Cookie Policy

Last updated: June 2026

This Cookie Policy provides information about the use of cookies and comparable storage technologies on harbingerstandard.com pursuant to § 25 TDDDG, Art. 5 para. 3 ePrivacy Directive, and the GDPR.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. We also use Local Storage, a persistent browser storage area not transmitted automatically with HTTP requests (capacity: ~5–10 MB per origin). Under § 25 TDDDG, storing information in users' terminal equipment generally requires consent unless technically necessary.

2. Technologies Used

We use exactly one storage technology on harbingerstandard.com:

Name	Type	Purpose	Category	Legal Basis	Retention
`hpm_cookie_consent`	Local Storage (First-Party)	Storing your cookie consent decision and timestamp	Technically necessary	§ 25 para. 2 No. 2 TDDDG; Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR	Until manually deleted

3. Why This Entry Is Technically Necessary

Without hpm_cookie_consent: (1) your consent decision cannot be stored and respected on subsequent visits; (2) the consent banner would appear on every page load; (3) our documentation obligation under Art. 7 para. 1 GDPR cannot be fulfilled. No consent is required for technically necessary storage (§ 25 para. 2 No. 2 TDDDG).

4. What We Do Not Use

We expressly do not use: analytics cookies (no Google Analytics, Matomo, Plausible, etc.); advertising cookies (no Google Ads, Facebook Pixel, programmatic advertising); social media cookies (no embedded Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube plugins); functional cookies for personalisation; or any form of cross-site tracking or browser fingerprinting.

5. 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 → harbingerstandard.com → delete hpm_cookie_consent.
Firefox: F12 → Storage → Local Storage → harbingerstandard.com → delete hpm_cookie_consent.
Safari: Enable Develop menu → Web Inspector → Storage → Local Storage → delete hpm_cookie_consent.
Deletion causes the consent banner to reappear on your next visit.

6. 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), and the Personal Information Protection Act (South Korea). Because we use only a single, strictly necessary local-storage item 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.

7. Changes and Contact

This Cookie Policy may be updated when new technologies are introduced or legal requirements change. For questions: support@harbingerpressmedia.com