Cookies & your privacy choices
Last updated: 12 October 2026
You can read DragSale without accepting optional tracking. Use to review your choices, reject optional services, or change a previous choice. Our privacy policy explains broader information handling; contact us with a privacy question.
What we use
Cookies are small pieces of browser data. Local storage, tracking pixels and embedded widgets can also store information or share details about a visit. Optional services are off until you choose to allow their category. Scrolling, following a link or closing the settings panel does not count as consent.
| Item | Purpose & provider | When used / retention |
|---|---|---|
ds_consent |
DragSale remembers category choices, the notice version and the time chosen. No random visitor identifier is added. | Essential choice storage; up to 180 days, with a new choice required after a material notice change. |
dragsaleAuthorityColorMode (local storage) |
DragSale remembers the light/dark display mode you select. | Used for a display setting you request. Remains until you clear site storage; it is not an analytics identifier. |
_ga, _ga_NTQD0VWFVJ |
Google Analytics measures visits and interactions, using a browser identifier and visit/device information. | Analytics choice required. Configured cookie lifetime up to 180 days, which can renew during allowed visits. Browser restrictions can shorten it. |
Jetpack Stats script / pixel.wp.com |
Automattic collects visit information such as the page URL, referrer, device/browser information and IP address. A tracking pixel can operate without a visible first-party cookie. | Analytics choice required. Provider processing and retention are described in Automattic’s privacy notice and cookie policy. |
| Amazon product widgets and pixels | Amazon-hosted widgets appear in some older guides and may share visit information or use Amazon-domain cookies. | Partner product widgets choice required. Cookie names and duration can vary by widget and browser; see Amazon’s privacy notice. We do not invent fixed durations for unverified provider cookies. |
| WordPress sign-in / security / form features | Features you request may need session data, authentication cookies or abuse-prevention data. Administrator cookies are not placed on ordinary anonymous readers. | When the corresponding feature is used. Security and authentication data are not enabled as advertising or analytics through this panel. |
Optional analytics and product widgets
The two optional categories can be chosen separately. Analytics allows Google Analytics and Jetpack Stats. Partner product widgets allows Amazon-hosted widgets and tracking pixels. Ordinary links to a retailer remain links even when widgets are off: clicking a retailer link takes you to that retailer, where its own privacy policy applies. Affiliate links may identify DragSale as the referring publisher.
Google AdSense is withheld by this implementation, including after accepting optional categories. Display advertising will need a separate reviewed setup, including Google’s certified consent-platform requirements where applicable; these settings are not a substitute for that certification.
We host the theme fonts and a generic comment avatar on DragSale rather than contacting Google Fonts or Gravatar for each visit. Essential website hosting still receives information needed to deliver a requested page, including an IP address; rejecting optional tracking does not make a visit invisible to the hosting provider.
Changing or withdrawing your choice
Open the permanent Cookie settings button and choose Reject optional, or turn a category off and save. When you withdraw permission from a loaded service, the page reloads to stop its scripts. We remove known accessible first-party tracking cookies for the rejected category. We cannot erase information already received by a provider or delete cookies owned by another domain; clear those through your browser if you wish.
We remember your choice in this browser for up to 180 days. Clearing cookies, using another browser/device, or a material notice change may show the banner again. If your browser prevents us from saving the choice, optional tracking stays off. If JavaScript is disabled, optional scripts do not activate.
Browser privacy controls
When the browser sends Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track, this implementation keeps both optional categories off while the signal is active. A signal withdraws an earlier optional grant where we can save the change; turning it off does not silently restore that grant. It does not treat a signal as permission to start tracking. Choices apply to this browser, not every device you use.
Provider information & further help
Read Google’s privacy policy, Google Analytics opt-out information, Automattic’s privacy policy, and Amazon’s notice above. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser. Blocking essential cookies can affect features you request.
For privacy requests, use our contact page. Service inventory reviewed on 12 October 2026. We re-check this notice when adding tracking services or changing their purpose.