This page explains what cookies and similar browser storage technologies Clean Nagaland uses, why, and what choices you have. Our approach to cookies is as minimal as we can make it while still letting the platform work.
The short version
Clean Nagaland uses only essential cookies needed for the platform to function. We do not run Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, or any third-party tracking on submission pages. We do not run advertising cookies. We do not sell or share cookie data.
When you submit a report, the form uses small amounts of browser storage to keep the submission working, check your location and camera permissions, and generate an anonymous device fingerprint to prevent spam. None of this tracks you across other websites.
What a cookie actually is
A cookie is a small text file that a website saves in your browser. The next time you visit, the browser sends the cookie back to the site so the site can remember you. Cookies can hold a login session, a shopping cart, a language preference, or a tracking identifier used to follow you across other sites.
Websites also use similar technologies such as localStorage, sessionStorage, and IndexedDB that store data directly in your browser. These work like cookies but stay on your device rather than being sent to the server with every request.
This page uses “cookies” as a general term for all of these browser storage methods.
What Clean Nagaland actually stores in your browser
Essential cookies set by WordPress
Clean Nagaland runs on WordPress, which sets a small number of cookies automatically:
- wordpress_test_cookie. A brief check to confirm your browser accepts cookies at all. Deleted immediately if cookies are not supported.
- Comment cookies. If you ever leave a comment anywhere on helpnagaland.com, your name and email may be saved in your browser so you do not have to type them again. These cookies are set only when you comment and never on submission forms.
WordPress does not set cookies for anonymous visitors who do not log in or comment. Most people reading Clean Nagaland will have zero WordPress cookies set.
Session data for submission forms
When you open the alcohol form or drug form, the form uses your browser’s memory to hold things like:
- The eight-second timer that prevents bot submissions.
- The live GPS coordinates you captured, before submission.
- The live photo you captured, before submission.
- The form fields you have filled in, before you click submit.
This data never leaves your browser until you click submit. If you close the page or refresh, it is discarded. None of it is stored in cookies that survive beyond the session.
Device fingerprint for spam prevention
When you submit a report, the form generates an anonymous device fingerprint by combining properties of your browser (such as user agent, language, screen size, timezone) and sends it along with your report. This fingerprint is hashed on our server with a salt that changes every day, so the same device cannot be traced across days. The point is to catch repeated spam submissions from the same device without being able to identify you.
The fingerprint is not stored in your browser as a cookie. It is regenerated each time you submit.
Map interactions
The public map uses Leaflet, a map library that loads from unpkg.com. The library itself may set brief session storage to remember your zoom level and the last tile you looked at. Nothing about the pins you clicked or the areas you viewed is sent to any tracking service.
What we do not do
- No Google Analytics. We do not track page views, user flows, or demographic data. We do not see how many visitors came from where or what they clicked.
- No Facebook Pixel, Meta Pixel, TikTok Pixel. No social media tracking of any kind.
- No advertising cookies. Clean Nagaland does not show ads and does not pass data to ad networks.
- No third-party analytics platforms. No Mixpanel, Amplitude, Hotjar, FullStory, or similar services.
- No cross-site tracking. Nothing on Clean Nagaland follows you to other websites.
- No fingerprinting across days. The spam-prevention fingerprint uses a rotating daily salt that prevents tracking a device across multiple days.
- No session recording. We do not record mouse movements, clicks, scrolls, keystrokes, or screen contents.
Third-party services that may set cookies
A small number of external services load on some pages. Each is chosen carefully and serves a specific platform function.
Google Fonts
The Inter font used throughout the site loads from fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com. Google may log the request in standard web server logs (IP address, browser user agent, referrer). Google’s published policy for this service is that it does not set cookies or use the data for advertising.
If you prefer not to contact Google at all, you can block fonts.googleapis.com in your browser. The site will fall back to system fonts and still be fully readable.
Leaflet map tiles
The public map loads map tile images from OpenStreetMap servers. OpenStreetMap may log tile requests in standard server logs. No cookies are set by the tile server.
Sister Nagaland Me sites
Links on some pages point to nagaland.me, nagalandai.com, and other Nagaland Me properties. If you click through, those sites may set their own cookies under their own policies.
What cookies we will never add
- Tracking cookies that follow you to other websites.
- Advertising or remarketing cookies.
- Cookies that attempt to identify you across devices.
- Cookies that record your reports, tracking codes, or submission history on your device.
This is a policy commitment, not just a technical description. If we ever change our approach to cookies in a way that adds new categories of tracking, we will announce the change for at least 30 days before it takes effect and update this page.
How long cookies last
- Session cookies (most of what WordPress sets on anonymous visitors) last only until you close your browser.
- Comment cookies (if you ever leave a comment) last up to one year unless you delete them.
- Form session data (live GPS, live photo, filled fields) lasts only until you submit, refresh, or close the page.
- Device fingerprint is not stored in your browser. It is regenerated at submission time.
Your choices
Browser-level controls
Every modern browser lets you:
- Block all cookies.
- Block third-party cookies only.
- Clear existing cookies.
- See which cookies are set by which site.
- Use private or incognito mode, which discards cookies when the window closes.
Clean Nagaland works with aggressive cookie blocking enabled. The one thing that will not work if you block all browser storage is the eight-second anti-bot timer on the submission forms, which may cause submissions to be rejected. Allowing the site to use session storage (but not third-party cookies) is the most balanced setting.
Do Not Track
Clean Nagaland respects the Do Not Track browser header where implemented. If your browser sends Do Not Track, we already do not track you beyond the essentials described above. The header changes nothing about how we operate because we already operate as if everyone sent it.
Global Privacy Control
We respect the Global Privacy Control signal where it applies. Since we do not sell data or share it for advertising purposes under any circumstances, the signal has no practical effect on us, but we acknowledge it.
Cookies for logged-in users
A small number of people use Clean Nagaland while logged in, including moderators, administrators, and partner organizations. For logged-in users, WordPress sets standard authentication cookies so the login session works. These are:
- wordpress_logged_in. Keeps you logged in.
- wp_sec. A security token paired with the session.
- wp-settings. Stores display preferences for the admin dashboard.
These apply only to logged-in users. Regular visitors submitting reports never see any of them.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes in a way that affects what cookies are set or what they do, the updated policy will be posted here and announced publicly for at least 30 days before taking effect. Minor clarifications and corrections may be made without notice. The effective date of the current version is at the bottom of the page.
Questions about cookies
If you want to know what specific data is stored in your browser by Clean Nagaland, open your browser’s developer tools (usually by pressing F12 or right-clicking and choosing Inspect), then look under the Application or Storage tab. You will see every cookie and storage item the site has set. There is nothing hidden.
If you have questions this page does not answer, use the Contact page.
Effective from: April 2026. Last updated: April 2026.