What information do you collect when I open the book?

According to our Privacy Policy, we may automatically collect some data when you access one of the books created in our service.

If you want to disclose the details about all items that may be created once the viewer opens the book, you can provide the following list. Unless mentioned otherwise, the information below is stored in localStorage

Essential

• in-app_notice_dismissed – Only used if you enable the Cookie Information banner - information about hiding the in-book banner about cookies;
• <book URL>~page~index – Only used if you enable the Notes feature, and the reader created at least one note. This contains general information about all notes made by the viewer in the book.
• <book URL>~page<page number> – Only used if you enable the Notes feature, and the reader created at least one note. Contains information about all notes on a specific page with the exact coordinates of each note.
• An item that looks like _Mzk0ZGQwOTRiYmQ2NDRmMmI3NjljYzcxZjVjNTg5ZjYwNWU4NWY3MzYwYTJiODk4NTBhNTA3OWI4ZWFjYzg0Yw== Only used if you enable the Lead Capture form – stores provided information for flipbooks with a Lead Capture Form, so users who already filled out the form don't have to do so on subsequent visits.

Functional

• An item that looks like 05e85f7360a2b89850a5079b8eacc84c_pw – Only used when you use password-protected flipbooks: stores information so users who already entered the password don't have to repeat it on subsequent visits; If not accepted, users will need to enter the password every time
• ValidatedEmailToken.* – Only used if you enable the Email Restricted Access feature. Stored in Cookies. If this cookie is not accepted, the reader of the publication will need to enter a new access code every time they open the flipbook, instead of once per 30 days. 
• wheelScroll – used to store how the mouse wheel behaves for embedded flipbooks after a visitor uses the shift + W hotkey: flip through pages in the flipbook or continue scrolling over the page on which the book is embedded.

Statistical

• FlippingBook.FBO.Infrastructure.RandomSeed – Always: a session key for analytics purposes to differentiate returning users from new users;
• clientId – information about the viewer for Google Analytics tracking;
• psid_xx – Always: information about book usage for its Stats section in FlippingBook Online. (stored in sessionStorage:)
• _ga : Only if Google Analytics is used: to distinguish users. (as per https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/11397207?hl=en). Stored in Cookies.
• _ga_<container-id> Only if Google Analytics is used: to persist session state. (as per https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/11397207?hl=en). Stored in Cookies

Marketing/tracking

• None

⚠️Alert! It is possible to embed content from other platforms within your flipbooks, using the Content editor (e.g. YouTube or Vimeo videos, or Microsoft Forms) or Google Analytics/Google Tag Manager.  These platforms may use their own cookies! We advise you to check their actual cookie usage if you use this functionality in your flipbooks.

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