Cookie policy
Last updated: 15 November 2026.
This policy explains cookies and similar browser storage used by Kompromat.lv. Optional analytics and embedded third-party media are off until you allow them. You can read our articles and use search without accepting optional services.
Your choices
- Accept all allows Analytics and External media.
- Reject optional keeps both categories off. Necessary storage remains available.
- Settings lets you enable either category independently. The optional boxes are not selected before your first choice.
We remember your decision for up to 180 days in this browser. Clearing browser storage, using another browser, expiry or a change to the consent version may mean you are asked again. If your browser blocks storage, your choice can apply only to the current page.
Necessary storage
This supports site functionality, secure forms and your privacy choices. It is not used by us for advertising.
| Item | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Maintains the site's PHP session. | Browser session |
| KOMP_FEEDBACK_FORM | Protects the Contact form against forged submissions. | Up to 2 hours |
| komp_cookie_choice_v1 (local storage) | Remembers your optional-service choices and their expiry. Contains choices, a version and timestamps; no randomly generated visitor identifier. | Up to 180 days |
Analytics — optional
If you allow Analytics, we load Google Analytics 4 to understand visits and how pages are used. Google receives information about the page and browser, a cookie-based identifier and technical connection information. Google may process data outside your country. See Google's Privacy Policy and how Google uses information from partner sites.
We configure this tag with advertising storage, advertising user data and ad personalisation denied, and Google signals disabled. We do not load this tag or send Google Analytics requests when Analytics is off. The old Google Analytics tag is no longer loaded by the public template.
| Cookie | Purpose | Configured duration |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Distinguishes browsers for analytics. | Up to 180 days |
| _ga_MZ9PRJBEZW | Stores analytics session information. | Up to 180 days |
External media — optional
Some articles include third-party videos, audio or social posts. Before you allow External media, their scripts and players are held back; a placeholder or the original quoted text remains. Allowing this category permits embedded providers to receive connection information such as your IP address and page context, and to use their own storage.
Providers vary by article. Our archive includes YouTube/Google, X/Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, TikTok, Dailymotion, SoundCloud and other media hosts. A placeholder identifies the host where available. Provider cookies, purposes and expiry can vary, especially if you are signed in to that provider; please consult the relevant provider's privacy information. You can leave External media off and follow an ordinary external link yourself instead.
External media is separate from our Google Analytics choice. A third-party player may use its own analytics under that provider's policy. Accepting external media does not enable our Analytics category.
Change or withdraw consent
Use Cookie settings in the footer or on this page at any time. Turn a category off and choose Save choices, or choose Withdraw all optional consent. Withdrawing is as accessible as accepting.
When you turn off a service already loaded, the page reloads to stop its code. We disable our Google Analytics tag and remove accessible analytics cookies on the Kompromat.lv domain, including cookies left by the older tag. This does not undo data already sent before withdrawal. Our site cannot delete cookies belonging to other domains or HttpOnly cookies; those can be managed through the relevant provider or your browser.
Contact and further information
For questions about this website's cookie use, contact the Kompromat.lv editorial team through our Contact page. You can also find guidance from Latvia's Datu valsts inspekcija.