Last updated: 21 October 2026.
This policy covers www.retropause.com in Spanish, English, French, Italian, German and Portuguese. The controller is Merito Media LLC. Use the contact form or write to:
407 Lincoln Rd, Suite 6H
Miami Beach, FL 33139
United States
See our legal notice and privacy policy for the publisher's identity and other processing of personal data.
1. What we use
Cookies pass between your browser and a domain. Local storage keeps information in that browser; session storage normally lasts until the tab closes. These are distinct from email subscriptions and browser notification permissions.
RetroPause uses sessions, form protection, requested preferences, a newsletter invitation reminder, Google Analytics and the notification functions described below. Contact includes Google Maps. Our templates do not integrate personalised advertising tags or individual newsletter-open tracking pixels. The map may show the provider's commercial content.
2. Cookie inventory
| Name or pattern | Domain / manager | Purpose | Configured lifetime | Activation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
retropause-session |
www.retropause.com / Merito Media LLC | Session, feedback and temporary recovery of forms; staff authentication | 120 minutes, renewed with activity | Application requests; Secure, HttpOnly and SameSite=Lax in production |
XSRF-TOKEN |
www.retropause.com / Merito Media LLC | Protect against forged requests | 120 minutes, linked to the session | Application responses; Secure and SameSite=Lax in production |
retropause_push_owner |
www.retropause.com / Merito Media LLC | Protected identifier for managing this device's notification channels | 365 days, renewed when opening notification preferences | Visiting the notifications page, even without enabling delivery; HttpOnly, Secure and SameSite=Strict |
remember_web_<suffix> |
www.retropause.com / Merito Media LLC | Remember authorised Admads staff authentication | 400 days, subject to browser limits and logout | Only when staff select “Remember me” at sign-in; not when reading articles |
_ga, _ga_<identifier> |
RetroPause domain / Google Analytics for Merito Media LLC | Distinguish browsers and sessions and measure visits | 33,696,000 seconds: 390 days, approximately 13 months, renewed on authorised visits | Only with accepted analytics storage; integration patterns, not necessary cookies |
Browser expiry is not the same as server-side data retention. Browser restrictions and manual deletion may shorten these periods.
3. Other storage and features
| Technology / key | Information and purpose | Persistence | Activation |
|---|---|---|---|
localStorage: retro-theme |
Selected light or dark theme; no article personalisation | No automatic expiry; until changed or site data deleted | Selecting a theme |
localStorage: retropause-analytics-consent |
granted or denied choice, without email or an added identifier |
No automatic expiry; until changed or deleted | Accepting or rejecting Analytics; read on later visits |
localStorage and sessionStorage: retropause-newsletter-welcome-v1 |
Seen, dismissed or requested state to avoid repeating the invitation; no email stored | Dismissed or seen invitation: 30 days; requested or confirmed subscription: until site data is deleted. The session copy ends when the tab closes | Displaying/dismissing the invitation or registering a request; uses available stores |
Service worker /push-sw.js and browser Push subscription |
Requested notifications; delivery endpoint and keys, not a reading pixel | Until cancellation, service expiry or browser removal | Only after selecting a channel and granting permission; the worker implements neither offline caching nor navigation interception |
| ALTCHA, served by RetroPause | Anti-abuse challenge and temporary form proof | Challenge valid for 10 minutes; no verification cookie configured | Using protected forms; not an advertising tracker |
These features do not use our own IndexedDB or offline cache. Browsers and external services may keep their own technical data.
4. What the Analytics choice controls
Google Analytics loads before you choose and after rejection on ordinary public pages. It is omitted from private email confirmation/unsubscription pages and Push preferences. Analytics storage is denied until accepted. Google may receive cookieless signals about the visit and consent, along with technical connection information. Cookieless does not mean anonymous or free of personal-data processing.
Acceptance permits the analytics storage listed above. Rejection keeps it denied without preventing reading or subscribing. Google Signals, advertising personalisation, advertising storage and advertising user-data consent remain disabled. We do not intentionally send names, email addresses or form messages as analytics events; avoid private information in searches or URLs.
There is only one analytics-storage choice, not granular provider settings or a switch stopping all external requests. The technical configuration does not itself establish a consent exemption for earlier signals. See Google's consent-mode explanation.
5. Maps and external providers
The Contact map loads automatically, without waiting for the Analytics choice. Its iframe contacts Google and may transmit IP, technical information and the page origin. Analytics controls do not block it. Its technologies can depend on the browser, an existing Google session and provider settings; we do not assign universal names or lifetimes to map cookies not verified across those states.
| Entity / service | Function and role | Provider information |
|---|---|---|
| Merito Media LLC / RetroPause | Controller for this site, its own preferences and chosen measurement purposes | Privacy |
| Google / Google Analytics | Measurement provider for RetroPause under its service terms; Google also describes its own processing | Partner-site information and cookies |
| Google / Google Maps | Embedded external service with its own processing and controls, distinct from Analytics | Google privacy |
Google documentation identifies Google LLC and, for certain services and territories, Google Ireland Limited. Entity and role depend on the service and applicable terms; not all processing is exclusively on RetroPause's behalf. International processing, including in the United States, is possible. We do not claim exclusively European processing or specific unverified contractual safeguards. See providers and transfers in Privacy.
6. Change, reject or withdraw
Use Cookie settings here or in the footer. Acceptance and rejection appear in the same panel; opening it changes nothing. Silence, scrolling or continuing to read do not accept analytics storage.
Rejecting after acceptance sends Google a storage-denied signal and attempts to delete accessible _ga and _ga_* cookies for this host, parent domains and / path. No reload is needed. This does not remove other-domain or inaccessible cookies, previously sent data, map preferences or Google-account settings. The tag may continue sending cookieless signals.
The choice is stored only for this origin and browser. This control keeps no date or individual consent receipt on the server. It is not shared with other group publications or devices; changing this site's language does not reset it. Deletion or another browser can cause a new prompt. If storage is blocked, the choice applies to the current page and may be requested again.
7. Browser, email, notifications and external links
Browser settings let you inspect, block or delete cookies and site data. This may log you out, reset the theme or display notices again. These controls complement rather than replace the site's choices.
Email unsubscription uses the link in messages and a confirmation page. Manage notifications through Receive notifications and browser permissions. Disabling all channels cancels the Push subscription but does not necessarily remove the service worker or management cookie. Neither choice authorises Analytics. Newsletter images download from the server and may generate technical logs, even without individual open pixels. External and social links lead to services with their own policies; links are not automatically embedded social content.
8. Review and contact
This version reflects code, configuration and public responses checked on 21 October 2026, not an exhaustive audit of every browser, external account or Google configuration. Pre-choice Analytics and the automatic map require specific legal assessment for the territories served; this policy is not a compliance certification.
We will update this document when technologies or purposes change. Updating the text does not grant new permissions. For questions and rights concerning data already processed, use contact and Privacy.
