How World Vital News uses cookies and similar technologies, what each one does, and how you can control them.
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device when you visit it. They help the site work, remember your preferences and provide information to the site’s owners. Similar technologies, such as local storage and pixels, work in a comparable way, and this policy covers them too.
Needed for the website to work and to keep it secure, for example remembering that an editor is signed in or protecting forms from spam. These cannot be switched off in our systems.
Remember choices you make, such as details you enter in a comment form, so you do not have to enter them again.
Help us understand how readers use the site, such as which articles are read most, using aggregated statistics. We use them only where permitted.
May be used by advertising partners to show relevant advertisements and measure their performance. Where consent is required, they are set only if you agree.
The table below lists the main cookies currently used on worldvitalnews.com. Most of them are only set for signed-in staff; ordinary readers receive very few.
wordpress_test_cookie
Strictly necessary
Checks that your browser accepts cookies when you use a login form.
Session
wordpress_logged_in_*, wordpress_sec_*
Strictly necessary
Keeps editors and administrators signed in. Not set for ordinary readers.
Session or 14 days
wp-settings-*
Preferences
Remembers interface settings for signed-in users.
1 year
wfwaf-authcookie-*
Security
Used by our firewall to recognise signed-in administrators.
12 hours
_lscache_vary
Performance
Helps our caching system serve the correct version of a page.
Session
comment_author_*
Preferences
Remembers your name and email if you choose to when leaving a comment.
347 days
Google Maps cookies
Third party
May be set by Google when the map on our Contact page loads.
Varies
Some pages include content from other services, such as the embedded map on our Contact page. These services may set their own cookies when their content loads. We do not control these cookies, so please check the provider’s own policy for details. If we add analytics or advertising services, this page will be updated to list them.
You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers let you block all cookies, block third-party cookies only, or clear cookies when you close the browser. The help section of your browser explains how.
Blocking strictly necessary cookies may stop parts of the website from working properly, such as forms. Blocking other cookies will not affect your ability to read our journalism.
We review this policy when we add or remove services that use cookies. The date at the top of this page shows the latest revision. Questions can be sent to contact@worldvitalnews.com.
