Core service functionality and security	Session

These cookies are used only where necessary to deliver the Service and do not collect information for marketing or analytics purposes.

5. Hosting and Infrastructure Cookies

PlanScope's website and backend services are hosted on Vercel, a cloud hosting platform that provides infrastructure, content delivery, and security services.

Vercel may set limited, strictly necessary technical cookies and process minimal technical data (such as IP address and request metadata) solely for:

• Content delivery
• Performance optimisation
• Security and abuse prevention

Vercel acts as a data processor on our behalf and does not use this data for its own independent purposes.

For further information, please refer to Vercel's own privacy documentation.

6. Chrome Extension Context

This Cookie Policy primarily applies to the PlanScope website.

The PlanScope Chrome extension:

• Does not use cookies for tracking or advertising
• Stores limited functional data locally using browser storage mechanisms (such as Chrome storage APIs) to support features like usage limits and subscription status
• Does not place traditional website cookies for marketing or analytics purposes

Any data stored by the extension is used strictly to provide the Service's functionality.

7. Third-Party Cookies

We do not intentionally place third-party cookies on your device.

If you follow links from our Service to third-party websites (for example, payment providers or browser marketplaces), those third parties may set their own cookies. We do not control those cookies and recommend reviewing the relevant third-party privacy and cookie policies.

8. Managing Cookies

You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Please note that blocking or deleting cookies may affect the availability or functionality of certain features.

Most browsers allow you to:

• View cookies stored on your device
• Delete existing cookies
• Block all or selected cookies

Browser help resources are available from:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Microsoft Edge

9. Similar Technologies

In addition to cookies, the Service may use limited local storage or session storage for functional purposes only (for example, remembering usage limits or feature access).

We do not use:

• Web beacons
• Tracking pixels
• Cross-site fingerprinting technologies

10. International Users

PlanScope is used by individuals and organisations in multiple countries. Our use of cookies follows globally recognised data-protection principles, including transparency, necessity, and data minimisation.

Where personal data is processed in connection with cookies, appropriate safeguards are applied in accordance with applicable laws.

11. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights relating to your personal data under applicable data protection laws.

As PlanScope does not use cookies for profiling or marketing, most cookie-related rights are unlikely to be engaged. For further information about your data rights, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

If you are located in the UK, you also have the right to raise concerns with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data protection authority.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in law, technology, or our practices. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us at:

Email: hello@planscope.co.uk