PanicStation.org does not require an account and is designed to be usable without providing personal information as part of normal browsing.

What is stored in your browser

To make the site work smoothly, we use your browser’s built-in storage for a small number of site preferences:

Local storage: used to remember your jurisdiction preference (UK/USA) and your category filter if you choose one.
Session storage: used to remember short-lived interface state for the current tab or session, such as whether “results mode” is active.

This information stays in your browser unless your browser or a third-party service sends it as part of normal web requests. It is not intended to function as an account system or user profile.

Cookies and similar technologies

PanicStation.org may use cookies or similar technologies where needed for site features, security, consent handling, and advertising.

Some cookies or storage may be strictly necessary for parts of the site to work properly. Others may relate to advertising or consent preferences.

Where required by law, visitors in relevant regions will be shown a consent message so they can:

accept the use of relevant cookies and advertising-related technologies
reject them
manage more detailed settings

Advertising

PanicStation.org may display advertising provided by Google AdSense.

Google and its partners may use cookies, local storage, or similar technologies to:

serve ads
limit repeated prompts or repeated ad actions
measure ad performance
support personalised or non-personalised advertising, depending on the visitor’s region, browser settings, and consent choices

For visitors in regions where consent is required for certain advertising purposes, ad requests are intended to follow the user’s consent choices. If consent is not given for advertising-related purposes, some ads may be limited, non-personalised, or not shown.

Some guides or categories may have advertising disabled entirely.

Search behaviour

Search runs mainly in your browser against a prebuilt index of guides. Your search terms are not intended to be sent to PanicStation.org as part of normal site search operation, aside from standard web requests and technical logs that may arise when loading site assets.

Server logs and technical processing

Like most websites, the hosting and delivery infrastructure may automatically process basic technical information when pages are loaded, such as:

IP address
device and browser details (user agent)
date and time of requests
requested URLs
referrer information where provided by the browser
response status codes

This is typically used for security, abuse prevention, debugging, reliability, and performance. Exact retention periods and technical detail depend on the hosting and delivery providers used by the site.

Third-party services

The site may rely on third-party providers for functions such as hosting, content delivery, consent management, and advertising. Those providers may process technical data and may set or access cookies or similar technologies where relevant to the service they provide.

Where non-essential third-party technologies are used in a way that requires consent, PanicStation.org aims to provide a way to manage that consent.

Your choices

You can use the UK/USA toggle to change jurisdiction manually.
You can choose not to use category filters.
You can clear saved preferences and site data at any time through your browser settings.
Where a consent message is shown, you can use it to accept, reject, or manage available options.

Changes

This privacy information may be updated as the site develops, especially if site features, advertising, consent tools, or other third-party services change.

Contact

If you need clarification about privacy on this site, contact support@panicstation.org.