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What this website uses

A technical list of all cookies, browser storage and third-party connections currently in use, kept up to date by the website team.

Cookies, browser storage and third-party connections used by this website
Name	Category	Provider	Purpose	Retention
d360-consentLocal storage	necessary	DigitAll360 (first party)	Remembers your cookie choices so we only use optional storage you agreed to.	Until you change your choice or clear your browser storage
sb-…-auth-tokenLocal storage	necessary	DigitAll360 (first party, account service)	Keeps you signed in after you choose to sign in to a reader or staff account.	Until you sign out or clear your browser storage
d360-bookmarksLocal storage	necessary	DigitAll360 (first party)	Keeps articles you deliberately save to My Research when you are not signed in.	Until you remove the saves, sign in (they move to your account) or clear your browser storage
d360-manual-languageLocal storage	necessary	DigitAll360 (first party)	Remembers a language you actively selected. The site never detects or redirects by language.	Until you choose another language or clear your browser storage
d360-draft-preview-languageSession storage	necessary	DigitAll360 (first party)	Staff preview of unpublished translations. Only used on the internal preview site.	Until the browser tab is closed
d360-chatLocal storage	functional	DigitAll360 (first party)	Keeps your conversation with the DigitAll360 Guide between visits.	Until you start a new conversation, withdraw consent or clear your browser storage
d360-featured-shuffle, d360-featured-historyLocal storage	functional	DigitAll360 (first party)	Rotates the featured article so you see a different one on each visit.	Until you withdraw consent or clear your browser storage
d360-reading-prefsLocal storage	functional	DigitAll360 (first party)	Remembers article topics you mark as interesting.	Until you withdraw consent or clear your browser storage
Article view count (no storage)Server-side daily total — no cookie, browser storage or identifier	analytics	DigitAll360 (first party)	Adds one to an anonymous daily total for the article you open, so the research team can see which subjects are read. Only runs if you allow Analytics and research collection has been activated.	Daily totals per article; no personal data is stored
Google FontsFont files (no cookies set)	Third-party connection	Google	Loads the website typefaces. Your browser connects to Google servers, which receive your IP address.	No browser storage is set by the site; Google's own practices apply