Cookie policy & privacy choices
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The site sets no advertising or analytics cookies. A consent popup is not used merely for necessary features. We disclose browser storage below because privacy rules can apply to local storage and similar technologies as well as cookies. Optional external videos require a separate choice. The hosting platform may use access and security technologies outside our site code.
Language preference
vice-locale is a first-party cookie written only when you use the language switch. It remembers English or Arabic for up to one year, uses SameSite=Lax and Secure on HTTPS, and is not used for tracking.
Your checklist
vice-atlas-checklist is first-party local storage, written when you save or remove an entry. It contains saved entry identifiers, with no automatic expiry. It supports the checklist you request and can be exported or cleared. It is not sent to an advertising or analytics service.
Media preference and administration
vice-atlas-privacy-v1 stores only your optional-media choice, policy version and time saved for up to 180 days. It is written only when you save a choice. Loading one video once does not create a persistent media preference. Authorized editors use an HttpOnly, SameSite=Strict session cookie, marked Secure in production and limited to one hour. Browser scripts cannot read it. Signing out clears it. Old browser-stored admin tokens are removed when the editor loads. Visitor account syncing is paused.
Before ads or analytics are enabled
No provider has been selected. Adding an ad network or analytics service requires a fresh inventory, named providers, purposes, retention and transfer disclosures, and a consent or other valid exception assessment for the targeted markets. Optional tracking must stay blocked until the required choice. A network may require its own certified consent-management platform. These media settings are not an advertising CMP.
Your privacy choices
Analytics and advertising are off. No consent banner is needed for those services while they stay off. External videos are blocked unless you choose to load them.
Read Google’s privacy policy (external site)
You can withdraw here at any time. Withdrawal unloads embedded players; it cannot retrieve data already sent to a provider or clear that provider’s own cookies. Choices expire after 180 days.
Clear this device’s saved data
Delete your saved checklist, language preference and media choice from this browser. Export your checklist first if you want a backup. This does not delete hosting logs or records in external services.