Cookie Policy
For the wider picture of your data, see our Privacy Policy.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files a site asks your browser to keep. They remind the site of your choices between visits, so you do not type the same things twice.
Cookies can be:
- First-party cookies: set by AndroidScroll on our own address
- Third-party cookies: set by outside services we use (such as shops)
- Session cookies: wiped when you close your browser
- Kept cookies: they stay until they run out or you clear them
2. Site choices (needed)
Small choices are saved in your own browser so the site looks right on your next visit. They cover how the page displays, your recent searches, and your own comment reactions. The site needs them to work well.
Opt-out choice: if you opt out of analytics on our Privacy Policy page, that choice is saved in your browser storage too.
Security: our delivery network, Cloudflare, may set security cookies that tell real readers apart from bots. They exist only to keep the site up. This site does not run on WordPress, so no WordPress login or settings cookies live here. Posting a comment needs no cookies: you type a name, an email, and your words, and that is all.
3. Analytics we run ourselves (no cookies)
We measure visits with Matomo and Umami, free software on our own servers. Neither sets a cookie.
We count pages opened, time on each page, where readers came from, phone and browser type, and rough place. We also count how far you scroll and which outside link you tap to leave. Any extra text after the question mark in an address is kept too. The address you tap is kept with the page you left. Neither tool stores your full IP address. Visit records are wiped for good after 24 months. The cleanup runs on a schedule, so a record can sit for up to a month past that. Matomo keeps its old monthly totals, with the page paths but nothing that points to you. Nobody outside this site sees these numbers.
Opt out: with no cookies there is nothing to block. To stay out of the counts all the same, use the opt-out box on our Privacy Policy page. Your choice rests in your browser storage, not a cookie.
4. Ad cookies (none today)
No ads run on AndroidScroll today, so no ad cookies are set. If ads ever return through Google AdSense, they may set cookies like these to pick ads and cap how often you see one:
| Cookie name | Use | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| __gads / __gpi | Ad delivery and frequency caps by Google | 13 months |
| ANID, IDE, DSID | Google picked ads | 13 months to 2 years |
| test_cookie | Checks if your browser takes cookies | Session |
You can set your Google ad choices at Google Ad Settings or opt out of picked ads at aboutads.info.
Note: we do not run Google Analytics, and we do not run Cloudflare Analytics. The names above cover ad cookies only, if ads ever return.
5. Shop tracking cookies
Shops set these cookies themselves, not us. We neither see nor keep personal data from them.
| Shop | Use | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Associates | Not in use today; no affiliate network runs on this site | None |
| Jumia | Not in use today; no affiliate network runs on this site | None |
| Konga | Not in use today; no affiliate network runs on this site | None |
6. Email tracking (paused)
Our newsletter is paused and no signup form runs on this site, so our email provider sets nothing while you browse. If you joined before the pause, past emails may have carried an open tracker that notes reads and taps. You can block that by switching off images in your mail app, or leave the list any time with the unsubscribe link.
7. How to control cookies
Your browser settings rule cookies:
- Chrome: Settings, then Privacy and Security, then Cookies
- Firefox: Settings, then Privacy and Security, then Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences, then Privacy, then Manage Website Data
- Edge: Settings, then Cookies and Site Permissions
Add-ons such as uBlock Origin or Privacy Badger can block third-party cookies for you.
Note: blocking the site choices above may make pages forget how you set them. Commenting still works: it needs no cookies.
8. Changes to this page
When our cookie use changes, this page changes first.
9. Contact
Cookie questions: contact@androidscroll.com.
Last updated: November 5, 2026. If this policy changes, we post the new date here.