This policy explains how Riley Locke uses cookies, local storage, pixels, tags, and similar technologies. The exact technologies present can depend on the features and commercial partners enabled at the time of your visit.
A cookie is a small text file stored by a website or service in your browser. Local storage is another browser feature that can remember a setting on your device.
Necessary technologies
Necessary technologies support security, WordPress administration, sign-in, account sessions, forms, caching, load balancing, and reader-requested settings. Disabling them can prevent a feature from working.
Examples may include:
| Technology | Purpose | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|
wordpress_logged_in_*, wordpress_sec_* |
Authenticate and secure a signed-in WordPress session | Session, several days, or the selected remembered-login period |
wp-settings-* |
Remember WordPress interface preferences for an authenticated user | Up to 1 year |
| Session or cache identifiers | Serve the correct session or cached page and protect forms | Session or short-lived |
| Consent or privacy-choice record | Remember a choice so the site can apply it on later visits | Commonly several months |
The exact name and duration can vary with WordPress, hosting, security, caching, and consent configuration.
Site preferences
Riley Locke may use local storage or a cookie to remember a reader-requested interface choice, such as Paper or Midnight appearance. A preference stored only in your browser is not a cross-site advertising profile.
Local aggregate measurement
Riley Locke can record a small set of public events in anonymous daily aggregate counters without setting a measurement cookie or storing a visitor identifier, raw referring URL, full IP address, user agent, or search term.
The public measurement beacon honors browser Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control signals. Aggregate measurement may include a broad route or content type, broad referral category, action category, campaign placement identifier, or numeric performance sample.
Analytics
Riley Locke may use an analytics provider to understand site use and performance. An analytics service may use cookies or similar identifiers and may receive page, device, browser, IP-address, referral, and interaction information.
Where applicable law or configuration requires consent, nonessential analytics should not run until the required choice is made. Refusing optional analytics should not prevent ordinary reading or account use.
If Google Analytics is enabled, cookie names may include _ga and _ga_*, with durations set by Google and the site's configuration.
Advertising technologies
Riley Locke may use contextual or interest-based advertising. Advertising providers may use cookies, pixels, tags, local storage, IP addresses, device or browser information, page context, and advertising identifiers to select, deliver, limit, secure, or measure advertisements.
Contextual advertising can use the content of the current page without building a cross-site profile. Interest-based or cross-context advertising may use activity across sites or services.
Where a consent or opt-out requirement applies, Riley Locke should apply the required choice before enabling the relevant nonessential storage or targeted-advertising use. The Privacy Policy explains rights that may apply to sale, sharing, or targeted advertising.
A new advertising provider should be identified in the site's privacy or cookie information before or when it is activated.
Embedded and external content
A page may link to or embed third-party content. An embedded service can receive information when it loads, even if you do not click it. Riley Locke should avoid activating nonessential third-party embeds before required choices are respected.
How to control browser storage
Your browser can block or delete cookies and site data. Blocking necessary technologies may stop sign-in, settings, forms, or other features from working.
When Riley Locke displays a cookie banner or privacy-choice control, use it to apply the choices offered for that device and browser. Clearing browser data may also clear the saved choice.
Browser Do Not Track is honored by Riley Locke's local public measurement beacon. Global Privacy Control is also honored there and will be honored for other uses where applicable law requires it.
Changes and contact
This policy may be updated when providers, advertising, analytics, or site features change. The effective date at the top identifies the current version.
Questions about a technology used on a particular page should be submitted through the contact form with the page URL, approximate time, browser, and the cookie or storage name if known.