Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files a site stores in your browser. Local storage is a similar mechanism for keeping small amounts of data on your device. Some are essential for security or basic functionality; others, like advertising trackers, are not. We keep our use of them to a minimum.

Strictly necessary, always on.

• Cloudflare Turnstile. We do not currently run a public sign-up form, so this is not active. If we add one protected by an anti-bot check, Cloudflare may set short-lived cookies to tell humans from bots, and we will update this policy first.
• Consent preference. We set one cookie, orbitalwiki-cookie-consent, scoped to .orbitalwiki.comso your choice applies across the main site and every subdomain (e.g. dashboard, status), not just the page you chose it on. It is not a tracking identifier, and it is the one cookie we keep even if you decline everything else — otherwise we couldn’t remember that you declined.

Functional, on by default, off if you decline all.

• Theme and language. Two cookies, orbitalwiki-theme and ow_locale, remember your light/dark preference and interface language across every subdomain. They are not tracking identifiers. If you choose “Decline all” in the consent banner, both switches still work for the rest of your visit, but stop being remembered: they become session-only (cleared when you close your browser) and any existing saved values, including in local storage, are deleted.

Analytics and error monitoring, off until you opt in.

• PostHog.We measure aggregate usage with PostHog only after you choose “Accept analytics” in the consent banner, and even then in cookieless mode: it sets no cookies and does not track you across other sites. If you choose “Essential only” or “Decline all”, or make no choice, PostHog is never loaded. You can withdraw consent at any time; see the Privacy Policy.
• Sentry (error monitoring).We use Sentry to catch and fix crashes and broken pages. Like analytics, it runs only after you choose “Accept analytics”. If you choose “Essential only”, “Decline all”, or have not chosen yet, no error events are sent from your browser.

We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.

When you first visit, a banner gives you three choices. “Accept analytics” turns on cookieless analytics and error monitoring. “Essential only” keeps functional cookies (theme, language) working but turns both analytics and error monitoring off. “Decline all” does the same as “Essential only” and additionally stops the functional cookies from persisting past this browsing session. Until you choose, both analytics and error monitoring stay off. Your decision is saved in the orbitalwiki-cookie-consent cookie described above, so the banner does not show again on any orbitalwiki.com subdomain. To change it, delete that cookie in your browser and the banner will reappear on your next visit. You can also block or delete cookies through your browser settings, and object to analytics processing by emailing us. Blocking the strictly necessary items may stop the form from working normally.

The third party currently involved is PostHog (cookieless analytics). Cloudflare Turnstile would be used only if we add a public sign-up form. They process this data under their own privacy terms, which are available from their websites. See our Privacy Policy for the full list of providers and our international-transfer safeguards.

We will update this policy if our use of cookies changes, and revise the date above. Questions can be sent to hello@orbitalwiki.com.