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Review website session replay privacy choices

Review the site notice, cookie choices and provider opt-outs. Understand what masking and retention controls belong to the website operator.

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Identify the provider and the site's stated configuration

Use the site's analytics notice to identify its provider, then compare the relevant documentation. Fullstory's conditional private mode illustrates why the product name alone does not establish which capture rules a site selected. Fullstory: conditional private mode and masking versus exclusion

Review consent choices without assuming all collection ends

Microsoft says Clarity can still collect page views and basic interactions without cookie consent, with fragmented sessions. Review the website's actual choices and explanation rather than treating a cookie refusal as proof of no observation. Microsoft: Clarity replay, consent and visitor opt-out FAQ

Consider the provider's documented visitor opt-out

Microsoft's Clarity FAQ points visitors to the Digital Advertising Alliance's Microsoft opt-out and says Clarity supports Global Privacy Control. Review that official guidance and the linked browser-control guide for the applicable choice. Microsoft: Clarity replay, consent and visitor opt-out FAQ

Ask which content and interactions are excluded

Microsoft says Clarity masking rules belong to project administrators. Ask the website operator about the selected rules and earlier recordings; changing masking does not retroactively protect an existing recording. Microsoft: Clarity masking rules and their limits

Read retention separately from cookie duration

Clarity's session-list documentation specifies a 30-day ordinary recording period and up to nine months for favorites and a random sample. Check the actual provider and any stated exceptions. Microsoft: Clarity recording retention and session metadata

Keep regional consent descriptions in scope

Microsoft's consent document names EEA, UK and Switzerland visits and describes shorter, single-page sessions without the required signal. It does not establish one universal consent workflow for every country. Microsoft: reporting without cookie consent in covered regions

Questions and answers

Does refusing analytics cookies prove no interaction was collected?

Microsoft describes basic collection and fragmented sessions without cookie consent. Microsoft: Clarity replay, consent and visitor opt-out FAQ

Can a visitor directly edit a website's Clarity masking rules?

Microsoft reserves those project changes to administrators. Microsoft: Clarity masking rules and their limits

Does Fullstory's mode name prove a site enabled it?

Its documentation describes the mode conditionally and requires administrator configuration. Fullstory: conditional private mode and masking versus exclusion

Sources and scope

Public Microsoft and Fullstory instructions checked 10-24-2026. Provider claims and regional requirements are attributed; a website's compliance or installed configuration was not independently tested. Clarity's shorter-session reporting is not presented as no collection. Project masking and retention are distinct from visitor browser choices.

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