What we collect#

We use Vercel Web Analytics to count anonymous page views and a few product events:

preset_applied: which preset was selected
export_opened: how you opened the export dialog (a button, the D key or the command palette)
export_completed: the format you saved or copied (PNG, SVG, GLB, WebM, MP4, GIF or vectors for Figma) and the look
share_clicked: which share button you used (Copy share link, an embed code, Open in CodePen, Copy for AI or a Copy button on the MCP or Skill tab), never the link itself or the design
client_error: which part of the app broke and a short error message, so we can fix it

And Vercel Speed Insights for Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) so we can keep the canvas fast. Unless you opt out (see below), both load on every globestudio.app page except the /embed view, so a globe embedded on another site or in the Figma plugin loads neither.

Launch waitlist#

Before launch this site was a waitlist. If you joined it, we stored your email address and signup time in private Vercel Blob storage and sent one launch email from Alejandro's Gmail. We never shared or sold the list, and we deleted it on 5 October 2026. The waitlist page also counted waitlist_signup and waitlist_duplicate events, without the address.

What we don't collect#

No cookies
No fingerprinting
No personal data in analytics: a visit is counted by a hash of the request, which Vercel discards after 24 hours
No third-party advertisers
No session replay
No cross-site tracking

Fonts and avatar#

Pages load fonts from Google Fonts and jsDelivr, and the About dialog loads a GitHub avatar. Like any web request, those services see your IP address and browser. They never see what you make.

Hosting#

Vercel hosts globestudio.app. Like any web host, it sees the IP address and browser of each request. It keeps a request log for up to 30 days, with the time, IP address, browser, region and status of each request and the link asked for, which for a share link includes its design. The log is there so the site can run and we can fix problems.

AI tools and the MCP server#

The MCP server at globestudio.app/mcp lets an AI tool such as Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or Cursor make globes for you, and the Globestudio plugins connect to it. A tool call sends the server only what that tool needs, such as a look, a style word, colors, a region, data points or a Globestudio link you pasted. The server answers from that and its built-in list of looks. It has no accounts, sets no cookies, stores nothing, calls no other service and never sees the rest of your conversation.

Its requests are in Vercel's request log, above, without the tool's arguments. The IP address there is often your AI tool's server, not your own device. The agent skill runs inside your AI tool and sends nothing on its own. The links it writes open globestudio.app, where the rest of this page applies. Your AI tool's own privacy policy covers your chat.

How to opt out#

Three ways, each independently sufficient:

Browser-level (already respected): enable Do-Not-Track or Global Privacy Control in your browser. We check both on every page load and don't load analytics if either is on.
localStorage toggle: click the button below, or paste localStorage.setItem('gs_optout', 'true') into DevTools.
Network blocker: block requests to /_vercel/insights/ in your adblocker.

Your choice persists across visits via localStorage.

Contact#

Questions about this page or your data: open an issue at github.com/alevizio/globestudio/issues. Issues are public, so leave out anything private. The rules for using Globestudio are in the terms of use.

Source#

Globestudio is MIT licensed. You can audit every line that runs in your browser at github.com/alevizio/globestudio. The analytics gating logic lives in src/components/analytics.jsx.

analytics.jsx on GitHub