Cookie policy
This page lists the cookies this website can set, what each one does, who provides it and how long it lasts, followed by instructions for switching them off in every major browser. It is deliberately specific: a cookie notice that says only "we use cookies to improve your experience" tells you nothing you can act on.
What a cookie actually is
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store on your device. On your next request the browser sends it back, which is how a site recognises that a visit is a continuation of an earlier one rather than a brand new stranger. Cookies cannot execute code, cannot carry a virus and cannot read other files on your device.
They divide two ways. By origin: first-party cookies are set by the domain you are visiting, third-party cookies by another service loaded on the page. By lifetime: session cookies disappear when you close the browser, persistent cookies survive until their expiry date or until you delete them. Both distinctions appear in the table below.
Categories used here
Strictly necessary. Required for the site to function and to record your own cookie choices. These cannot be switched off from within the site, because switching off the cookie that remembers your preferences would mean asking you the same question on every page. They carry no marketing function.
Analytics. Used to count visits and see which comparison pages are read and which are ignored. Data is aggregated and used to decide what gets updated first. These are optional and the site works identically without them.
Functional. Remember display preferences. Optional and non-essential.
Referral tracking. Set when you follow a commercial link to an advertising platform, so that the platform can attribute the referral. These do not build an advertising profile of you and do not follow you around other websites showing you adverts. They record that a click happened. The commercial arrangement behind them is on the affiliate disclosure page.
| Cookie | Category | Provider | Purpose | Type | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cookie_consent | Necessary | This site | Stores which cookie categories you accepted or refused | Persistent | 12 months |
| PHPSESSID | Necessary | This site | Maintains request state during a single browsing session | Session | Until browser closes |
| __cf_bm | Necessary | Cloudflare | Distinguishes human visitors from automated traffic | Persistent | 30 minutes |
| cf_clearance | Necessary | Cloudflare | Records that a security challenge has been passed | Persistent | 30 minutes |
| _ga | Analytics | Google Analytics | Assigns a random identifier used to count unique visitors | Persistent | 2 years |
| _ga_KDRGSGGX19 | Analytics | Google Analytics 4 | Holds session state for the property | Persistent | 2 years |
| _gid | Analytics | Google Analytics | Distinguishes visitors for daily reporting | Persistent | 24 hours |
| _gat | Analytics | Google Analytics | Limits the rate of requests sent to analytics servers | Persistent | 1 minute |
| lang | Functional | This site | Remembers display language if you change it | Persistent | 12 months |
| clickid | Referral | Advertising platform | Technical identifier attributing a referral to this site | Persistent | 30 to 90 days |
| btag | Referral | Advertising platform | Alternative referral parameter used by some platforms | Persistent | 30 to 90 days |
| affid | Referral | Advertising platform | Identifies the referring account in the platform dashboard | Persistent | 30 to 60 days |
Referral cookies in the last three rows are set on the destination platform's domain after you follow a commercial link, not on this one, and their exact names and lifetimes are determined by that platform. They contain a technical identifier and no personal detail about you.
Third parties in detail
Cloudflare. Provides content delivery and protection against automated abuse. Its cookies are technical, contain no personal profile and exist for minutes rather than months. Without them the site would be materially more exposed to scraping and denial-of-service traffic.
Google Analytics. Provides aggregate traffic measurement. IP anonymisation is applied, no advertising features or cross-site remarketing signals are enabled, and the reports show page-level totals rather than individual behaviour. Refusing analytics cookies removes you from these counts entirely and changes nothing about what you can read.
Advertising platforms. Set referral cookies on their own domains once you arrive there. From that point their privacy terms apply rather than this site's, which is worth reading before you register or deposit.
Turning cookies off
Chrome. Settings, then Privacy and security, then Third-party cookies and Site data. You can block third-party cookies globally, clear existing data, or set exceptions per site.
Firefox. Settings, then Privacy and Security. Standard, Strict and Custom modes control which categories are blocked; Custom lets you block cross-site cookies while keeping first-party ones.
Safari. Settings or Preferences, then Privacy. Cross-site tracking is blocked by default. Manage Website Data lets you remove stored data for individual domains.
Edge. Settings, then Cookies and site permissions. Three tracking-prevention levels are offered, and stored cookies can be cleared on exit automatically.
Mobile. On iOS, Settings then Safari then Block All Cookies. On Android, open Chrome, then Settings, then Privacy and security, then Third-party cookies.
What breaks if you refuse
Refusing analytics or functional cookies changes nothing about the content: every comparison, table and figure remains fully readable. Refusing referral cookies also changes nothing for you, though a platform may not attribute the visit, which costs this site the commission described in the affiliate disclosure. Blocking strictly necessary cookies at browser level may cause the consent prompt to reappear on every page and may trigger repeated security challenges.
Cookie preferences can be changed at any time and take effect immediately, subject to the conditions of use in the terms and conditions. How the resulting data is handled is described in the privacy policy, and questions go through the contact page.
Refusing all of them still leaves the whole site readable: Buy Adult Traffic itself, the verification routine on how I check networks, the sourcing rules in the editorial policy, the compliance line on the advertising standards page, the background on the about page and the full index on the sitemap. None of it is gated behind a cookie.