📊 At a Glance
A cookie is a small file your browser stores. DigiLiner uses them for four things: keeping the site working, remembering your privacy choice, measuring which articles are read and paying for the hosting. Everything except the strictly necessary part is switched off until you accept it.[1][2]
| Strictly necessary | Session cookie and the consent record – cannot be switched off |
|---|---|
| Preferences | Remembers your language and your privacy choice in the browser |
| Statistics | Google Analytics 4 – only loaded after consent, IP anonymised |
| Advertising | Google AdSense – interest based advertising, only loaded after consent |
| Local storage | Language switch and consent state, stored in your browser only |
| How to change | Clear cookies for digiliner.org in your browser settings, or use the banner again |
| Third parties | Google and the CDN that serves the static files can set their own cookies |
What is stored and why
The banner on the site groups the cookies by purpose. Strictly necessary cookies keep the site stable and remember that you made a choice. Preference cookies remember your language and other display settings. Statistics cookies come from Google Analytics and tell us which articles are read. Advertising cookies come from Google AdSense and are used to show relevant ads and to keep the number of ads you see in check.[1][2]
How to say no, or change your mind later
You can decline the optional categories and still read every article; nothing on the site is behind a paywall or a registration wall. If you change your mind, clear the cookies for digiliner.org in your browser settings – or open the privacy settings from the cookie banner if your browser still remembers the choice – and the banner will appear again. Clearing cookies does not remove the server logs described in the privacy policy, because those are a hosting level record rather than a cookie.
Who else can set cookies
The static files of the site are served through a content delivery network, and the advertising and analytics scripts are loaded from Google. Those parties can set their own cookies while their scripts run, which is one more reason to decline the optional categories if you prefer to keep your browser free of them.[2]