Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy
Last updated: June 2026
This Cookie Policy provides information about the use of cookies and storage technologies on mideastchronicle.com pursuant to § 25 TDDDG, Art. 5 para. 3 ePrivacy Directive, and the GDPR.
1. Storage Technologies Used
We use exactly two storage technologies:
| Name | Type | Purpose | Category | Legal Basis | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
hpm_cookie_consent | Local Storage (First-Party) | Storing cookie consent decision and timestamp | Technically necessary | § 25 para. 2 No. 2 TDDDG; Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR | Until manually deleted |
hpm_accessibility | Local Storage (First-Party) | Storing accessibility preferences (font size, contrast, underlined links, reduced motion, readable spacing) set via the accessibility widget | Technically necessary | § 25 para. 2 No. 2 TDDDG (feature explicitly requested by the user); Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR | Until manually deleted or reset via the widget |
Local Storage stores data locally on your device without automatic HTTP transmission, unlike traditional cookies. Both entries stay exclusively in your browser — never sent to servers or third parties.
2. Why Technically Necessary
Without hpm_cookie_consent: your consent cannot be stored for subsequent visits; the consent banner would appear on every page; and our Art. 7 para. 1 GDPR documentation obligation cannot be met. Without hpm_accessibility: your accessibility preferences (explicitly set via the accessibility widget) could not be remembered between visits. No consent required (§ 25 para. 2 No. 2 TDDDG).
3. No Other Cookies or Tracking
We use no analytics cookies, advertising cookies, social media cookies, browser fingerprinting, or cross-site tracking technologies of any kind. The only exception to our otherwise strictly-necessary-only approach is the hpm_accessibility entry described above, which stores display preferences you explicitly set via the accessibility widget (see our Accessibility Statement).
4. Managing Local Storage
The quickest way to change your choice — including whether Vercel Web Analytics is active — is to click the cookie icon in the bottom-right corner of the page, available at any time, or Cookie Settings in the website footer. Either one reopens the consent panel, where you can accept, decline, or set individual preferences; your updated choice takes effect immediately and does not require clearing browser storage manually.
Chrome/Edge: F12 → Application → Local Storage → mideastchronicle.com → delete hpm_cookie_consent.
Firefox: F12 → Storage → Local Storage → mideastchronicle.com → delete entry.
Safari: Enable Develop menu → Web Inspector → Storage → Local Storage → delete entry.
Deletion causes the consent banner to reappear on next visit.
5. International Applicability
This Cookie Policy is designed to meet cookie and local-storage disclosure requirements beyond the EU/EEA as well, including the CCPA/CPRA (California), the UK GDPR, the LGPD (Brazil), PIPEDA (Canada), the Privacy Act 1988 (Australia), the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 (India), the Personal Information Protection Act (South Korea), the PDPL (United Arab Emirates), the PDPL (Saudi Arabia), and the PDPPL (Qatar). Because we use only strictly necessary local-storage items and the cookie-less Vercel Web Analytics tool described above, no additional jurisdiction-specific cookie consent obligations arise beyond what is already described in this policy.
6. Supervisory Authorities (EU/UK Residents)
Although, for the reasons explained in our Privacy Policy, we do not consider ourselves subject to the jurisdiction of EU/UK supervisory authorities on a targeting basis, if you are located in the EU, EEA, or United Kingdom and believe such an authority nonetheless has jurisdiction over a cookie- or storage-related concern, the principal supervisory authorities are:
- Germany (BfDI): www.bfdi.bund.de
- France (CNIL): www.cnil.fr
- UK (ICO): ico.org.uk
- Italy (Garante): www.garanteprivacy.it
- Spain (AEPD): www.aepd.es
- Netherlands (AP): www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl
- Ireland (DPC): www.dataprotection.ie
Wherever you are located, you are welcome to raise any concern directly with us first at the contact details below; we handle all such requests under the same standards regardless of where you are located.
7. Changes and Contact
This policy may be updated when technologies or legal requirements change. Questions: support@harbingerpressmedia.com