Cookie Policy

This policy refers to the website satsintel.io and its subdomains. The SatsIntel mobile app for iOS and Android does not use cookies; section 6 explains what it stores instead.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that the browser stores when you visit a website. They let the site remember information about your visit (UI preferences, session, anonymised usage identifiers). They cannot run code, do not access personal information on the device, and can be deleted at any time from the browser.

2. Cookies used by SatsIntel

SatsIntel uses two clearly separated categories of cookies:

2.1 Technical cookies (strictly necessary)

They do not require prior consent under Article 22.2 of the Spanish Law 34/2002 on information society services (LSSI-CE). They enable the basic operation of the site.

• Vercel session: session management and edge routing. They expire when the browser is closed.
• UI preferences in localStorage: they store your personal portfolio at /en/portfolio, the popup decisions (welcome, newsletter) and the cookie decision itself. They persist until you delete them manually or the configured period elapses.

2.2 Analytics cookies (Google Analytics 4)

They are only activated if you explicitly accept them in the banner shown on your first visit. Until you decide, or if you reject, Google Analytics remains in Consent Default = denied mode: no cookies are persisted in your browser and no identifier is associated with your visit.

• _ga: anonymised browser identifier. Retention: 2 years.
• _ga_E5HNB4DYD4: identifier specific to the SatsIntel property in Google Analytics. Retention: 2 years.

We configure GA4 with anonymize_ip: true and strict Consent Mode v2. The data travels to Google servers under the European Commission's standard contractual clauses (international transfer pursuant to Article 46 of the GDPR).

2.3 Behavioural analytics cookies (Microsoft Clarity)

They are only activated if you explicitly accept them in the banner. Unlike Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity does not have a prior-consent mode equivalent to Consent Mode v2: that is why, until you accept, the Clarity script is not loaded at all in your browser. If you reject or do not decide, Clarity never initialises and no session recording takes place.

When you accept, Clarity records heatmaps (clicks, scroll) and anonymised session recordings to understand how the tools are used and improve the usability of the site. The cookies it uses are:

• _clck: anonymous browser identifier for Clarity. Retention: 1 year.
• _clsk: current Clarity session identifier. Retention: 1 day.

We configure Clarity with strict masking, which means that form inputs (including emails and passwords) are automatically redacted in the recordings — Clarity never sees the content you type in text fields. The data travels to Microsoft servers under the standard contractual clauses and Microsoft's supplementary privacy policies (international transfer pursuant to Article 46 of the GDPR).

3. Third-party cookies we do NOT use

For the record: SatsIntel does not use advertising, marketing or social-media cookies (Facebook Pixel, X Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag). Nor does it use other heatmap tools such as Hotjar, FullStory or Smartlook. The official YouTube widget present on some pages of the Show Me The Bitcoin podcast may set Google/YouTube cookies only when you interact with it (by clicking the “Subscribe” button).

4. Managing your consent

Your cookie decision is stored locally in your browser with a timestamp and a validity of 12 months. After that period, we will ask you again in line with the guidance of the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD).

You can change your decision at any time:

• By clicking the “Cookie preferences” button available in the footer of any page on the site.
• By deleting the site's cookies and data from your browser settings.
• By clicking the button below:

5. How to disable cookies in your browser

Regardless of your decision on SatsIntel, all modern browsers let you block or delete cookies. Here are the official links:

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

6. The mobile app

Cookies are a browser mechanism, which is why the SatsIntel app does not use them and does not show a consent banner. Instead it stores information in the device's local storage:

• Session token. Necessary to keep you signed in between openings of the App. It is the equivalent of the technical session cookie on the Website and disappears when you sign out or uninstall the App.
• Preferences and usage data of the app itself. Interface settings and, if you have not signed in, the portfolio you enter manually. They do not leave the device.
• Push notification token. Only if you authorise notifications in the operating system permissions. It identifies the device, not the person, and serves exclusively to deliver the alerts you have configured. You can revoke it from your phone settings or by deleting your account.

You can erase all of the above by uninstalling the App or deleting its local data from the system settings. The details of what is deleted from our servers when the account is deleted are in Delete your account.

7. More information

For full details on the processing of your personal data, see our Privacy Policy. For any question about cookies or privacy, write to us at legal@standard21.com.

8. Legal framework

This policy is governed by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), Spanish Organic Law 3/2018 on the Protection of Personal Data and guarantee of digital rights (LOPDGDD), the Spanish Law 34/2002 on information society services and electronic commerce (LSSI-CE) and the guidance on the use of cookies of the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD), July 2023 revision.