1. What Are Cookies & Web Storage?

Cookies are small text files created by websites and stored on your web browser or device storage. They allow websites to remember user actions, preferences, and session states over a period of time, ensuring you do not have to re-enter preferences whenever you return to the site or browse between pages.

In addition to cookies, modern web applications utilize HTML5 Local Storage (localStorage) to store user settings directly within the web browser without sending data back to servers on every HTTP request.

2. Categories of Cookies Used on Our Website

We classify the cookies and web storage technologies used on newpipeapk.lat into three distinct categories:

Category 1: Essential Technical Cookies & Local Storage

These items are strictly necessary for the technical operation of our website. For example:

  • newpipe_theme: HTML5 Local Storage key used to remember your preferred light or dark mode theme selection across visits.
  • Security and CSRF protection tokens created during contact form submissions.

Category 2: Analytical & Performance Metrics

We may use aggregate analytics tools (such as privacy-compliant server stats or Google Analytics with IP anonymization enabled) to understand how visitors interact with our guides, identify broken links, and measure page load speed across mobile networks.

Category 3: Advertising Cookies (Google AdSense)

To maintain our independent publication, we display non-intrusive advertisements served by Google AdSense:

  • DoubleClick DART Cookies: Google uses DART cookies to serve ads to users based on their visit to our site and other sites on the Internet.
  • DART cookies do NOT track personal information such as your name, email address, or phone number.

3. Deep Dive into Google AdSense & Third-Party Vendors

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to website domains. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.

Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting:

  1. Google Ads Settings: https://www.google.com/settings/ads
  2. Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Page: https://optout.networkadvertising.org/

4. Global Privacy Control (GPC) & Do Not Track (DNT)

We respect global user privacy signals:

  • Global Privacy Control (GPC): Our website honors browser-level GPC opt-out signals automatically, preventing third-party ad networks from tracking cross-site user sessions.
  • Do Not Track (DNT): If your browser sends a "DNT: 1" header, our site minimizes external script execution accordingly.

5. Detailed Step-by-Step Mobile Browser Opt-Out Guide

Because mobile responsiveness is central to our website design, here is how you can manage cookie settings directly on mobile operating systems:

  • Chrome for Android: Open Chrome → Tap 3 dots menu → Settings → Site settings → Cookies → Select "Block third-party cookies".
  • Firefox for Android: Open Firefox → Tap Settings → Enhanced Tracking Protection → Select "Strict".
  • Samsung Internet: Open Browser → Menu → Settings → Personal browsing data → Turn on "Block cross-site tracking".
  • Safari for iOS: Open iOS Settings → Safari → Toggle on "Prevent Cross-Site Tracking" and "Block All Cookies".

6. Managing Cookies on Desktop Browsers

You have full control over cookie storage. You can adjust your browser settings to decline, block, or delete cookies at any time:

  • Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Third-party cookies → Block third-party cookies.
  • Mozilla Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Enhanced Tracking Protection → Strict.
  • Apple Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Prevent cross-site tracking / Block all cookies.
  • Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies.

If you choose to block all cookies, our educational articles and guides will remain 100% accessible. However, persistent settings (such as automatic dark mode theme preferences) will reset each time you refresh the page.

We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in technical implementation or privacy laws. Please check back regularly to stay informed.