§1 A word on cookies
A cookie, or a similar entry in browser storage, is a scrap of data a website leaves on your device. We keep ours to a minimum, and the optional ones stay dormant until you approve them.
§2 Necessary, analytics, advertising
| Group | Job | Starting state | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Necessary | Keeps pages loading and stores the cookie answer you gave | Always on | 1 year |
| Analytics | Bulk tallies of visits and dispatches opened | Dormant until you opt in | No more than 26 months |
| Advertising / affiliate | Credits a hotel booking to this paper through a referral partner | Dormant until you opt in; pinned shut by GPC | Per partner network |
§3 Changing your answer
Use , repeated at the foot of every page, to flip the switches and keep them. Wiping stored data for instantnewsfee in browser settings returns you to a blank slate, and the bar reappears.
§4 Global Privacy Control
Should your browser transmit the GPC header, our pages lock the advertising/affiliate group in the off position, overriding any switch you flipped earlier.