Last updated: 22 October 2026
This policy explains what cookies and similar technologies the site colossalfacts.com (“Colossal Facts”) uses, what they are for, how long they are kept and how you can manage them. How we process personal data is explained in the Privacy Policy. You can send us questions through the Contact page.
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that the site stores in your browser. They allow the site to work (e.g. to remember the cart), let us measure traffic, and allow ads to be shown and measured. Cookies set by the site itself are “first-party”. Those set by other companies (Google, Stripe, PayPal) are “third-party”.
How you give and withdraw consent
Necessary cookies are used without consent because the site or the order cannot work without them. For Google AdSense advertising cookies we ask for your consent through Google’s privacy message – a certified consent management platform (CMP) under the IAB TCF standard. You can change your choice at any time through the privacy settings link that the message shows on the site, or by deleting cookies from your browser.
Cookies we use
The durations are the typical ones stated by the respective provider. Your browser may shorten them.
1. Necessary
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| woocommerce_cart_hash, woocommerce_items_in_cart | colossalfacts.com (WooCommerce) | Remember the contents of the cart in the shop. | session |
| wp_woocommerce_session_* | colossalfacts.com (WooCommerce) | Keeps the cart and order session between pages. | 2 days |
| edd_session_*, edd_items_in_cart | colossalfacts.com (Easy Digital Downloads) | Keep the cart session for digital products. | up to 24 hours |
| __stripe_mid, __stripe_sid | Stripe (on the colossalfacts.com domain) | Fraud prevention for card payments. Set on the cart and checkout pages. | 1 year / 30 minutes |
| PayPal cookies | PayPal (paypal.com) | Payment processing and fraud protection if you choose to pay with PayPal. | according to PayPal’s policy |
| FCCDCF, FCNEC | Google (consent message) | Save your consent choice and aggregated statistics about how the message performs. | 13 months / 1 year |
| wordpress_*, wp-settings-* | colossalfacts.com (WordPress) | Login and settings for the site administrators only. Not set for ordinary visitors. | session to 1 year |
The site’s hosting provider may also set a short-lived cookie for protection against bots and malicious traffic. It is used for security only and not for tracking.
2. Functional
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| comment_author_*, comment_author_email_*, comment_author_url_* | colossalfacts.com (WordPress) | Remember your name and email for your next comment. Set only if you tick this option below the comment form. | about 347 days |
3. Statistics
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics 4 (through MonsterInsights) | Distinguishes individual visitors so that we can measure traffic. | 2 years |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics 4 (through MonsterInsights) | Keeps the session state (number of visits, start of the session). | 2 years |
| sbjs_* | colossalfacts.com (WooCommerce) | Records where a visit comes from (e.g. a search engine or Facebook), so that the source of an order in the shop can be reported. | session |
4. Advertising – Google AdSense
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| __gads | Google (on the colossalfacts.com domain) | Showing ads, limiting the number of impressions, measurement and fraud protection. | 13 months |
| __gpi | Google (on the colossalfacts.com domain) | Showing and personalizing ads, fraud protection. | 13 months |
| __eoi | Google (on the colossalfacts.com domain) | Security and protection against ad fraud. | 6 months |
| IDE | Google (doubleclick.net) | Showing personalized ads and measuring their effect. | 13 months |
| test_cookie | Google (doubleclick.net) | Checks whether the browser accepts cookies. | 15 minutes |
Third-party providers, including Google, use cookies to show ads based on your previous visits to this or other sites. Personalized ads are shown only if you have given consent in the privacy message. Without consent Google may show non-personalized or limited ads. The full list of Google’s advertising cookies is at business.safety.google/adscookies, and how Google uses data – at policies.google.com/technologies/ads. You can turn off personalized ads from Google at adssettings.google.com, and from other advertising providers at youronlinechoices.eu.
The site does not use the Meta Pixel and does not set Meta cookies. If you follow a link to the Colossal Facts Facebook page or watch embedded Facebook content, Meta may set its own cookies according to its own policy.
Managing cookies from your browser
Besides the consent message, you can block or delete cookies from your browser settings: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge. If you block the necessary cookies, the cart and payment may not work.
Changes and contact
We will update this policy when we add or remove tools on the site. You can send us questions through the Contact page.