Cookie & Privacy Policy
Last updated September 22, 2026. Chipokia is a free service and makes no money from your data.
The short version
Chipokia uses one cookie, only if you allow it, so that your votes stay yours. There is no advertising, no analytics, no tracking pixels, and nothing is shared with or sold to anyone.
The one cookie we use
| Name | What it does | How long |
|---|---|---|
| cid | A random ID with no personal information in it. It lets the site show which stories you have already voted on and stops one person voting twice on the same story. | 2 years |
| ck | Remembers whether you allowed or declined the cookie above, so you are not asked again. | 1 year |
Neither cookie is set until you choose Allow. If you decline, the site still works normally, but voting is turned off because there is no way to tell your votes apart from anyone else's.
Saved in your browser, not sent to us
Your light or dark mode choice, your accessibility settings, and the time of your last visit are stored in your own browser's local storage. They never leave your device and Chipokia cannot read them.
What we do not do
No Google Analytics or any other analytics service. No advertising or advertising networks. No social media trackers or pixels. No email or newsletter signup. No accounts, names, addresses or phone numbers. We do not sell or share personal information, because we do not collect any.
What the site stores about a vote
When you vote, Chipokia stores the story, whether it was up or down, the time, and the random ID from your cookie. That record is not linked to your name, your email or your IP address.
Other companies' content
Story thumbnails are loaded directly from the publisher's own servers, so those publishers may see that an image was requested. When you click through to read a full article, you leave Chipokia and that publisher's own privacy policy applies. Chipokia is not affiliated with any of them.
Hosting and security
Chipokia runs on Cloudflare, which processes traffic to keep the site online and protect it from attacks. Cloudflare may log request data, including IP addresses, for that purpose under its own privacy policy.
Your choices
You can change your mind at any time using Cookie settings at the bottom of any page. Declining also removes the vote cookie from your browser. Clearing your browser's cookies and site data removes everything Chipokia has stored on your device.
Global Privacy Control
Chipokia does no tracking and does not sell or share personal information, so a Global Privacy Control signal from your browser is already honored by default.
Children
Chipokia is a general-audience news site and is not directed at children under 13.
Accessibility
Chipokia aims to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA. The Accessibility button at the bottom of every page offers larger text, high contrast, underlined links and a more readable font. The site also works with keyboard navigation and screen readers. If something is hard to use, please let us know so it can be fixed.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top of this page changes with it.