Cookie Policy — International Potato Tour Community
Public beta notice — 4 November 2026. This notice describes the storage currently identified during technical testing. The inventory must be reviewed again whenever new extensions or external services are enabled.
Essential cookies and browser storage
| Storage | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
ipt_lang (cookie) |
Remembers your preferred interface language. | Approximately 1 year. |
peepso_first_visit (local storage) |
Records PeepSo first-visit display state. | Until cleared by the browser or service. |
wordpress_logged_in_*, wordpress_sec_* (logged-in sessions) |
Authentication and session security. | Session or selected remember-me period. |
| Additional WordPress/PeepSo functional storage | Interface preferences and security when those features are used. | Depends on the specific feature. |
Optional services
Optional advertising, behavioral analytics and marketing tracking should remain disabled until a granular consent mechanism is implemented and tested. No consent to optional tracking is inferred from browsing or applying for membership. Any third-party embeds must be assessed separately.
Your choices
You can clear cookies and site data in your browser. Essential authentication and language functions may then reset. Before activating non-essential cookies, the platform will require consent controls with an equally accessible refusal mechanism.
Contact
Questions and privacy requests: v.kovalev@potatoes.news. This inventory is updated when features and service providers change.
Opt-in AI translation
When a logged-in member explicitly requests translation, the selected text is sent via the site’s protected AI Orchestrator to an external translation provider. This request is not a tracking cookie and does not require setting an advertising cookie. The translation panel requires a separate explicit consent checkbox. The original text stays under the member’s control, and translations are never published automatically.
Third-party features
Automatic Giphy integration in chat is disabled during the controlled pilot to avoid unnecessary external requests. Any future analytics, video embeds, marketing tags, maps or other non-essential services must be inventoried and subject to consent and updated disclosures before activation.