Cookies
What this site stores on your device
Short answer: not much. KeepPickling sets no cookies of its own and runs no analytics or advertising cookies. This page lists everything that is actually there.
Plain-language draft Last updated 10 November 2026 Not reviewed by a lawyer
The short version
- No analytics. We do not measure you with a third-party analytics cookie or an advertising pixel.
- No preferences to store. There is no login, no theme switcher, and no saved reading list.
- Your host may protect the site. The hosting provider can set a security cookie to tell humans from bots. That is set by Cloudflare, not by KeepPickling's code.
- Search stays local. The search box works from a downloaded file and stores nothing that survives a page reload.
What cookies are
A cookie is a small file a website asks your browser to keep. It can remember that you logged in, keep a shopping basket, or let an analytics service recognise you on your next visit. A static magazine with no accounts and no cart needs very few of them, which is the situation here.
What exists today
| Category | What it does | Set by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hosting and security | A bot-management cookie such as __cf_bm may be set to tell humans from automated traffic and keep the site available. | Cloudflare, our hosting provider | May be present, depending on traffic |
| Preferences | Nothing to remember. No login, theme, or saved state. | Nobody | None |
| Analytics | No analytics service is installed on the site. | Nobody | None |
| Advertising | No ad network, no retargeting pixel, no social embed. | Nobody | None |
| Third-party embeds | No YouTube or Facebook embeds. A link to Facebook or another site is just a link until you click it. | Nobody | None |
Hosting and security
A bot-management cookie such as
__cf_bmmay be set to tell humans from automated traffic and keep the site available.Set by Cloudflare, our hosting provider. May be present, depending on traffic.
Preferences
Nothing to remember. No login, theme, or saved state.
Set by nobody. Status: none.
Analytics
No analytics service is installed on the site.
Set by nobody. Status: none.
Advertising
No ad network, no retargeting pixel, no social embed.
Set by nobody. Status: none.
Third-party embeds
No YouTube or Facebook embeds. A link to Facebook or another site is just a link until you click it.
Set by nobody. Status: none.
Local storage and session data
The search box downloads a JSON index once per visit and keeps it in memory while the page is open. It is not written to local storage, and it disappears when you close or reload the tab. There are no service workers caching your reading, no saved drafts, and no offline profile.
If analytics is added later
This section exists so the placeholder is honest. The site does not run analytics today. If the desk adds measurement later, the preference is a privacy-friendly, cookieless aggregate tool that counts page views without following anyone across sites. If the chosen tool needs a cookie or stores an identifier, the site will ask for consent before it is set, and this table will be updated before the tool goes live. We will not add advertising or cross-site tracking cookies and describe them as essential.
How to control cookies
You can block or delete cookies in your browser's settings, usually under "Privacy" or "Cookies". You can also set your browser to clear them when you close a window. Blocking the hosting provider's security cookie is allowed, but the site may ask you to verify you are a human more often. Because KeepPickling does not track you, there is no consent banner to dismiss today.
Some browsers send a "Do Not Track" signal. There is no industry agreement on what it should do, but in this case the site does not track you either way.
Questions
If you see a cookie you cannot identify on a KeepPickling page, tell us the name and the page. Email [email protected]. Related reading: the privacy policy and the affiliate disclosure.
This page is a plain-language draft written in good faith. It has not been reviewed by a lawyer and is not legal advice.