Cookie Policy
Last updated: 17 August 2026
We use as few cookies as possible — only what's necessary to keep you signed in and the app running smoothly.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website you visit. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently and provide information to site owners. We also use browser local storage to store UI preferences on your device.
Cookies We Use
| Cookie Name | Type | Duration | Purpose |
|---|
| rt | Essential | 30 days | HttpOnly cookie that keeps you signed in and lets us refresh your session securely. |
| acp-auth | Essential | Until you sign out | Browser storage holding your current session token and basic profile so the app can load signed in. |
| cpp_cookie_consent | Essential | Until cleared | Records your cookie choice. Without it we would have to ask on every page. |
| theme-override | Functional | Until cleared | Remembers whether you chose light or dark mode. |
| __paddle_vid | Essential | 1 year | Set by Paddle, our payment provider, for fraud prevention during checkout. |
| _ga | Analytics | 14 months | Google Analytics 4 — aggregate usage statistics. Set only after you accept cookies. |
| __gads | Advertising | 13 months | Google AdSense — ad delivery and frequency capping. Set only after you accept cookies, and never for paying customers. |
| __gpi | Advertising | 13 months | Google AdSense — ad personalisation. Set only after you accept cookies. |
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website you visit. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently and provide information to site owners. We also use browser local storage to store UI preferences on your device.
Third-Party Cookies
Three third parties can set cookies through this site:
• Paddle — our payment provider, for fraud prevention at checkout.
• Google Analytics 4 — aggregate usage measurement.
• Google AdSense — advertising shown to visitors on the free plan.
In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland we do not serve advertising at all at present, so AdSense never loads there; analytics loads only if you press Accept, and silence counts as a refusal. In every other region they load by default and you can turn them off at any time from the banner or from https://commentspickerpro.com/do-not-sell
A Global Privacy Control signal is honoured as a refusal in every region, and paying customers are never shown ads. Before you have answered, analytics runs in Google's cookieless consent mode — no cookies, no identifiers.
We do not use Facebook Pixel or any other advertising or tracking network.
Managing Cookies
You can change your advertising and analytics choice at any time at https://commentspickerpro.com/do-not-sell
You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
• See which cookies are set and delete them individually.
• Block cookies from specific sites.
• Block all cookies (note: this will prevent login from working).
Clearing this site's data also clears your saved cookie choice, so we will ask again on your next visit. Disabling essential cookies will prevent you from using the Service.
Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control
We honour Global Privacy Control (GPC). If your browser or extension sends a GPC signal, we treat it as an opt-out from advertising and analytics: neither Google script is loaded, and no advertising or analytics cookies are set. You do not need to do anything else.
The older Do Not Track header has no agreed industry meaning and no enforceable standard behind it, so we do not rely on it — but a browser sending DNT is almost always sending GPC too, which we do act on.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when we add or remove cookies. The "last updated" date at the top of this page will reflect any changes.