Cookie policy
Last updated: 29 September 2026
This page lists the cookies and similar technologies (browser storage) wingwait.com uses. UK law (PECR) requires consent for anything that isn't strictly necessary. In the UK, EEA and Switzerland, analytics and advertising cookies are only set after you agree.
Your choices. Open privacy & cookie choices to change or withdraw consent at any time. If the choices panel doesn't appear (for example, an ad blocker has blocked it), you can clear cookies for wingwait.com in your browser settings. Wingwait works fully without any optional cookies.
Strictly necessary / functional (no consent needed)
Stored only in your own browser (localStorage). Nothing here is sent to us.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| ah-theme | Light or night map | Until cleared |
| ww-sosalert, ww-ovh | Whether emergency / overhead alerts are on | Until cleared |
| ww-watch, ww-takeoff | Flights you asked to be alerted about | Until cleared |
| ww-routes, ww-hex, ww-multi | Cached route and aircraft look-ups, and network capabilities, to make searches faster and lighter on the networks | Until cleared |
| ww-hints, ww-inst, ww-geoask, ww-seen-ver, ww-tech | Remember that you've seen the tips, the install prompt, the location prompt and the "what's new" message, and whether the technical panel is open | Until cleared |
| ww-member, ww-member-cache | Supporters only: this device's sign-in token and a copy of your membership status, so ads stay off and alerts work | Until you sign out or clear it |
| ww-push | Whether closed-app alerts are turned on for this device | Until cleared |
| Stripe cookies (on checkout.stripe.com only) | Set by Stripe on its own checkout and billing pages for payments and fraud prevention. Not set on wingwait.com. | See Stripe |
| FCCDCF, FCNEC (Google consent) | Store your consent choices | Up to 13 months |
Analytics (consent in UK/EEA/CH)
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes visitors with a random ID | 2 years |
| _ga_<ID> | Google Analytics | Keeps session state | 2 years |
Advertising (consent in UK/EEA/CH)
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| __gads, __gpi | Google AdSense | Ad delivery, frequency capping and measurement | 13 months |
| __eoi | Google AdSense | Security and fraud prevention | 6 months |
| IDE, DSID, test_cookie and similar (on doubleclick.net / google.com) | Personalised advertising and measurement (third-party) | Up to 13 months |
Google may change the exact names. See Google's list of advertising cookies. Details of what we do with this data are in the privacy policy.