This page explains which cookies commonsworld.org uses. The short answer is: almost none.
If you are just reading
You are given no cookies at all, and no third party is watching you read it. The site does keep a simple count of visits, but only for people who have agreed to it on the consent bar, and it does that without cookies of any kind.
The one cookie we may set
The consent bar asks: “Essential cookies only. OK to measure anonymous usage too? Never ads, never sold.” When you answer it, and only then, the site stores one first-party cookie called cw_analytics_consent, holding nothing but your answer. It lasts about six months, and its only job is to remember what you said so we stop asking.
If you accept, the site begins counting your visits: which page was opened, roughly when, and which site you arrived from. That counting is done by the website itself, the figures stay in this website’s own database, and no third party receives them. It sets no cookie to do it. If you decline, nothing is counted, now or later.
Cookies for site editors
People who log in to run the site receive the standard WordPress login and session cookies. Those apply to the handful of us who edit the site, not to visitors.
What we do not use
No advertising cookies, no tracking pixels, no social media trackers, no profiling. Nothing here is sold or shared.
Changing your answer
Clear the cookies your browser holds for commonsworld.org and the consent bar returns, so you can answer differently. Questions are welcome at contact@commonsworld.org, and the privacy policy covers everything else we hold.
Last updated: 17 August 2026