The cookie inventory for ArcticNote — every cookie the cabinet writes, what it is for, how long it lives, and how to clear it. Two cookies total, both strictly necessary.
This page is the cookie inventory for ArcticNote. The cabinet writes two cookies, both classed as strictly necessary under the ePrivacy Directive and PIPEDA. There are no analytics cookies, no advertising cookies, and no third-party cookies on the cabinet.
A cookie is a small text record that a website asks the browser to keep. The next time the browser opens a page on the same site, the cookie is sent back, and the website can read it. Cookies are commonly used to remember whether a visitor is signed in, whether they have accepted a cookie banner, or which language they prefer. The cabinet uses cookies for the second of those reasons.
The cabinet also writes a small entry into the browser's localStorage for each cookie. localStorage is a similar kind of storage that survives across pages of the same site under file:// (where cookies are scoped per-file). The localStorage entry mirrors the cookie's value and expiry; reading the cookie back falls through to localStorage if the cookie is missing.
PURPOSE: Records that the visitor has confirmed they are eighteen or older. Without this cookie the age gate appears on every page; with this cookie the age gate is dismissed.
TYPE: Strictly necessary — the cookie implements the visitor's own request to enter an 18+ cabinet (PIPEDA reasonable purpose, GDPR Article 6(1)(b) performance of contract).
CONTENT: The literal string 1. No personal information.
EXPIRY: One hundred and eighty days from the date of confirmation.
HOW TO CLEAR: Browser settings → Site data → clear for this domain. The age gate will reappear on the next page load.
PURPOSE: Records the visitor's decision on the cookie banner — either “accept” or “decline”. Without this cookie the banner appears on every page; with this cookie the banner is dismissed.
TYPE: Strictly necessary — the cookie implements the visitor's own consent decision so we do not ask again every visit (PIPEDA, GDPR Article 6(1)(b)).
CONTENT: The literal string accept or decline. No personal information.
EXPIRY: One hundred and eighty days from the date of decision.
HOW TO CLEAR: Browser settings → Site data → clear for this domain. The banner will reappear on the next page load.
Each cookie has a matching localStorage entry under the same name (and a sibling _exp entry recording the expiry as epoch milliseconds). The mirror exists so that the cabinet's consent decisions persist across pages when the site is opened via file:// — cookies in file:// mode are scoped per-file and cannot be relied upon. The mirror clears itself when the matching cookie expires.
ArcticNote does not run analytics tools, advertising trackers, social-media share widgets, or any other third-party script that writes its own cookie. The fonts are loaded from Google Fonts; Google Fonts does not write a cookie on the visitor's browser. No Facebook pixel, no LinkedIn insight tag, no TikTok pixel.
If we ever wire up Google Analytics or another consent-controlled tool, this page will be updated to list the relevant Google Consent Mode v2 signals. At present, all such signals would default to “denied”, and the “accept” button on the banner would update them to “granted”. The current state is: the signal layer exists in the code, but no analytics tag is wired up that would read it.
Every modern browser allows the visitor to clear cookies for a specific domain. In Chrome the path is Settings → Privacy and security → Site settings → View permissions and data stored across sites. In Firefox the path is Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data → Manage Data. In Safari the path is Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data. In all three, search for the domain hosting the cabinet and remove its entries.
To change the decision recorded by the banner, clear the cookies as described above. The banner will reappear on the next page load and the new decision will be recorded. We do not currently provide a one-click “reset consent” button on the page itself; this is the next item on the build queue.
If the cookie inventory changes — new cookie, removed cookie, new third party — this page will be updated and the change date noted at the bottom. Material changes will be flagged with a small banner on the homepage for two weeks following the update.
Cookie questions go to [email protected]. The address is 201 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3B 2H8, Canada.
Last updated: 2026-05-05.