1. The short story on cookies
In plain terms, a cookie is a tiny text file a website drops into your browser so that bits of information carry over from one page or visit to the next, such as whether you have already closed the cookie banner or which country section you were reading last. They are not programs and cannot carry viruses. Throughout this page the word "cookies" is used loosely and also takes in related techniques like local browser storage and tracking pixels.
2. What we actually store
Listed in the table beneath this paragraph are every cookie you might pick up as you browse palmy.buzz, sorted by purpose. The essential session entries always run, because the site cannot operate without them. The analytics entries only begin to load after you have ticked yes in the banner.
| Type | Cookie name(s) | What it does | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential session | cc_session |
An anonymous token used internally for basic security and rate limiting. | Session only (cleared when the browser closes) |
| Essential session | cc_consent |
Remembers your decision from the banner so it does not keep popping up on every page. | 12 months |
| Analytics | _ga, _ga_* |
Google Analytics; IP-masked visitor figures reported only in totals. | 13 months |
| Analytics | _clck, _clsk |
Microsoft Clarity; aggregated heatmap and scroll traces that hold no personal identifiers. | 12 months for _clck, session only for _clsk |
| Analytics | _pk_id, _pk_ses |
Matomo; visitor and session counters with IP anonymisation turned on. | 13 months and 30 minutes respectively |
That is the whole list. There are no advertising cookies, no retargeting pixels, and nothing drawn from cookies is ever sold or passed to an outside party for marketing.
3. Turning them off in your browser
Declining in the consent banner is by far the fastest way to stop analytics loading on palmy.buzz, say no and none of the analytics cookies ever get set. If you would rather set your rules once for every site you visit, every major browser offers its own panel for inspecting, blocking or deleting cookies:
- Chrome: head to Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data. The panel lets you block third-party cookies, block all cookies outright, or wipe stored cookies for specific sites.
- Firefox: open Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data. Switching the mode to "Strict" stops cross-site tracking cookies for you automatically.
- Safari (macOS): open Settings → Privacy, where you can block every cookie or use Manage Website Data to erase entries one at a time. On iOS the path is Settings → Safari → Advanced → Website Data.
- Edge: go to Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies and site data.
- Private / incognito windows: any cookie placed inside one of these windows is scrubbed the instant you shut it.
Blocking the essential pair breaks parts of the site, most obviously the banner will forget your choice and reappear on every page. Blocking the analytics group changes nothing about the articles or reviews and will never prevent you from reading a page.
4. Cookies from outside our site
A share of the cookies you encounter while on palmy.buzz actually come from other companies, not from us. The usual example is affiliate tracking, if you tap an outbound link to a casino, that operator or its affiliate network may plant a cookie so that any sign-up you later make is credited back to palmy.buzz. That credit is what pays our referral commission. It never adds anything to what you would normally pay and never changes our scores. As soon as you arrive on the operator's domain, their own cookie policy takes charge. Affiliate cookies of this sort usually stay alive for something in the region of 30 to 90 days.
5. Reaching us and future edits
Got a question about the cookies described above or about any data we may hold on you? Send us a note at hello@palmy.buzz. Broader personal-data topics are covered separately in our Privacy Policy. Whenever the tooling behind the site shifts or the surrounding regulations are updated, this page and the last-updated date at the top will be refreshed to match. The current revision carries the date 31 July 2026.