Storage limitation
Data retention
Version V0.4.0 · Updated 18 August 2026
Principle
FindOne is designed around purpose limitation, data minimisation and storage limitation. Personal data should not be retained longer than needed for the purpose for which it is processed.
Current V0.6.2 matrix
| Data | Purpose | Retention / control |
|---|---|---|
| Theme/language preferences | Remember user-requested presentation and language. | Browser storage until changed or cleared. |
| Privacy choice | Remember Analytics/Marketing preference and policy version. | Browser storage until changed or cleared; includes timestamp and version. |
| Raw search text | Run a requested search. | Not intentionally persisted in FIND.ONE analytics aggregates or sent as a GA4 custom-event parameter. |
| First-party aggregate search/click counters | Product operations and aggregate performance measurement after consent. | D1 aggregate daily counters; no raw query text is stored in these counters. |
| GA4 measurement | Cookieless Consent Mode measurement while Analytics storage is denied; cookie-based audience and product measurement after Analytics consent. | Cookie-based GA4 user/event data is controlled by the Google Analytics property retention setting. Consent-mode measurement is processed under Google Analytics controls and provider terms; the configured property settings must be recorded in the privacy register. |
| Infrastructure/security telemetry | Delivery, abuse prevention, debugging and service protection. | Subject to the active Cloudflare product/account configuration and provider terms. |
PII exclusion
Names, email addresses, telephone numbers, precise location and other direct identifiers must not be sent to Google Analytics. Special care is required for page URLs, titles, query parameters, search boxes and custom event parameters because user-entered content can contain personal data.
Review cycle
This matrix must be reviewed whenever the legal owner, analytics retention setting, data source, advertising platform, search-event store, account system or partner integration changes.