Cookie Policy

Last updated: 2 July 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Kiskadee Watch Inc. uses cookies, local storage, pixels, scripts, web beacons, device identifiers, and similar technologies when you visit or use kiskadeewatch.com.

For simplicity, this policy refers to these technologies as “Trackers.” Where this policy refers specifically to “cookies,” it means small files stored in your browser or on your device.

This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

1. Owner and Data Controller

Kiskadee Watch Inc.
157 ‘C’ Waterloo Street
Georgetown, Guyana

Owner contact email: [email protected]
Website: kiskadeewatch.com

2. What Cookies and Trackers Are

Cookies are small files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow a website to recognise your browser, remember your preferences, keep you signed in, improve performance, measure traffic, and support advertising.

Other Trackers may work in a similar way. These include:

• Local storage, which stores information in your browser;
• Pixels and web beacons, which help measure page views, ad activity, or email engagement;
• Scripts, which run website functions and may collect technical information;
• Device identifiers, which may help recognise a browser, device, or session;
• Security tokens, which help prevent spam, fraud, bots, and unauthorised access.

3. First-Party and Third-Party Trackers

We use both first-party and third-party Trackers.

First-party Trackers are set directly by Kiskadee Watch or by tools we operate on our website.

Third-party Trackers are set or managed by service providers that help us operate the site, secure it, measure traffic, process support payments, display content, or serve ads.

Third-party providers may access the Trackers they manage, subject to their own privacy and cookie policies.

4. Why We Use Trackers

We use Trackers to:

• Keep the website working properly;
• Keep readers signed in;
• Manage reader accounts;
• Support comments and moderation;
• Remember preferences;
• Count article reads;
• Manage support prompts and dismissals;
• Save articles for active supporters;
• Secure the website from bots, spam, fraud, abuse, and attacks;
• Process supporter checkout and payment status;
• Measure site traffic and performance;
• Understand how readers use the site;
• Improve articles, newsletters, campaigns, and site design;
• Serve, limit, personalise, and measure ads;
• Display content from external platforms, such as avatars or embedded content.

Some Trackers are necessary for the site to work. Others are used only where allowed by law or where you have provided consent.

5. Types of Trackers We Use

A. Strictly Necessary Trackers

These Trackers are required for the website to operate safely and correctly. They cannot usually be switched off through our cookie preference tools because the site depends on them.

They may be used for:

• Security;
• Bot protection;
• Login and authentication;
• Account sessions;
• Comment functionality;
• Fraud prevention;
• Site performance;
• Load balancing;
• Cookie consent storage;
• Payment checkout;
• Supporter account activation.

Blocking these Trackers through your browser may cause parts of the site to stop working properly.

B. Preference and Functionality Trackers

These Trackers help us remember choices you make and provide better site features.

They may be used for:

• Remembering login status;
• Remembering comment details if you choose that option;
• Remembering cookie preferences;
• Remembering support prompt dismissals;
• Managing saved articles;
• Remembering display or account preferences.

C. Measurement and Analytics Trackers

These Trackers help us understand how readers use Kiskadee Watch.

They may be used to collect:

• Pages viewed;
• Number of users;
• Session statistics;
• Referring pages;
• Browser and device information;
• Approximate location;
• Events and interactions;
• Article read counts;
• Campaign and newsletter performance data.

We use this information to improve the site, understand reader interest, fix technical issues, and measure the performance of our journalism.

D. Advertising Trackers

These Trackers help us display, personalise, limit, and measure ads.

They may be used to collect or process:

• Pages viewed;
• Ad impressions;
• Ad clicks;
• Browser and device information;
• IP address;
• Approximate location;
• Advertising identifiers;
• Cookie identifiers;
• Prior visits to Kiskadee Watch or other websites;
• Interactions with ads.

We may use Google AdSense, Google Ad Manager, and related Google advertising services. Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to Kiskadee Watch or other websites.

Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to Kiskadee Watch and other sites on the internet.

You may opt out of personalised advertising through Google’s ad controls, your browser settings, your device settings, or recognised industry opt-out tools.

E. External Content Trackers

Some pages may include content from external platforms, such as avatars, images, videos, social posts, maps, or other embedded features.

These services may collect Usage Data and set their own Trackers even if you do not actively interact with the embedded content.

6. Providers We Use

The providers listed below may use cookies, Trackers, or similar technologies when you use Kiskadee Watch.

Cloudflare

Company: Cloudflare, Inc.
Place of processing: United States
Purpose: Traffic optimisation, content delivery, site security, DNS, caching, firewall services, bot protection, and protection against malicious traffic.
Category: Strictly Necessary / Security
Personal Data processed: Trackers, IP address, browser and device information, security logs, and other technical data as described in Cloudflare’s privacy policy.

