Cookies policy.
A short list, and no ad trackers.
Last updated Oct 19, 2026
Cookies are small files a website saves in your browser. Brief & Butter uses very few, and none of them are for advertising or for following you around the web. Here’s everything the site stores, and why.
Cookies on briefandbutter.com
- session-id
- Counts visits and the pages viewed in them, so we can see which stories readers find useful. It comes from our hosting provider’s site statistics and is a random number, not linked to your name or email.
- Lasts: 30 minutes
- __dpl
- Set by our hosting provider so your visit is served by one consistent version of the site, including while we publish an update.
- Lasts: 24 hours
Saved in your browser
Some features keep their information in your browser’s own storage instead of a cookie. It stays on your device and isn’t sent to us.
- bb-reading-list
- Your reading list: the stories you save.
- Lasts: until you remove them or clear your browser data
- bb-events-saved-v1
- The events you mark on the Events page.
- Lasts: until you remove them or clear your browser data
- sb-…-auth-token
- Keeps our editors signed in. Readers never get one.
- Lasts: until the editor signs out
Other companies
Case films play through YouTube or Vimeo. When a film player loads, those companies may set their own cookies under their own policies.
Some images load directly from the websites that first published them, and those sites may receive standard information about your visit.
Editors can sign in with Google or Apple, which set their own cookies during sign-in.
Your choices
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, and the site will still work. Clearing your browser data also deletes your reading list and saved events.
Changes and questions
We’ll update this page if what the site stores changes. Questions are welcome at briefandbutter@gmail.com, and our Privacy policy explains how we handle personal information.