The short version
- showdo uses a few cookies to keep you signed in and to remember your cookie choices. These are needed for showdo to work.
- Other saved settings, such as your theme or where you stopped in a guide, are kept only if you allow them.
- Usage statistics from PostHog are off until you turn them on. Nothing from PostHog loads or is saved before that.
- showdo has no advertising trackers.
- You can change your choices at any time with the button on this page or in the footer. Saying no is as easy as saying yes.
The full text below is what counts.
What showdo saves in your browser
The table below is built from the same list that showdo's own cookie settings use, so it always matches what the website really does. "Needs consent" tells you whether we ask before saving it.
Items marked Needed to work are saved without asking, because showdo cannot work without them (for example, to keep you signed in). Everything else is saved only if you allow that group.
26 items in total, in 4 groups.
Needed to work
Keeps you signed in and remembers your cookie choices.
| Name | What it is for | How long it lasts | Needs consent |
|---|---|---|---|
Your cookie choices showdo_consentCookie · showdo | Remembers what you chose here so we don't ask again. | 6 months | No, needed to work |
Sign-in better-auth.session_tokenCookie · showdo | Keeps you signed in to showdo. | 30 days | No, needed to work |
Sign-in for this visit better-auth.dont_rememberCookie · showdo | Signs you out when you close the browser, if you didn't choose to stay signed in. | Until you close the browser | No, needed to work |
Sign-up age check showdo_age_okCookie · showdo | Remembers that you ticked "I'm 18 or older" while you finish making an account, including with GitHub or Google. | 1 hour | No, needed to work |
Sign-in with GitHub or Google better-auth.stateCookie · showdo | Keeps the sign-in with GitHub or Google safe while it finishes. | 5 minutes | No, needed to work |
Tips you have seen showdo:tour:…Local storage · showdo | Remembers which tours you finished, skipped or turned off, so they don't come back each time you open showdo. | Until you clear it | No, needed to work |
Remember my settings
Remembers things like your theme, where you left off in a guide and which tips you have seen.
| Name | What it is for | How long it lasts | Needs consent |
|---|---|---|---|
Theme showdo-themeLocal storage · showdo | Remembers light, dark or your device setting. | Until you clear it | Yes |
Side menu size showdo.sidebar.collapsedLocal storage · showdo | Remembers whether the side menu is open or small. | Until you clear it | Yes |
Recent guides list showdo.sidebar.recentOpenLocal storage · showdo | Remembers whether the recent guides in the side menu are shown or minimised. | Until you clear it | Yes |
Requests layout showdo.requests.viewLocal storage · showdo | Remembers if guide requests show as a list or a board. | Until you clear it | Yes |
Extra settings shown showdo:settings:more:…Session storage · showdo | Keeps a section's extra options open while you move around Settings. | Until you close the tab | Yes |
Home layout showdo.dashboard.recents.…Local storage · showdo | Remembers if your recent guides show as cards or a list. | Until you clear it | Yes |
Guides layout showdo.library.viewLocal storage · showdo | Remembers if your guides show as cards or a list. | Until you clear it | Yes |
Folders panel showdo.library.foldersLocal storage · showdo | Remembers whether the folders panel is open. | Until you clear it | Yes |
Passkey sign-in showdo.passkey.hintLocal storage · showdo | Asks for your passkey first when you sign in on this browser, because you used one here before. Keeps a scrambled form of your address, not the address itself. | Until you clear it | Yes |
How you last recorded showdo.newguide.choiceLocal storage · showdo | Starts New guide with Chrome or Mac, whichever you used last. | Until you clear it | Yes |
showdo for Mac showdo.mac.seenLocal storage · showdo | Remembers that this browser has talked to showdo for Mac. | Until you clear it | Yes |
Where you left off showdo.goThrough.…Local storage · showdo | Reopens a guide at the last step you reached. | Until you clear it | Yes |
Intro video tucked away showdo.introVideo.dockedLocal storage · showdo | Remembers that you tucked the home page intro video into the side, so it stays there next time. | Until you clear it | Yes |
Video export choices showdo.video.export.v1Local storage · showdo | Remembers your last size, quality and format when you export. | Until you clear it | Yes |
Team set-up progress showdo-onboarding-draftSession storage · showdo | Keeps what you typed if you refresh while setting up your team. | Until you close the tab | Yes |
Workspace switch prompt showdo.switch.…Session storage · showdo | Asks about switching workspaces only once per visit. | Until you close the tab | Yes |
Usage statistics
Helps us see which parts of showdo get used so we can improve them.
