Cookies Policy

Updated

Effective date: 2026-10-04

What a cookie is

A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to save. When you return, the browser sends the cookie back, which lets the site recognise that it is the same browser as before. Browsers store cookies separately for each website and can be configured to refuse them or to delete them on a schedule.

Modern web tracking also relies on related technologies — localStorage, session storage, browser fingerprinting — that aren't technically cookies. The same opt-out controls described below also cover those uses where they are operated by Google.

Categories of cookies used on this site

LinuxToday.net itself sets very few cookies directly. The only cookies you'll see are the first-party analytics cookies set by Google Analytics.

1. Strictly necessary

No strictly-necessary cookies are set by the website itself. The site does not have user accounts, sessions, shopping carts or any feature that requires the site itself to remember you.

2. Analytics (Google Analytics)

Google Analytics uses first-party cookies on your browser to distinguish between users and to measure aggregate site usage. Typical cookies set by Google Analytics include:

  • _ga — assigns a pseudonymous identifier to your browser. Retention: up to two years.
  • _ga_<container-id> — used by Google Analytics 4 to maintain session state. Retention: up to two years.
  • _gid, _gat — short-lived session and rate-limiting cookies, where used.

The current authoritative list and retention periods are published by Google in the Google Analytics cookie usage documentation.

3. Advertising

None. The site does not display advertising and sets no advertising cookies.

How to control cookies

Opt out of Google Analytics

Google publishes the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, which prevents the analytics scripts on this and other sites from sending data about your browser.

Browser-level controls

Every modern browser can block or delete cookies. Where you find the controls depends on the browser:

  • Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data.
  • Chrome / Chromium: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data.
  • Safari: Settings → Privacy → Manage Website Data.
  • Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data.

Blocking cookies entirely will not break anything on this site; analytics simply will not record your visit.

Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

Most browsers support a "Do Not Track" header and/or the newer Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal. The site does not change its behaviour in response to these signals itself; if you want analytics to skip your visits, block the Google Analytics cookies or use the opt-out add-on described above.

Consent prompts

The site does not currently show a cookie-consent banner. The only non-essential cookies are the Google Analytics cookies described above, and you can block them at any time with the browser controls or the opt-out add-on.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Cookies Policy as the third-party services we use change. The "Updated" date at the top of the page indicates when it was most recently revised.

More information

The Privacy Policy covers the broader context of data processed by the site. For questions about cookies specifically, write to [email protected].