Legal · Canada
Cookie notice
1. What a cookie is
A cookie is a small text file that a site asks your browser to store. Similar techniques — local storage keys, session storage, pixels inside advertising blocks — do the same job and are covered by this notice. Cookies cannot read files on your device; they hold short values such as an identifier or a preference.
2. Categories used on this site
We group everything set through fpspanel.com into three categories. Only the first is set without asking.
| Category | Purpose | Typical lifetime |
|---|---|---|
| Necessary | Delivering pages, balancing load, keeping the connection secure, remembering your answer to the cookie notice and the state of the interface. | Session to 12 months |
| Analytics | Counting visits and reading paths in aggregated form, so the editorial queue follows what is actually read. Set only after you agree. | Up to 26 months |
| Advertising and marketing | Showing and measuring advertising placements and promoted links, limiting how often the same block appears, and supporting the web push subscription used for editorial updates. Set only after you agree. | Up to 13 months |
3. Web push and the subscription record
Browser notifications are not a cookie, but they work in a related way: your browser issues a subscription identifier that our push provider, OneSignal, Inc., stores together with the e-mail address and tags described in the privacy notice. A service worker file in the root of this site keeps that subscription alive. Nothing is sent unless you accept both the form consent and the browser prompt.
4. How your choice is remembered
The banner at the bottom of the page records your answer in your browser's local storage. Accepting allows the analytics and advertising categories; declining keeps only the necessary category. To change your mind, clear the site data for fpspanel.com in your browser and reload the page — the banner appears again.
5. Turning cookies off in the browser
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Third-party cookies and Site data.
- Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data.
- Safari: Settings → Privacy → Manage Website Data.
- Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions.
Blocking the necessary category may break parts of the site, such as remembering that you already answered this notice.
6. Third parties
Analytics and advertising cookies are set by the providers we work with, not by the editorial desk, and each of them publishes its own notice. The list of provider categories is in section 6 of the privacy notice. Fonts are loaded from a public font service, which receives the request needed to deliver the font files.
7. Questions and updates
This notice is updated whenever the set of providers or categories changes; the date at the top shows the current version. Questions go to the editorial desk at editorial@fpspanel.com.