| Name | What it is for | How long it lasts | Needs consent |
|---|---|---|---|
Usage statistics ph_…Local storage · PostHog | A random number for this browser, so we can count which pages and buttons get used. | Until you clear it | Yes |
Usage statistics for this visit ph_…Session storage · PostHog | Groups the pages you open in this tab into one visit. | Until you close the tab | Yes |
Usage statistics turned off __ph_opt_in_out_…Local storage · PostHog | Stops usage statistics straight away when you turn them off. Removed at the same moment. | A moment | Yes |
PostHog PostHogTool from another company · PostHog | Counts which pages are opened and which buttons are pressed, so we can see which parts of showdo get used. | Set by that company | Yes |
How we ask
- Your choice, clearly. The first time you visit, we show "Accept all", "Reject all" and "Choose" as three equal buttons. Every optional group starts switched off. Nothing optional is saved, and nothing from another company loads, until you say yes.
- No catch. Saying no does not stop you using any part of showdo.
- Easy to undo. "Cookie settings" at the bottom of every page opens your choices again. Taking consent back is as easy as giving it.
- Each group on its own. You can allow one group and refuse another.
This is how consent works under the laws we follow, including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 in India and the GDPR and ePrivacy rules in Europe and the United Kingdom. People in India can also use a Consent Manager registered with the Data Protection Board of India, once such services are available.
Usage statistics (PostHog)
If you turn on "Usage statistics", the website loads PostHog, a product analytics company based in the United States. It then receives which pages are opened (as the kind of page, without workspace names or guide ids in the address), which buttons and links are pressed (their label), and what was done, such as "guide published" or "video exported", with ids, counts and choices. It never receives the words, pictures or titles in your guides, what you type, or your chats. If you are signed in it also receives your account id, name and email address, and your workspace's id, name and your role, so the counts can be tied to accounts and teams.
- What it saves in your browser: a random number for this browser and the current visit, in local storage and session storage (names starting with "ph_"). PostHog sets no cookies on showdo.
- Where it goes: PostHog's servers in the United States.
- What it does not do: no screen recording, no heatmaps, no automatic collection of everything you click or type, and no advertising. showdo only sends the events listed above.
- Turning it off stops it at once and removes everything it saved in your browser.
Guides shown on other websites
A company can show one of its guides inside its own web page. The guide itself sets no cookies and saves nothing on the visitor's device, and it never asks about cookies. It does not remember where you stopped, and it does not use your sign-in. The website around the guide may set cookies and save settings of its own, under its own rules. As with any shared link, showdo's servers receive your internet address and browser details when the guide loads.
Companies other than showdo
The only tool from another company that showdo's pages can load is PostHog, for usage statistics, and only after you agree. showdo does not load advertising or social media tools, and no other company sets cookies on showdo's own pages. If that ever changes, the company and what it saves will be listed in the table above and will not load until you agree.
When you sign in with Google or GitHub, you leave showdo for a moment and visit their sign-in page. Their own cookie rules apply there.
showdo for Chrome, showdo for Mac and showdo for Android
The Chrome extension, the Mac app and the Android app are not websites, so they do not use cookies. They keep their own settings on your computer or phone: your sign-in key (in the Mac Keychain, in Chrome's extension storage, or in the Android app's private storage), your preferences, and a short queue of steps waiting to upload. They send information only to the showdo address you signed in to. The Privacy Policy explains more.
Using your browser instead
You can also block or delete cookies and saved settings in your browser. If you block the sign-in cookie, you will not be able to stay signed in to showdo. Your browser's help pages explain how.
Changes and questions
If we add a cookie or saved setting, it is added to the list above first, and people are asked again if the change matters. Questions: [email protected].
Version history
- Version 1.5Added showdo for Android to the apps this page covers. Nothing else changed.
- Version 1.4Added "Sign-up age check", a needed cookie that remembers for an hour that you ticked "I'm 18 or older" while you make an account.
- Version 1.3Relay is now called showdo, a product of WeMakeCode (OPC) Private Limited. Nothing else changed.
- Version 1.2Added "Usage statistics" (PostHog). It is off until you turn it on, saves nothing until then, and is removed from your browser when you turn it off. Added how consent works under Indian law.
- Version 1.1Added a section about guides shown on other websites: they set no cookies and save nothing on the visitor's device.
- Version 1.0First published version.