Cloudflare filters traffic between your browser and Kiskadee Watch. This helps us keep the site fast, secure, and available.

Cloudflare may use cookies such as:

• __cf_bm
• cf_clearance
• _cfuvid
• __cflb

The exact cookies and durations may depend on the Cloudflare features enabled, security settings, browser behaviour, and whether a challenge or bot-detection process is triggered. Cloudflare states that __cf_bm is used for bot-management functions and may expire after 30 minutes of inactivity, while cf_clearance helps prove that a visitor has passed a Cloudflare challenge.

Google Analytics 4

Company: Google Ireland Limited
Place of processing: Ireland
Purpose: Analytics, traffic measurement, site performance, reader behaviour analysis, and reporting.
Category: Measurement
Personal Data processed: Trackers, Usage Data, number of users, session statistics, pages viewed, events, browser/device information, and approximate location.

Google Analytics 4 helps us understand how readers use Kiskadee Watch. It may collect information about page views, sessions, devices, browsers, referral sources, and site interactions.

Google Analytics 4 may use cookies such as:

• _ga
• _ga_<container-id>

Google states that GA4 JavaScript tags use first-party cookies to distinguish unique users and sessions, and that _ga and _ga_<container-id> have a default expiration period of two years.

Where required by law, Google Analytics will be used only with consent.

Google AdSense and Google Ad Manager

Company: Google LLC / Google Ireland Limited, depending on location and service configuration
Place of processing: United States, Ireland, and other locations where Google or its service providers operate
Purpose: Advertising, ad delivery, ad personalisation where permitted, frequency capping, ad measurement, fraud prevention, and reporting.
Category: Advertising
Personal Data processed: Trackers, cookies, IP address, browser and device information, page URL, ad interactions, Usage Data, approximate location, and advertising identifiers.

We use Google AdSense, Google Ad Manager, and related Google advertising services to display and measure ads.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to Kiskadee Watch or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads based on visits to Kiskadee Watch and other sites on the internet.

When you visit a site that uses Google advertising tools, your browser may send information such as the page URL and IP address to Google. Google may also set cookies on your browser or read cookies already there.

You may control personalised ads through Google’s ad settings, your browser settings, your device settings, or industry opt-out tools.

For users in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, Google requires publishers serving personalised ads through AdSense, Ad Manager, or AdMob to use a Google-certified consent management platform integrated with the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework.

WordPress and Related Plugins

Provider: WordPress and related plugins
Purpose: Website publishing, login, account functionality, comments, moderation, forms, security, caching, newsletter features, and site administration.
Category: Strictly Necessary / Functionality / Security
Personal Data processed: Trackers, account identifiers, Usage Data, login status, comment information, IP address, browser user agent, and technical data.

Kiskadee Watch may use WordPress and related plugins to operate the website and provide account, comment, newsletter, security, caching, and moderation features.

WordPress may use cookies such as:

• wordpress_[hash]
• wordpress_logged_in_[hash]
• wp-settings-[UID]
• wp-settings-time-[UID]
• wordpress_test_cookie

WordPress uses cookies to verify logged-in users and support authentication. It may also use cookies to remember interface preferences.

If comments are enabled and you choose to save your details for next time, WordPress may use commenter cookies such as:

• comment_author_[hash]
• comment_author_email_[hash]
• comment_author_url_[hash]

These commenter cookies are used for convenience so you do not have to re-enter your details when posting another comment. WordPress documentation states that commenter cookies expire a little under one year from when they are set.

Gravatar / Automattic

Company: Automattic Inc.
Place of processing: United States
Purpose: Displaying avatars or profile images connected to comments or accounts.
Category: External Content / Functionality
Personal Data processed: Email address or email hash, Usage Data, and technical data.

If Gravatar is enabled, Kiskadee Watch may send a hashed version of a commenter’s email address to Gravatar to check whether that user has a Gravatar profile image.

If a profile image is found, it may be displayed publicly next to the user’s comment or profile.

Gravatar explains that an email hash is used to match an email address with a Gravatar profile without sharing the plain email address for comparison.

Whop

Company: Whop Inc.
Place of processing: United States and other locations where Whop or its service providers operate
Purpose: Supporter checkout, card and PayPal payment processing, purchase confirmation, fraud prevention, support access, and account activation.
Category: Strictly Necessary / Payments / Security
Personal Data processed: Payment and billing information, transaction information, account information, device and browsing information, IP address, cookies, pixel tags, and usage activity.

Whop may process payment and account information when readers support Kiskadee Watch through card or PayPal payments.

Whop states that it may collect device and browsing information through cookies, pixels, JavaScript, and other tracking technologies, including IP address, unique identifiers, browser type, access times, page views, operating system, device type, referring and exit URLs, and similar usage information.

