Last updated: July 1, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Scraps from the Loft uses cookies and similar technologies on scrapsfromtheloft.com. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
1. What cookies and similar technologies are
Cookies are small text files that websites place on a visitor’s device. They can be used to make a website work, remember choices, protect the site, measure usage, and deliver or measure advertising.
Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, pixels, tags, scripts, device identifiers, and other tools that store or access information on a device.
2. Who controls the use of cookies
Cookies and similar technologies used directly by Scraps from the Loft are controlled by the operator of this website. Third-party providers, including Google and providers of embedded content, may place or read their own technologies according to their own privacy and cookie policies.
3. Consent management
For visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and other applicable regions, the website uses Google Privacy & Messaging as its consent management platform.
The consent message allows visitors to:
- consent to the use of advertising and related technologies;
- refuse consent;
- manage purposes, vendors, and other available choices;
- change or withdraw their choices later.
Non-essential advertising and tracking technologies are used according to the choices collected through the Google consent message and the requirements that apply in the visitor’s region.
Review or change your privacy and cookie choices
4. Categories of cookies and technologies
Strictly necessary and security technologies
These technologies support essential functions such as displaying the website, protecting it from malicious traffic, processing forms, maintaining administrative sessions, and remembering choices required for the service requested by the visitor.
They may include technologies used by WordPress, the hosting provider, Cloudflare, and the Google consent platform. Blocking these technologies may prevent parts of the website from working correctly.
Preference and functionality technologies
These technologies remember choices and improve convenience. They may include preferences relating to embedded media, language, consent choices, and the frequency with which the newsletter invitation is displayed.
Analytics and measurement technologies
Where enabled and permitted by the visitor’s choices, Google services connected through Google Site Kit may process usage and measurement information. These technologies can help us understand aggregated website activity, diagnose performance problems, and improve the site.
Google Analytics or similar measurement technologies are not used for optional analytics purposes before consent where consent is required.
Advertising technologies
The website displays advertising through Google AdSense. Google and participating advertising partners may use cookies, IP addresses, device identifiers, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies to:
- serve and render advertisements;
- limit how often an advertisement is shown;
- measure advertisement delivery and performance;
- prevent fraud and invalid traffic;
- deliver personalized or non-personalized advertisements according to the visitor’s choices and applicable law.
The advertising partners and purposes that apply to a particular visitor can be reviewed through the Manage options section of the Google consent message.
Embedded content
Articles may contain embedded or linked content from services such as YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, Instagram, and X. When embedded content is loaded, the external provider may receive information such as the visitor’s IP address, browser information, the page being viewed, and interactions with the content. The provider may also use its own cookies or similar technologies.
Third-party content is governed by the privacy and cookie policies of the relevant provider.
5. Technologies used by this website
The following table describes the principal first-party technologies and categories currently used or potentially used by the website. Third-party advertising and embedded-content technologies may vary according to location, consent choices, provider configuration, and the content displayed on a particular page.
| Technology or provider | Purpose | Type | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress session and administration cookies | Authentication, administration, security, and essential website operation. | Necessary | Session or limited duration, depending on the function. |
comment_author_*, comment_author_email_*, comment_author_url_* |
Remember comment-form details when a visitor chooses to save them. | Functionality | Typically up to one year. |
| Cloudflare security technologies | Network security, malicious-traffic detection, availability, and performance. | Necessary | Session or limited duration, depending on the security event. |
| Google Privacy & Messaging consent technologies | Store and communicate consent choices and allow those choices to be changed. | Necessary / preference | According to Google’s consent settings and applicable requirements. |
scrapsNewsletterSessionRegistered |
Records that the current browsing session has already been counted for the newsletter invitation. | Session storage | Until the browser session ends. |
scrapsNewsletterSessionCount |
Counts browsing sessions so the newsletter invitation is not displayed immediately to a first-time visitor. | Local storage | Until cleared from the browser. |
scrapsNewsletterLastShown |
Records when the newsletter invitation was last shown to enforce the configured display interval. | Local storage | Stored until cleared; used for a 24-hour display limit. |
| Google AdSense and advertising-partner technologies | Advertising delivery, frequency control, measurement, security, fraud prevention, and personalization where consented. | Advertising | Varies by technology, region, provider, and consent choice. |
| Google Analytics technologies, where the Analytics module is enabled | Aggregated audience measurement and website-usage statistics. | Analytics | Varies by configuration and consent choice. |
| YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, Instagram, and X technologies | Display and interaction with embedded third-party media or social content. | Functionality / analytics / advertising | Determined by the relevant third-party provider. |
| Google Fonts | Delivery of web fonts used in the site design. Requests may disclose technical connection data, including the visitor’s IP address, to Google. | Functionality | Browser and provider caching periods may vary. |
6. Google advertising cookies
Google explains that advertising technologies may include cookies such as IDE, id, NID, _gads, and related identifiers. The precise technologies used can vary according to the visitor’s location, browser, consent choices, Google account settings, and the advertising products involved.
Google may use these technologies to serve advertisements, remember advertising preferences, limit repetition, measure performance, prevent fraud, and personalize advertisements where permitted.
More information is available in Google’s documentation:
- How Google uses cookies
- How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services
- Google My Ad Center
7. Embedded-media and social providers
The website may include content supplied by third parties. Their technologies are not fully controlled by Scraps from the Loft. Relevant provider policies include:
8. How to manage cookies
You can manage non-essential advertising choices through the Google consent message by selecting Manage options, or by using the link below:
You can also delete or block cookies and site storage through your browser. The available controls depend on the browser and device. Blocking necessary technologies may affect website functionality.
Deleting browser data may also delete the stored consent choice, causing the consent message to appear again.
9. Changes to this Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy may be updated when services, technologies, advertising providers, or legal requirements change. The date at the top of the page indicates the latest revision.
10. Contact
Questions about this Cookie Policy can be sent to admin@scrapsfromtheloft.com.