Cookie Policy
Every cookie this site can set.
A short list, because it is a short list. Last updated 30 July 2026.
This site sets two kinds of cookie: one that remembers your choice about the second, and Google Analytics. That is the whole list.
What we do not do
No advertising cookies. No retargeting or conversion pixels, from any network. No social media trackers. No cross-site profiling, and no data brokers. We do not sell or share personal information, and the analytics tag is configured to deny advertising storage permanently — not as a default you could switch on, but as a setting the tag is never given permission to change.
The cookies themselves
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| ksy:cookie-prefs | Essential. Remembers whether you allowed analytics, so the banner stops asking. Stored in your browser’s local storage rather than sent to us — we never receive it. | Until you clear it |
| _ga | Analytics. Google Analytics uses it to tell one browser from another so two visits are not counted as two people. | 2 years |
| _ga_<id> | Analytics. Keeps track of a single visit for this property. | 2 years |
Measurement data is set to be deleted after 14 months, which is the longest this site keeps it and the shortest window that still allows one year to be compared with the last. Google acts as our processor for this data. Google’s own description is at business.safety.google/privacy.
Your choice
Analytics runs unless you turn it off, and you can turn it off at any time — now, or a year from now. The change takes effect immediately, without reloading the page.
If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we treat that as turning analytics off and do not ask again. You will not see a banner, and no measurement cookie is set.
Your browser can also block or clear cookies for this site directly, in its privacy settings. That works regardless of anything here, and nothing on this site breaks if you do it.
For what we collect when you subscribe or send in a story — which is separate from cookies — see the Privacy Policy. Keep Saying Yes is published by Chris Greer Press LLC, a New Mexico limited liability company.