Cookie and Tracking Technologies Policy
Version dated September 23, 2026
1. Purpose
Photo Quilt Builder uses cookies and browser storage technologies to operate the application.
With the user's consent, it also uses Microsoft Clarity to analyze certain interactions and improve the user experience.
2. Storage Necessary for Operation
Photo Quilt Builder uses technologies including localStorage and IndexedDB to:
- Maintain authentication.
- Store language preferences.
- Save certain projects and drafts.
- Store photographs and previews on the device.
- Allow users to resume their work.
- Remember the user's choice regarding Microsoft Clarity.
Technologies strictly necessary to provide the requested service are not subject to the same consent requirements as optional behavioral analytics trackers.
Certain local data may remain after sign-out.
3. Audience and usage measurement — Microsoft Clarity
With your consent, we use Microsoft Clarity to understand how Photo Quilt Builder is used and to identify any navigation or usability difficulties. Clarity is only activated after you agree, and you can refuse or withdraw your consent at any time from the analytics settings.
It is used to identify difficulties encountered during the beta and improve Photo Quilt Builder before its official launch.
The application does not load Microsoft Clarity before the user's explicit acceptance.
Refusal does not affect access to the service, questionnaire or PDF pattern.
4. Microsoft Clarity Cookies and Identifiers
Depending on the browser and Microsoft Clarity's operation, the following identifiers may be used after acceptance:
| Identifier | Purpose |
|---|---|
| _clck | Stores a pseudonymous Clarity identifier specific to the website |
| _clsk | Groups multiple page views into a single session |
| CLID | Recognizes the browser within the Clarity environment |
| MUID | Identifies a browser across Microsoft services |
| ANONCHK | Manages a technical indicator associated with Microsoft identifiers |
| MR | Manages the refresh of the MUID identifier |
| SM | Synchronizes certain identification information across Microsoft domains |
Not all these identifiers are necessarily set in every browser or session.
Technical cookie lifetimes depend on their nature and the configuration applied by Microsoft.
For data collected through Clarity, Microsoft documents retention of ordinary recordings for 30 days and up to nine months for certain data and particular sessions.
5. Consent
When accessing the beta, the user is offered two choices:
- Continue without recording.
- Accept and start.
Consent is freely given and separate from acceptance of the Terms of Use.
Photo Quilt Builder communicates analytics consent to Clarity only after acceptance.
The application does not grant advertising consent.
6. Withdrawal of Consent
Users may change their choice through Photo Quilt Builder's session recording settings.
Withdrawal disables Clarity in the relevant browser and stops subsequent collection according to the application's operation.
The choice is stored in the browser used. It is not automatically synchronized across different devices or all already-open tabs.
Withdrawal does not automatically delete data previously collected by Microsoft.
To exercise rights concerning personal data, users may contact contact@photoquiltbuilder.com.
7. Content Protection
Photo Quilt Builder uses masking mechanisms for photographs, certain account content and personal text fields.
Sensitive pages, including authentication, invitation, password recovery and administration pages, are excluded from observation.
These measures do not guarantee absolute anonymization.
8. Further Information
Privacy Policy: /privacy
Contact: contact@photoquiltbuilder.com