Last Updated: May 2026
Most cookie policies exist to protect websites, not to inform readers. This one does the opposite. It tells you exactly what cookies this site uses, what each one does, and what steps you can take to control or block them. Nothing here requires a legal background to understand.
What Cookies Are
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your device when you visit. Your browser holds onto it and sends it back to the relevant service on your next visit. Web developers originally created cookies to help websites remember useful things — a shopping cart, a logged-in session, a language preference.
Over time, advertisers adopted cookies as a primary tool for tracking people across the internet. Today, cookies fall into two broad categories: those that help a website function or measure its performance, and those that build advertising profiles on individual users. We think you deserve to know exactly which type sits on this site.
What Cookies This Site Uses
Space Tech Daily uses cookies from two sources only: Google Analytics and the third-party advertising networks that serve ads on this site. We do not create or place any cookies of our own.
Google Analytics Cookies
We use Google Analytics to understand how our content performs. This tool places cookies on your device that count visits, measure how long people spend on pages, and show us which articles readers engage with most. Google Analytics collects this data in anonymised form — it tells us that someone visited and what they read, not who they are.
Here is what each Google Analytics cookie does on this site.
_ga is the main Google Analytics cookie. It assigns a random identifier to your browser so the system can tell separate visits apart. This cookie holds no personal information and stays on your device for two years.
ga[ID] works alongside _ga to keep session data accurate for Google Analytics 4. Two years is also the lifespan of this cookie.
_gid helps Google Analytics distinguish between different visitors within the same day. After 24 hours, your browser deletes this cookie automatically.
_gat limits how often Google Analytics sends data requests to Google’s servers. One minute after your browser sets it, this cookie expires. It performs no tracking function beyond that.
Google receives all data these cookies collect and processes it under Google’s own privacy terms. We only see the summary reports Google Analytics produces — we never access raw visitor data, and we cannot use these cookies to identify you personally.
What Google Does With Analytics Data
If you want to understand how Google handles the data its Analytics cookies collect, their full privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy. Google also offers an Analytics opt-out browser add-on that stops your visits from counting on any website that runs Google Analytics.
Advertising Cookies
Space Tech Daily runs a small number of ads to cover the cost of keeping this site online. Third-party advertising networks serve these ads. When an ad loads on this page, the network behind it may place its own cookies on your device.
These cookies do not come from us. The ad networks set them, manage them, and govern them under their own privacy terms. Their main purpose is to track browsing behaviour across multiple websites so the ads you see match your interests rather than appearing at random.
We do not receive your personal data from these networks. They pay us a general amount based on overall ad activity — individual user data stays entirely on their side of the arrangement.
If you want to stop interest-based advertising across multiple networks at once, the Digital Advertising Alliance at aboutads.info and the Network Advertising Initiative at networkadvertising.org both offer opt-out tools that cover many ad networks simultaneously.
No Other Cookies
Google Analytics and advertising network cookies cover everything on this site. We run no login system, no comment section, no newsletter signup, and no other feature that would require cookies of our own. Every cookie your browser receives on this site falls into one of the two categories above.
Why We Skip the Cookie Popup
Many websites greet visitors with a cookie consent banner. We chose not to do that. A banner most people dismiss in under a second does not genuinely inform anyone. A clearly written page that anyone can find in the site footer does.
This page exists so you can understand exactly what happens with cookies here, without having to interact with a popup first. We think that approach serves readers better.
How to Control Cookies
Browser Settings
Every major browser lets you view, block, or delete cookies through its settings. Blocking Google Analytics cookies on this site simply means your visit does not appear in our reports — every article on the site remains fully accessible.
Google Chrome handles cookie settings under Settings, then Privacy and Security, then Cookies and other site data. Mozilla Firefox keeps these options under Preferences, then Privacy and Security. Safari users find cookie controls under Preferences, then Privacy. Microsoft Edge places them under Settings, then Cookies and site permissions.
Browser Extensions
If you want more consistent control across every website you visit, browser extensions that block tracking cookies work independently of browser settings and cover advertising cookies site-wide. Many readers find these more reliable than adjusting settings site by site.
Your Consent
Using this website means you agree to the cookie use this page describes. If you prefer not to accept cookies, adjust your browser settings before or during your visit. Doing so on this site does not affect your ability to read any content here.
Changes to This Policy
If we add a new analytics tool, switch ad networks, or change how we use cookies in any other way, we will update this page and change the date at the top. We will not make changes without reflecting them here accurately and promptly.
Questions
If anything about this page is unclear or you have questions about how cookies work on this site, reach us through our contact page.