Data stored in the viewer's browser

This page lists everything the VdoCipher web player stores in the viewer's browser, so that you can include it in your website's cookie declaration or privacy policy.

The player sets one cookie, which can be disabled, and, depending on how the embed is configured, a few localStorage entries. The player uses no advertising or tracking cookies and loads no third-party analytics scripts.

In summary:

• Two functional entries are short-lived and only appear under specific conditions. One is written and deleted immediately. The other lasts at most one hour and only after a DRM playback error.
• One diagnostics cookie, vdo_id, can be fully disabled from the embed code.
• Five entries depend on your player configuration. Auto-resume, which stores the last watched position, is enabled by default and can be turned off. The four preference entries for volume, speed, quality and caption language are saved only if you enable those options.

Complete list

Entry	Details
vdo_id cookie Indefinite	Purpose: Random anonymous identifier attached to playback error reports, so that playback failures on the same browser can be traced and debugged. Not used to count viewers. When it appears: Every playback, unless disabled with the noCookie option (see below)
vdo-test localStorage Written and deleted immediately	Purpose: Checks whether localStorage is available When it appears: Every playback
vdo/{videoId}/lastViewedTime vdo/{videoId}/lastViewUpdated localStorage Indefinite	Purpose: Resume playback from where the viewer left off When it appears: Only if auto-resume is enabled in your player configuration
vdo/{websiteHostName}/volume localStorage Indefinite	Purpose: Remember volume When it appears: Only if volume persistence is enabled in your player configuration
vdo/{websiteHostName}/rate localStorage Indefinite	Purpose: Remember playback speed When it appears: Only if speed persistence is enabled in your player configuration
vdo/{websiteHostName}/qualityTrackId localStorage Indefinite	Purpose: Remember chosen video quality When it appears: Only if quality persistence is enabled in your player configuration
vdo/{websiteHostName}/selectedCaptionId localStorage Indefinite; removed when captions are turned off	Purpose: Remember caption language When it appears: Only if caption language persistence is enabled in your player configuration
@vdocipher/TBL1 localStorage 1 hour	Purpose: Depending on your security configuration, a timestamp that makes the player fall back to software DRM after a hardware DRM failure When it appears: Only after a DRM playback error

The player does not use sessionStorage. VdoCipher's backend services (metadata, license and analytics) set no cookies.

Categories for your cookie declaration

• vdo_id is a functional or diagnostics cookie.
• All localStorage entries are functional or preference storage.

Disabling the vdo_id cookie

Add noCookie=true to the iframe src to stop the player from setting the cookie:

<iframe
  src="https://player.vdocipher.com/v2/?otp=[[REPLACE_WITH_OTP]]&playbackInfo=[[REPLACE_WITH_PLAYBACKINFO]]&noCookie=true"
  style="border:0;width:720px;height:405px"
  allow="encrypted-media"
  allowfullscreen
></iframe>

For the web component, use the nocookie attribute:

<vdocipher-player
  otp="[[REPLACE_WITH_OTP]]"
  playbackInfo="[[REPLACE_WITH_PLAYBACKINFO]]"
  nocookie="true"
></vdocipher-player>

When the cookie is disabled, or when the viewer's browser has cookies disabled, error reports are sent without a browser identifier.

Player settings that use localStorage

These settings are in the custom player configuration in the VdoCipher dashboard.

Dashboard setting	Default	Stores
Enable Local Resume	On	vdo/{videoId}/lastViewedTime vdo/{videoId}/lastViewUpdated
Remember last volume level	Off	vdo/{websiteHostName}/volume
Remember last player speed	Off	vdo/{websiteHostName}/rate
Remember last quality	Off	vdo/{websiteHostName}/qualityTrackId
Remember last caption language	Off	vdo/{websiteHostName}/selectedCaptionId

If you want to honour the viewer's cookie consent for these preferences, create two players in the VdoCipher dashboard: one with these settings enabled and one with them disabled. Then embed the player that matches the viewer's choice.

Data sharing

• The localStorage entries are read only by the player on the viewer's device. They are never sent to any server.
• The vdo_id cookie value is sent only to servers operated by VdoCipher, as part of playback error reports.
• None of this information is shared with any external vendor, analytics provider or advertising network.

Where the data is stored

With the iframe embed, the cookie and localStorage entries are stored under the player.vdocipher.com origin. With the web component rendering directly in your page, they are stored under your website's origin.

Android and iOS apps

If you need similar control over identifiers and analytics in your Android or iOS apps, contact us at support@vdocipher.com.