Cookie Policy

Last updated: May 9, 2026

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit our website. They help us provide you with a better experience by remembering your preferences and understanding how you use our running plan generator.

This policy also covers similar browser storage technologies, such as localStorage and sessionStorage, that help the Service remember preferences and short-lived form progress.

How We Use Cookies and Browser Storage

CreateRunPlan uses cookies and browser storage for the following purposes:

Essential Cookies and Storage (Required)

These cookies and storage items are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as:

  • User authentication and session management
  • Security and fraud prevention
  • Remembering your cookie preferences
  • Temporarily preserving create-plan form progress and anonymous drafts

Analytics Cookies (Optional)

We use Google Analytics, PostHog, and Vercel Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. This helps us:

  • Improve our running plan generation algorithm
  • Understand which features are most valuable to runners
  • Identify and fix issues with the user experience
  • Track traffic sources and marketing effectiveness
  • Monitor website performance and errors

Analytics data is used to understand product usage, debug experience issues, and improve the Service. You can opt out of analytics tracking at any time.

Marketing Cookies (Optional)

These cookies are used by Google Ads to:

  • Track conversions from advertising campaigns (e.g. sign-ups, purchases)
  • Build remarketing audiences to show you relevant ads on other websites
  • Measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns
  • Improve ad targeting using hashed first-party data (Enhanced Conversions)

Marketing cookies are disabled by default. You can opt out of personalized advertising at adssettings.google.com.

App-Specific Browser Storage

The Service may store the following first-party values in your browser:

  • cookie_consent: localStorage value used to remember your analytics and marketing cookie choices.
  • crp_acquisition_context: sessionStorage value used to remember traffic source and UTM context during your current session.
  • crp_acq: short-lived first-party cookie used to preserve attribution context across sign-in redirects for about 30 minutes.
  • create-plan-form-data: sessionStorage value used to restore create-plan form data for about 30 minutes.
  • anon-plan-draft: sessionStorage value used to preserve an anonymous plan draft for up to 24 hours.
  • Session-only analytics de-duplication keys, such as crp_acq_landing_tracked and crp_create_plan_entry_tracked, used to avoid counting the same event more than once in a browser session.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the cookie settings button at the bottom of our website. You can also manage cookies through your browser settings, though please note that disabling essential cookies may affect website functionality.

Third-Party Cookies

We use the following third-party services that may set cookies:

  • Google Analytics: For website traffic analysis, marketing performance, and SEO insights.Privacy Policy
  • PostHog: For product analytics and understanding user behavior.Privacy Policy
  • Vercel Analytics: For privacy-friendly website analytics and performance insight.
  • Stripe: For secure payment processing.Privacy Policy
  • Google Ads: For conversion tracking and advertising measurement.Privacy Policy
  • Authentication and Calendar Providers (Google, etc.): For secure sign-in and optional calendar connection flows

These services have their own privacy policies which govern their use of cookies. We recommend reviewing them to understand how your data is handled.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at support@createrunplan.com