This policy lists every cookie and similar technology used by Signal & Static, whether you're visiting our NSFW AI video generator review or one of our policy pages. It complements our Privacy Policy, which describes what we do with the underlying data, and forms part of our overall Terms of Service. We aim to keep this list short. If you encounter a cookie not listed here, please contact us and we'll either add it to this page or remove it from the site. The same goes for any reader of our ai porn coverage who notices unexpected tracking behaviour.
What Cookies Are
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device when you visit. They allow the site to recognize your browser on subsequent visits and to store small pieces of information — typically a session identifier, a language preference, or a consent choice. Similar technologies (local storage, session storage, pixels) work the same way for our purposes here.
Categories We Use
We group cookies into three categories based on their purpose:
- Strictly Necessary
- Required for the site to function. Without them, basic features like remembering your cookie-consent choice would not work. These cannot be switched off through the consent banner.
- Analytics
- Help us understand which pages are read, how readers arrive at the site, and which content is useful. Aggregated and pseudonymous. Optional — disabled by default until you consent.
- Functional
- Remember preferences that improve the reading experience, such as your accepted-banner state or display preferences. Optional.
We do not use advertising cookies, retargeting pixels, social-media tracking cookies, or any cross-site tracking technology.
Cookie Inventory
| Name | Category | Purpose | Provider | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ss_consent |
Necessary | Stores your response to the cookie-consent banner so it does not reappear on every visit. | Signal & Static (first-party) | 12 months |
ss_session |
Necessary | Maintains a short-lived session identifier used to defend against automated abuse of the site. | Signal & Static (first-party) | Session (deleted when you close your browser) |
ss_anon_id |
Analytics | Pseudonymous identifier used to count unique visitors. Not linked to any personal data. | Signal & Static (first-party) | 30 days |
ss_pref_theme |
Functional | Stores reading-display preferences (where applicable). | Signal & Static (first-party) | 12 months |
All entries above are first-party — that is, set by Signal & Static itself, not by a third party loaded on our pages. We do not embed third-party trackers, advertising scripts, social-media widgets that track users, or analogous technologies.
Embedded Third-Party Content
Some articles may include embedded content from third parties — for example, an embedded video player or a tweet. When this happens, the third party may set its own cookies once you interact with the embed. We disclose these at the embed itself wherever possible.
For external links to other websites, those sites have their own cookie policies. We are not responsible for the cookies they set.
How to Manage Cookies
You can manage cookies in several ways:
- Through our cookie banner. On your first visit, you choose whether to accept analytics and functional cookies. You can change that choice at any time by clearing the
ss_consentvalue or by clicking the "Cookie settings" link in the footer once it appears. - Through your browser. All modern browsers let you view, block, and delete cookies through their settings menu. The Information Commissioner's Office maintains straightforward instructions for each major browser.
- Through privacy tools. Browser extensions like uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger let you block cookies at a granular level, including from individual sites.
Blocking strictly necessary cookies will mean some basic functionality stops working — most notably, your cookie-consent choice won't be remembered, so the banner will reappear on every visit. Blocking analytics and functional cookies has no visible effect on your reading experience; you just won't be counted in our aggregate stats.
Do Not Track
Our analytics implementation respects the "Do Not Track" browser signal where modern browsers still send it, and the newer "Global Privacy Control" signal. If your browser sends either, we treat it as a refusal of optional cookies and do not load the analytics script.
Changes
If we add or remove a cookie, we update the table above. Material changes are also reflected in the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. For the legal basis on which we set these cookies and how the resulting data is processed, see our Privacy Policy.
Questions
If anything on this page is unclear, or if you'd like to raise a concern about how a cookie is being used, please contact [email protected].