Cookie policy

This page describes the cookies and other local-storage technologies used by PulseTime. It distinguishes two areas with very different uses: the public marketing site (pulsetime.be) and the authenticated application (dashboard, team space, mobile space).

1. What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file placed by a website on your browser. It is used to recognise your device on subsequent visits and to store certain information (preferences, login session). Alongside cookies proper, modern browsers also offer a local mechanism called localStorage, which works in a similar way but is never sent with HTTP requests: it stays purely on the device.

2. On the public marketing site

On the public pages (home, pricing, features, legal pages, etc.), we use a single third-party tracker: Google Ads, to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.

Google Ads: ad-conversion measurement

• Publisher: Google Ireland Limited.
• Purpose: Measure how many visits to the site come from our Google Ads campaigns and which ones lead to a sign-up.
• Cookies placed: _gcl_au and related cookies.
• Duration: up to 90 days.
• Legal basis: Explicit consent (article 7 GDPR).

Microsoft Clarity: behavioural analytics

• Publisher: Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited.
• Purpose: Heatmaps, user journeys and anonymised session recordings to improve the ergonomics of the service. Strict masking is enabled: no text displayed on screen is captured (names, emails, phone numbers, amounts, time entries, etc.).
• Cookies placed: _clck, _clsk, MUID and related cookies.
• Duration: up to 1 year.
• Legal basis: Explicit consent (article 7 GDPR).

Consent banner

On your first visit to the public site, a banner offers you two visually equivalent choices: Accept all or Reject all. Until you click, no advertising cookie is placed. Your choice is stored locally for 6 months; you can withdraw it at any time via the Cookie preferences link at the bottom of the page.

Our integration uses Google consent mode v2: in the event of refusal, the tag remains present but blocked: Google only receives anonymous modelling signals, without any personal data or advertising identifier.

3. In the authenticated application

Once signed in to your PulseTime space (dashboard, team space, mobile app), no advertising cookie is placed. Microsoft Clarity (see section 2) remains active for ergonomics analytics, WITH STRICT MASKING: no text displayed on screen is recorded, including names, emails, phone numbers, time entries and GPS coordinates. Alongside Clarity, only the items strictly necessary for the service are active, exempt from prior consent under CNIL and EDPB recommendations.

Authentication cookie (essential)

• Name: mp_token
• Type: HTTP cookie, HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite=Lax.
• Purpose: Keep your session signed in. Without this cookie, you would have to sign in again on every page.
• Duration: 30 days for a standard sign-in, 1 year when opened via the personal access link (« magic link »).
• Legal basis: Legitimate interest, a session cookie is strictly necessary for an authenticated service to work.

Local preferences (localStorage)

The following keys are stored in the localStorage of your browser, only to remember your interface choices. They never leave your device.

• pt_theme: your theme choice (Auto / Light / Dark).
• pt_consent and pt_consent_at: your choice on the public site's cookie banner, and the date it was recorded.
• pt_pwa_installed: internal flag so we don't offer you the app installation again if you've already installed it.
• pt_guide_* and pt_onboarding_*_dismissed: open / closed state of the « How does it work? » guides on each page.
• pt_invite-form.expanded: open state of the invitation form.
• mp_install_dismissed: flag to hide the installation banner after an explicit refusal.

4. Cookies placed by our technical sub-processors

When you pay a subscription, you are briefly redirected to the secure Stripe payment page (our payment processor). Stripe sets its own cookies for security and fraud-prevention reasons. See the Stripe cookie policy for the details.

5. How to control cookies

You can delete PulseTime cookies or block the placement of new cookies at any time from your browser settings:

• Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data.
• Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data.
• Safari: Preferences → Privacy.
• Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions.

Note: if you block the mp_token cookie, you will no longer be able to stay signed in to PulseTime. If you delete the localStorage keys, your preferences (theme, hidden guides, cookie banner choice, etc.) will be reset on the next load.

6. Contact

For any question: info@pulsetime.be.