1. What Are Cookies & Web Storage?
Cookies are compact alphanumeric text files placed onto your computer, smartphone, or tablet when you visit digital publications. Cookies allow our web servers to recognize your session, preserve your reading preferences (e.g. customized typography font size, saved bookmarks), and ensure authentication security.
We also utilize modern browser storage mechanisms such as localStorage to cache recent search terms and reading list state without transmitting personal credentials over network requests.
2. Categories of Cookies We Use
We classify all cookies into four distinct operational tiers:
A. Strictly Necessary Cookies (Essential)
Required for the technical operation of AQ NEWSWIRE. Includes CSRF token protection against malicious cross-site forgery, session authentication, and load balancer distribution. These cannot be disabled without breaking core site functionality.
B. Performance & Analytics Cookies
Collect aggregated, privacy-preserving statistics regarding which articles, categories, and market desks are most frequently read. These allow us to measure traffic load and evaluate newsroom impact.
C. Functionality & Preference Cookies
Preserves reader settings, such as the in-article font scaler (A- / A / A+), audio narration playback speed (1x / 1.5x / 2x), and saved bookmarks.
D. Advertising & Sponsorship Attribution
Utilized to verify delivery of sponsored intelligence reports and native campaign impressions. We do not use invasive third-party cross-site behavioral tracking cookies.
3. Detailed Cookie Inventory
| Name |
Provider |
Purpose |
Lifespan |
| XSRF-TOKEN |
AQ NEWSWIRE |
Security against Cross-Site Request Forgery |
Session (2 hours) |
| aq_session |
AQ NEWSWIRE |
Encrypted reader authentication session |
Session / 30 days |
| aq_font_size |
AQ NEWSWIRE |
Remembers reader font sizing preference |
1 Year |
| _ga / _gid |
Google Analytics |
Aggregated anonymous readership metrics |
14 Months |
4. How to Manage & Disable Cookies
You have the right to accept, reject, or delete cookies at any time via your browser settings:
- Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Third-party cookies.
- Apple Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data.
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data.
- Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions.
Please note that disabling strictly necessary cookies may prevent logging into your subscriber account or saving articles to your reading list.
5. Third-Party Web Beacons & Attribution
Our daily executive email newsletters may contain microscopic single-pixel images ("web beacons") that report aggregated open rates to our delivery gateway, verifying that critical financial dispatches are reaching subscribers without spam-filter suppression.
6. Questions Regarding Cookie Governance
For inquiries concerning our implementation of technical storage and tracking technologies, please contact privacy@aqnewswire.com.
