Cookie Policy
Version 1 · Last updated August 8, 2026
1. Cookies and browser storage in plain language
HowManyCookies uses browser-based storage to keep you signed in, remember choices, and operate site features. This includes traditional cookies and local storage. People often use "cookies" as a familiar shorthand for both, but they work differently: cookies can be sent with web requests, while local storage generally stays in your browser until site code reads it.
2. What is currently used
3. Analytics and advertising
HowManyCookies does not currently load Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel, or PostHog in the live public site. The CMS contains optional advertising and referral capabilities. If a third-party advertising, analytics, or referral integration is enabled, that service may set its own cookies and we will update this policy to describe it.
4. Your choices
You can accept the cookie notice, decline persistent sign-in by leaving Remember Me off, sign out to end the authenticated session, and delete cookies or local storage through your browser settings. Blocking the essential session cookie can prevent account and security features from working. Clearing local storage will cause the cookie notice and saved interface preferences to appear again.
5. Changes and contact
We may update this policy when storage practices or integrations change. Questions may be submitted through Customer Service.
HowManyCookies uses browser-based storage to keep you signed in, remember choices, and operate site features. This includes traditional cookies and local storage. People often use "cookies" as a familiar shorthand for both, but they work differently: cookies can be sent with web requests, while local storage generally stays in your browser until site code reads it.
2. What is currently used
- **Session cookie:** a first-party, browser-session cookie keeps your visit and signed-in account connected. It is configured as HttpOnly and SameSite=Lax and is sent securely over HTTPS on the live site. It normally expires when the browser session ends.
- **Remember-me cookie:** if you choose persistent sign-in, a first-party cookie stores a selector and validator tied to a server-side token. Its configured lifetime can vary and is currently designed to fall between 1 and 365 days. It is HttpOnly, SameSite=Lax, and Secure on HTTPS.
- **Cookie-notice acceptance:** local storage records that you accepted the notice so the banner stays dismissed.
- **Feature preferences and drafts:** local storage may remember interface choices, editor drafts, selected tabs, session-state coordination, shopping-list workspace choices, and similar preferences.
- **First-party activity records:** enabled native-ad placements may record aggregate renders and clicks in the site's database. The footer Hide Ad control only changes the current page display and is not currently saved as a lasting preference.
3. Analytics and advertising
HowManyCookies does not currently load Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel, or PostHog in the live public site. The CMS contains optional advertising and referral capabilities. If a third-party advertising, analytics, or referral integration is enabled, that service may set its own cookies and we will update this policy to describe it.
4. Your choices
You can accept the cookie notice, decline persistent sign-in by leaving Remember Me off, sign out to end the authenticated session, and delete cookies or local storage through your browser settings. Blocking the essential session cookie can prevent account and security features from working. Clearing local storage will cause the cookie notice and saved interface preferences to appear again.
5. Changes and contact
We may update this policy when storage practices or integrations change. Questions may be submitted through Customer Service.