Essential Cookies, Analytics Cookies, And The Boulangerie Downstairs Who Objects To The Entire Concept
This is the Cookies Policy for The Paris Fool. It covers the web kind of cookies, not the edible kind, a distinction that has caused confusion at every stage of the internet’s existence and which the boulangerie downstairs has described as “a misappropriation of a perfectly good word” in letters it has not sent but has definitely considered. This policy is real. The boulangerie’s objection is real. The web cookies are neither baked nor delicious. We are sorry about this.
The Web Cookie, Explained For The Boulangerie
A web cookie is a small text file stored in your browser when you visit a website. It contains information — not croissant batter — that allows the site to remember things between your visits or between page loads. The cookie sits in your browser, not in the boulangerie. The boulangerie has been asked not to weigh in further on this. It has agreed, provisionally.
What The Paris Fool Sets
Essential cookies. These run the site. They remember whether you have accepted the cookie banner, whether you are logged in if applicable, and other basic operational facts. Without them, the site would not function, which would upset Brigitte professionally and Henri personally.
Analytics cookies. These count visits, identify popular pages, and generate the reports Margaux reviews monthly. The analytics do not identify you personally. They identify you as a data point in a pattern, which is either reassuring or not, depending on how you feel about patterns.
Embedded content cookies. When we embed external content — a video, a social media post, a map — that provider may set its own cookies. We do not control those. Their policies are linked from their respective platforms, which we acknowledge are long documents written to discourage reading, which we understand but cannot endorse as a practice.
What We Do Not Set
We do not set advertising cookies for third-party ad networks. We do not track you across sites. We do not fingerprint. We do not sell visit data. We have been offered money for this. The offer was not interesting. We are a satirical newspaper. Our data is funnier than it is valuable, and we prefer it that way.
Managing Cookies
Accept, reject, or selectively choose cookies through the banner that appears on your first visit. Change preferences at any time via the cookie settings link in the footer. Clear cookies through your browser; most browsers have instructions at AboutCookies.org, which Brigitte endorses as a well-organized resource and which we include here on her recommendation.
A Final Note On Real Cookies
The boulangerie below our offices produces excellent real cookies, specifically the sable breton, which is buttery, crumbly, and does not track your behavior between visits. It simply exists. This is, arguably, the superior model. We have thought about this more than is professionally warranted.
Cookie questions: Contact page | Tel: +33698824738 | 48 Rue Saint-Honore, 75001 Paris.
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