Amazon Web Services

Company: Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Place of processing: United States and other locations where AWS or its service providers operate
Purpose: Hosting, storage, backups, logging, email delivery, infrastructure, security, and operational support.
Category: Strictly Necessary / Infrastructure / Security
Personal Data processed: Technical data, logs, IP address, server requests, email delivery data, security logs, backups, and operational data.

AWS may help us operate parts of Kiskadee Watch’s infrastructure, including storage, logs, backups, email delivery, and related technical services.

AWS states that it processes personal information to provide AWS offerings, measure and improve performance, fix errors, provide support, comply with legal obligations, and communicate with users.

MMG

Provider: Mobile Money Guyana
Purpose: payment verification, support payment confirmation, accounting, and fraud prevention.
Category: Payments / Strictly Necessary
Personal Data processed: Payment reference, transaction date, amount, currency, name or account reference where provided, and verification status.

MMG does not necessarily rely on browser cookies on Kiskadee Watch, but they may involve payment records and verification information needed to activate supporter access.

7. Cookie Duration

Cookies may be either session cookies or persistent cookies.

Session cookies last only while your browser session is open and usually expire when you close your browser.

Persistent cookies remain on your device after your browser closes and last for the period set by Kiskadee Watch or the relevant provider.

Cookie duration may vary depending on:

• The provider;
• The browser used;
• User settings;
• Whether you clear cookies;
• Whether security checks are triggered;
• Whether the cookie is needed for login, analytics, advertising, or fraud prevention.

Some common examples include:

This table is not exhaustive. Providers may change cookie names, purposes, or durations from time to time.

8. Consent and Privacy Preferences

Where required by law, we will ask for your consent before using non-essential Trackers, including analytics, advertising, personalisation, and certain external-content Trackers.

You can provide, refuse, or withdraw consent through the cookie banner or privacy choices panel available on Kiskadee Watch.

Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that occurred before withdrawal.

Strictly necessary Trackers may still be used because they are required to operate, secure, or deliver the website.

9. How to Control or Delete Cookies

You can control cookies and similar technologies through:

• The cookie banner or privacy choices panel on Kiskadee Watch;
• Your browser settings;
• Your device privacy settings;
• Google ad settings;
• Industry advertising opt-out tools;
• Clearing cookies from your browser.

Most browsers allow you to:

• See what cookies are stored;
• Delete cookies;
• Block all cookies;
• Block third-party cookies;
• Receive alerts before cookies are stored;
• Clear site data when you close your browser.

Browser controls may not allow detailed consent choices by category. If you block all cookies, some features of Kiskadee Watch may not work correctly.

10. Interest-Based Advertising Choices

You may be able to opt out of interest-based advertising through:

• Google ad settings;
• Network Advertising Initiative tools;
• Digital Advertising Alliance tools;
• YourOnlineChoices for the EU and UK;
• DAAC for Canada;
• DDAI for Japan;
• Device-level advertising settings on mobile devices.

Opting out of personalised advertising does not mean you will stop seeing ads. It means the ads may be less personalised or based on general context rather than your interests.

11. Consequences of Blocking Trackers

You are free to block or delete cookies and other Trackers. However, blocking Trackers may affect the site.

For example, you may not be able to:

• Log in properly;
• Stay signed in;
• Post or manage comments;
• Save articles;
• Use supporter features;
• Complete supporter checkout;
• Keep cookie preferences saved;
• Avoid repeated support prompts;
• Receive a properly secured or optimised site experience.

12. International Processing

Some providers may process data outside Guyana, including in the United States, Ireland, the European Union, and other jurisdictions.

Privacy laws in those countries may differ from the laws where you live.

Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards, provider agreements, consent tools, or other lawful transfer mechanisms.

13. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time.

When we update it, we will change the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. If changes materially affect how we use cookies or similar technologies, we may provide additional notice or request new consent where required.

14. Contact Us

For questions about this Cookie Policy, contact:

Kiskadee Watch Inc.
157 ‘C’ Waterloo Street
Georgetown, Guyana

Email: [email protected]
Website: kiskadeewatch.com

15. Definitions

Personal Data means any information that directly or indirectly identifies, relates to, describes, or can reasonably be linked to an individual.

Usage Data means information collected automatically when someone uses the site, such as IP address, browser type, device type, pages viewed, time of visit, referring page, operating system, and interaction data.

User means any person who visits or uses Kiskadee Watch.

Data Controller means the person or organisation that decides why and how Personal Data is processed.

Data Processor means a person or organisation that processes Personal Data on behalf of the Data Controller.

Cookie means a small file stored in a browser or on a device.

Tracker means any technology that stores or accesses information on a device or helps recognise, measure, or track a user, browser, device, or interaction. Trackers may include cookies, pixels, local storage, scripts, unique identifiers, web beacons, and similar technologies.