FunVerdict
Cookie policy
Last updated: 17 August 2026 · In force from 17 August 2026
This policy explains what cookies are, which ones this site uses, how long they last and how to switch them off. It sits alongside our privacy policy, which describes personal information more broadly.
1. What a cookie is
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store. When you come back, the browser sends the file with the request, so the site can recognise the same visitor. Similar technologies such as local storage, pixels and software development kits do much the same job, and everything written here applies to them too.
2. How we use them
We use a small number of cookies to serve pages reliably, to remember the choice you make on the cookie notice at the bottom of the screen, to understand which entries are read, and to let advertising partners measure their placements. We do not use cookies to build a profile of you outside this site beyond what those partners describe in their own policies.
3. Categories
| Category | Purpose | Typical lifetime |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | Serving pages, security, load balancing and remembering your cookie choice so the notice is not shown again. The site cannot work without these. | Session to 12 months |
| Analytics | Aggregated statistics about which entries are opened, how readers arrive and which devices are used, so the desk knows what to cover next. | Up to 13 months |
| Advertising and marketing | Measuring promotional placements, limiting how often the same promotion is shown and reporting on it to partners. | Up to 13 months |
Essential cookies are set as soon as you open the site because it cannot function without them. Analytics and advertising cookies are optional and depend on the choice you make on the notice.
4. Push notifications
If you allow browser notifications, our provider OneSignal stores a subscription identifier in your browser so that a message can reach the right device. That identifier is not a marketing cookie and it is not used for advertising measurement. It disappears when you revoke the notification permission in your browser settings or clear the site data. The same applies to an email address submitted through the dispatch form, which is held by OneSignal as our processor.
Membership status is not kept in a cookie either. Whether a reader is on the Plus list or holds a confirmed seat is recorded on the side of our mailing provider and, for payments, of the external payment provider, so clearing cookies in your browser changes nothing about a membership.
5. Your choice and how to change it
The notice at the bottom of the screen lets you accept or decline optional cookies, and your answer is remembered in your browser. To change it, clear the site data for funverdict.com in your browser settings and the notice will appear again on your next visit.
Every major browser also lets you block or delete cookies directly, usually under Settings, then Privacy or Site data. Blocking essential cookies may stop parts of this site from working properly.
- Chrome: Settings, then Privacy and security, then Third-party cookies.
- Safari: Settings, then Safari, then Advanced and Website Data.
- Firefox: Settings, then Privacy & Security, then Cookies and Site Data.
- Edge: Settings, then Cookies and site permissions.
6. Consent and how to revoke it
Where consent is required, it is given by choosing Accept on the notice and can be revoked at any time by clearing the site data and choosing again, or by blocking cookies in your browser. Revoking consent does not affect anything that happened while it was in place. Push consent is separate and is revoked through the notification settings of your browser.
7. Contact
Questions about cookies go to the editorial desk: press@funverdict.com