Cookie Policy
Last updated: 2026-10-05
This page explains the cookies and browser storage Watch String uses. The short version: strictly-necessary storage only, no advertising or analytics cookies today. Your consent choice is remembered on your own device and you can change it at any time.
1. What counts here
EU law treats HTTP cookies and equivalent storage (such as localStorage) the same way when they identify or remember you. This site uses localStorage for features you explicitly use — it does not set any first-party tracking cookies.
2. Storage this site sets
| Name | Type | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
watchstring-consent | localStorage | Remembers your Accept / Reject / custom consent choice so the banner does not reappear. | Until you clear site data (no automatic expiry). |
watchorder-theme | localStorage | Remembers your light/dark theme preference. | Persistent until cleared. |
watched:* / watchstring-watched:* | localStorage | Remembers which checklist entries you ticked on guide pages. | Persistent until cleared. |
All three are strictly necessary for functionality you requested, so under the ePrivacy rules they do not require prior consent. Clearing your browser's site data removes all of them.
3. Third parties that may set or read data
- Cloudflare (hosting): may set security cookies such as
__cf_bmor_cfuvidfor bot management. These are controlled by Cloudflare's own policies. - Google Fonts: loads the heading font from Google's servers; Google may log the request (IP, user agent) under its own privacy policy. No Google advertising cookie is set by this site.
- TMDB / RAWG images: posters load from
image.tmdb.organdmedia.rawg.io; those servers see the image request as with any embedded image.
There are currently no analytics beacons, ad-network scripts, or social-media trackers loaded by Watch String.
4. Consent
On your first visit you are shown a banner with three options: Accept all, Reject non-essential, or Customise (granular analytics / marketing toggles, reserved for future use). Because only strictly-necessary storage is active today, all three options currently give the same tracking-free result — the banner exists so that if analytics or advertising is ever added, it stays off until you opt in.
You can revisit your choice at any time:
5. Managing cookies in your browser
Every major browser lets you block or delete cookies and site data per site. Blocking strictly-necessary storage may reset your theme, checklist progress and consent choice, but reading the guides keeps working.
6. Changes
If analytics, advertising or any new tracker is introduced, this page and the banner will be updated first, and non-essential storage will remain off by default for EU/EEA visitors until consent is given. Questions: see privacy or contact.