Cookie Policy
Why a cannabis news site owes you a careful cookie policy
A cookie is a small piece of text a website asks your browser to store and send back on later visits, so the site can recognize the browser again. Most cookie policies are boilerplate. Ours gets one extra paragraph of honesty: MMJ GAZETTE covers medical marijuana, and in some places the mere fact that a browser visits cannabis-related sites is a signal a reader may not want circulating. We cannot change how the advertising ecosystem works, but we can tell you exactly what happens here and how to turn off everything optional. This page does that.
Cookies we set ourselves
First-party cookies, set by this site directly, are limited to operational purposes:
- Preference cookies. If the site offers a choice worth remembering, such as a dismissed notice or a consent decision, a cookie records it so you are not asked on every page.
- Security and performance cookies. Short-lived cookies that help distinguish real readers from automated abuse and keep pages loading correctly.
None of these identify you personally. They contain random identifiers or simple settings, not names, and we do not join them to any identity because we do not have identities to join them to; the site has no reader accounts.
Third-party cookies
The site is advertising-supported, as explained in Ownership and Funding. Advertising and analytics partners may set their own cookies when their content loads:
- Analytics cookies help us count visits and see which articles are read, in aggregate. We use these numbers to plan coverage, not to profile individuals.
- Advertising cookies may be used by ad partners to measure ad performance and, depending on your consent choices, to select ads. These cookies belong to the partners and are governed by their privacy policies.
- Affiliate cookies may be set when you click an affiliate link, so the destination merchant can attribute the visit. This is how the site earns a commission; it never changes what we write, per our editorial standards.
Consent
Where the law of your jurisdiction requires consent for non-essential cookies, we ask before setting them, and “no” is a complete answer: refusing optional cookies does not block any article on this site. Essential cookies, the small operational set described above, are used on the basis of our legitimate interest in running a functioning website. You can change or withdraw a consent choice at any time through the cookie controls on the site or by clearing cookies in your browser, after which you will be asked again.
Turning cookies off
Every mainstream browser lets you view, block, and delete cookies, either wholesale or site by site, through its settings. You can also browse in a private window, which discards cookies when the window closes, or use browser features and extensions that block third-party cookies entirely. The site remains readable in all of these modes. If you are reading about medical cannabis from a jurisdiction or a device where discretion matters to you, a private window plus blocked third-party cookies is a reasonable default, and nothing about this site punishes you for it.
Do Not Track and similar signals
Where a recognized browser privacy signal such as Global Privacy Control applies under your local law, we honor it as that law requires. Older signals without settled legal meaning are handled by the consent controls described above, which remain the reliable way to state your choice here.
Related policies and contact
What data is collected and why is covered in the privacy policy. Questions about this cookie policy go to support@mmjgazette.com. If we change our cookie practices materially, this page will be updated with a new review date; it was last reviewed in 2026.
