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LEGAL · UPDATED OCTOBER 5, 2026

Cookies policy

Reviewed October 5, 2026. Cookies are small text files or similar technologies used to remember choices, support sessions, protect forms, or understand broad site use. Parnon aims to keep them limited and explain their purpose plainly. This policy should be read together with the Privacy Policy, which describes the broader legal basis and retention periods for information collected through the website. For example, a visitor who only reads articles without ever interacting with the cookie banner still receives essential session handling from the hosting infrastructure, since that mechanism is necessary for the page to load correctly rather than being optional. Where a cookie or similar technology is described below as optional, it is not set until the visitor actively makes a choice through the banner described in Section 2. Parnon reviews this list periodically as tools change, and the version published here reflects the technologies in use as of the October 5, 2026 review.

1. Essential mechanisms

Hosting infrastructure may use short-lived session identifiers to route requests or protect access. These normally expire when the browser session ends. They are required for a reliable website and are not used by Parnon to create advertising profiles. For example, a session identifier may be used briefly to ensure that a multi-step form submission is correctly associated with the same visitor from start to finish, rather than being lost partway through. Because these identifiers are strictly necessary for the website to function, they are not subject to the accept-or-reject choice described in Section 2, consistent with common practice for essential cookies under most cookie-consent frameworks. These mechanisms do not persist after the browser session ends and are not combined with a name or email address to build a profile of the visitor over time. Because these mechanisms are strictly necessary for the website's basic operation, Parnon does not offer a toggle to disable them individually; a visitor who wishes to avoid all cookies entirely, including essential ones, can do so only through their own browser's settings, with the understanding that some site functionality such as form submission may not work correctly as a result. Essential mechanisms are scoped narrowly to the technical task they perform, such as routing a request or validating a form submission, and are not repurposed for any secondary analytical or advertising use.

a. Session routing identifiers: expire at the end of the browser session, not stored longer.
b. Form-protection tokens: used briefly to confirm a submission is genuine, discarded shortly after use.
c. None of these essential mechanisms are used to build an advertising profile.

2. Cookie choice

The cookieChoice item remembers whether a visitor selected Accept or Reject. It may remain for 12 months. Rejecting optional cookies does not prevent reading ordinary editorial pages. For example, a visitor who selects Reject on their first visit in 2026 will not see optional analytics identifiers set on that visit or on subsequent visits until the cookieChoice preference itself expires roughly 12 months later, at which point the banner reappears and the choice is requested again. A visitor who clears browser storage or switches to a different browser or device will also see the banner again, since the preference is stored locally rather than centrally. Selecting Reject has no effect on access to any article, image, or page on the site, since none of that content depends on optional analytics being enabled.

3. Analytics

If optional analytics are enabled, they may record broad page views, device categories, referral information, and approximate timing. Analytics identifiers are configured for no more than 13 months and are not intended to identify a visitor by name. For example, analytics data might show that an article about functional fitness received a certain number of views from a particular country over a week, without attaching that count to an individual visitor's name or email address. The 13-month maximum lifespan is a common, conservative standard for analytics identifiers and means that even a visitor who accepted analytics once will not be tracked by the same identifier indefinitely without a fresh consent. Parnon uses this information in aggregate to understand which topics are useful to readers and to prioritize future articles, rather than to build an individual reading profile tied to a real-world identity.

a. Data recorded: approximate page views, device category, referral source, and timing, in aggregate form.
b. Maximum lifespan: 13 months per identifier, after which fresh consent is required.
c. Not used to identify a visitor by name or to build an individually identified profile.

4. Preferences

Preference technologies may remember accessibility or display choices where such a feature exists. They are limited to the purpose described at collection and are reviewed during the 2026 editorial year. For example, if a future display setting such as a larger text size is added to the site, a preference cookie could remember that choice so a returning visitor does not need to reselect it on every page. Any such preference technology would be scoped narrowly to the setting it supports and would not be combined with analytics or advertising identifiers. As of the October 5, 2026 review, no optional display-preference cookie beyond the cookieChoice record itself is active on the site, and this section will be updated if that changes.

5. Managing cookies

Visitors can clear cookies through browser settings and can reject optional cookies using the banner. Clearing cookies may cause the banner to reappear or remove a saved preference. Browser controls vary, so consult the browser provider's instructions. For example, a visitor using a mobile browser can typically find a cookie or site-data clearing option within the browser's privacy or settings menu, though the exact menu path differs between providers and versions. Clearing cookies affects the current browser and device only; a visitor who uses both a phone and a computer to read Parnon may need to manage each separately. Rejecting optional cookies through the banner takes effect immediately for that browsing session and is remembered going forward through the cookieChoice record described in Section 2.

6. Third parties

External content may set its own technologies when a visitor follows a link or loads a third-party service. Parnon does not control those tools and recommends reviewing the provider's policy before continuing. For example, if an article embeds a video hosted by an external provider, loading that embed may cause the external provider's own cookies to be set according to that provider's policy rather than Parnon's. Parnon selects external services with reasonable care but cannot guarantee the content or behavior of a third party's own technology once a visitor leaves the Parnon domain or loads an embedded element from it. A visitor concerned about a specific third-party technology should consult that provider's own cookie or privacy disclosure, which is typically linked from the embedded content itself.

7. Contact and changes

Questions can be sent to Jalan Sudirman No. 12, Jakarta Pusat, DKI Jakarta 10220, Indonesia or +62 813 6789 2541. This policy may change when tools change; the latest dated version governs future use. For example, if Parnon adopts a new analytics provider or adds a preference feature during 2026 or afterward, this page will be updated with a new review date and a description of what changed, consistent with the approach used for the Privacy Policy's change log. Parnon aims to acknowledge a cookie-related question sent to the contact details above within 10 business days. The October 5, 2026 review confirmed the cookie categories, lifespans, and contact details described throughout this page. A visitor outside Indonesia who is subject to a different regional cookie-consent framework, such as one requiring a more granular category-by-category consent choice than the single accept-or-reject banner currently offered, is welcome to raise that through the contact details above, and Parnon will consider whether the consent mechanism needs to be adapted for that audience. This page forms part of the same dated review cycle as the Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use, and all three pages carry a consistent October 5, 2026 review date reflecting that they were examined together.