The site keeps what it needs to work in your browser, plus the cookies of Yandex Metrika, our visit counter, of the consent message and, when ads are shown, of Google’s ads.
What is stored
All of these are strictly necessary for features you use, so they need no consent.
| Name | Type | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| nw_session | Cookie | Keeps you signed in, only if you use an account | 30 days or until you sign out |
| nw_locale | Cookie | Remembers the language you picked | 1 year |
| nw:home and other nw: keys | Local storage | Your last wheel, its settings and history on this device | Until you clear it |
| nw:link: and nw:token: keys | Local storage | Lets you keep editing a wheel you shared | Until you clear it |
| Live room keys | Session storage | Your name and place in a live room after a reload | Until you close the tab |
| Offline copy | Cache storage | Pages and files the wheel needs, so it opens without a connection | Replaced with each site update |
Visit counter, ads and consent
In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, Metrika and ad cookies are set only after you agree in the consent message; "Privacy settings" in the footer lets you change your choice at any time. Personalised ads can be turned off at adssettings.google.com. Google Analytics is switched off.
| Name | Set by | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ym_uid, _ym_d | Yandex Metrika | Tells a returning visitor from a new one in visit counts | 1 year |
| _ym_isad | Yandex Metrika | Notes whether an ad blocker is on, for accurate counts | 2 days |
| FCCDCF, FCNEC | Google consent message | Remembers your consent choice (EEA, UK, CH) | Up to 13 months |
| IDE, __gads, __gpi and similar | Google AdSense | Shows ads and measures them; personalised only where you agreed | Up to 13 months |
How to clear it
Clear history in History removes past results, and you can empty the list yourself. Everything else is in your browser settings, under site data for wheelspinneronline.com.