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www.agent-verdict.com sets three things in your browser, all of them first party and all of them needed to make voting and the consent banner work. There is no advertising, no analytics and no third party tracking on this site.
Last updated: 19 August 2026
The full list
| Name | Category | What it does | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
av_voter | Strictly necessary | A random identifier so the board can tell that this browser has already voted on a given axis. It is generated in your browser, is not derived from anything about you, and is never used to build a profile. Set as HTTP only, so page scripts cannot read it. | 12 months |
av_consent | Strictly necessary | Records the choice you made in the cookie banner so we do not ask again on every page. Set whichever choice you make, because it is the mechanism that remembers your choice. | 12 months |
av_cookie_consent | Strictly necessary | A browser local storage entry, not strictly a cookie, holding the same consent choice so the banner does not reappear before the page has read the cookie. | Until you clear site data |
What we do not set
- No advertising or retargeting cookies.
- No social network pixels or share widgets that track you.
- No third party analytics scripts, so no analytics cookies.
- No cross site identifiers, and nothing shared with a data broker.
That is why the banner offers a plain accept or decline rather than a category picker. There are no optional categories to configure: everything listed above is needed for the board to function, and declining simply records that you declined.
Your choice, and changing it
The banner appears once and records your answer. To change it, clear this site's data in your browser and the banner will ask again. Clearing site data also removes the av_voter identifier, which means the board will let this browser vote again on axes it has already voted on. We have no way to identify or recover votes cast under a cleared identifier.
Blocking cookies entirely
Every browser lets you block or delete cookies, usually under privacy or site settings. The board is fully readable with cookies blocked, and every page is server rendered, so nothing on the site disappears. Two things stop working: duplicate vote prevention, and the banner remembering that you dismissed it.
Server logs
Separately from cookies, our hosting provider records standard request logs including IP address, user agent and requested URL, kept for up to 30 days for security and abuse prevention. That is covered in section 2.4 of the privacy policy.
Questions
Agent Verdict is the named data controller for this site. Anything about cookies, or a request to have data removed, goes to hello@agent-verdict.com. Your full rights are set out on the privacy page.