Cookies on Streetwise
Cookies are small files a website saves in your browser. We use very few of our own. Most cookies here come from Google, who show the ads that keep the site free.
If you are in Europe, the UK or Switzerland, you can review or change the choice you made in our consent message. Anyone can turn personalised ads off in Google's Ads Settings.
The consent message is only shown to visitors in Europe, the UK and Switzerland. Elsewhere, use Google's Ads Settings link above, or clear this site's cookies in your browser.
Cookies that keep the site working
These are needed for the site to work or to remember a choice you made. They never follow you to other websites.
| Name | Set by | What it does | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| dk-theme | Streetwise | Remembers light or dark mode. | Until you clear it |
| dk-club | Streetwise | Remembers you closed the newsletter box, so it does not keep popping up. | 14 days |
| dk-votes | Streetwise | Remembers which reader polls you have voted in. | Until you clear it |
| tdk_col, tdk_rvb | Streetwise | Keeps what you typed into the cost of living and rent or buy tools on your device, so you do not have to type it again. It is never sent to us. | Until you clear it |
| FCCDCF, FCNEC | Stores the choice you made in the consent message (Europe, UK and Switzerland). | Up to 13 months | |
| __cf_bm, cf_clearance | Cloudflare | Tells real visitors apart from bots, to protect the site. | 30 minutes to 1 year |
| __stripe_mid, __stripe_sid | Stripe | Fraud prevention, only on the Advertise booking form. | Up to 1 year |
The Streetwise items above are stored in your browser's local storage, which works like a cookie but is never sent with your requests.
Advertising cookies
Google AdSense and the ad companies Google works with use cookies such as __gads, __gpi, __eoi, IDE and DSID to show ads, limit how often you see the same ad, measure results and stop fraud. If personalised ads are on, they also use your visits to this and other websites to choose ads you may find more useful. These last up to 13 months.
In Europe, the UK and Switzerland these are only used for personalised ads if you agree in the consent message. See Google's list of advertising cookies and how Google uses cookies in advertising.
Counting visits
Our host, Cloudflare, may count visits with its Web Analytics, which does not use cookies or follow you across sites. We do not use Google Analytics or Facebook tracking code.
How to control cookies
- Use the Review my choices button above (Europe, UK and Switzerland).
- Turn off personalised ads in Google's Ads Settings, or at aboutads.info and youronlinechoices.eu.
- Block or delete cookies in your browser settings. The tools still work without them; you may just see less relevant ads.
More about what we collect is on our privacy page. Questions? Email [email protected].
Last reviewed 15 October 2026.