Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy
Last updated September 18, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how FanBoardHQ ("Company," "we," "us," and "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at https://fanboardhq.com ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, FanBoardHQ) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website. The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
Why do we use cookies?
We use first- and third-party cookies for a few reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies support account security and abuse prevention. This is described in more detail below.
What cookies do we actually use?
Most cookies on FanBoardHQ are essential/functional, required for the site to work. We also use PostHog and Google Analytics for basic, non-advertising site analytics (which pages get visited, how the site performs) — no ad network reads or receives this data. If we detect you're visiting from the EEA or UK, we show a cookie-consent banner before either analytics tool loads, and your choice is remembered on this device; PostHog and Google Analytics only start collecting data after you accept. Visitors elsewhere don't see this banner, since analytics cookies don't require opt-in consent outside those regions.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
fbhq_device | fanboardhq.com | Essential — a device identifier used for anti-fraud and anti-abuse purposes (e.g. limiting how many accounts can be created from one device in a short period). | ~2 years |
| Supabase auth/session cookie | fanboardhq.com (via Supabase) | Essential — keeps you signed in between visits. Set only when you log in. | Session / until logout |
| Cloudflare Turnstile cookie | Cloudflare | Essential — a CAPTCHA-alternative challenge used only on the signup and password-reset pages, to prevent automated abuse. | Short-lived |
fbhq_consent_region | fanboardhq.com | Essential — records whether your location requires the analytics consent banner below, so the site doesn't need to re-detect it on every page. Not itself used for tracking or advertising. | ~1 year |
PostHog cookie (name prefixed ph_) | PostHog | Optional analytics — anonymous product-analytics data (pages visited, features used). EEA/UK visitors: only set after you accept the consent banner. | ~1 year |
_ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics | Optional analytics — standard Google Analytics 4 cookies (pageviews, traffic sources). EEA/UK visitors: only set after you accept the consent banner. | ~2 years |
Embedding a tweet within a post also causes your browser to load that tweet's media directly from X/Twitter's servers — this doesn't set a cookie on fanboardhq.com, but it does disclose your IP address to X, incidental to displaying the embed. See our Privacy Policy for more detail on this.
How can I control cookies?
You may set or amend your web browser's own controls to accept or refuse cookies, or to delete cookies already set. If you choose to remove or block cookies, some features of the site (like staying logged in) may stop working, since the cookies in use here are functional rather than optional.
How can I control cookies on my browser?
The means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, so you should visit your browser's help menu for more information. The following is information about how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers:
What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. Other similar technologies, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"), are tiny graphics files containing a unique identifier that enables recognizing when someone has visited a website. FanBoardHQ does not currently use web beacons or tracking pixels.
Do you serve targeted advertising?
Not currently. FanBoardHQ does not have an advertising network integrated today, so no third party serves targeted advertising cookies through this site — the PostHog/Google Analytics cookies described above are analytics-only and aren't used for ad targeting. If that changes in the future (for example, if FanBoardHQ integrates an ad network), this Cookie Policy and our consent banner will both be updated before that happens.
How often will you update this Cookie Policy?
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies. The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Where can I get further information?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at support@fanboardhq.com.
This Cookie Policy was created using Termly's Cookie Consent Manager.