Last updated: 18 August 2026
Read alongside the Privacy Policy. Between them they describe everything stored on your device by this site.
1. What is being stored
A cookie is a small text file kept by your browser and returned to the site on later requests — the mechanism behind "this banner is already dismissed" and "this visit came from a specific link". Local storage is similar but does not travel with each request.
2. Categories in use
| Category | Function | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Serving pages, security, load balancing and storing your cookie decision. Required. | Session – 12 months |
| Preferences | Remembering interface state such as a closed bar or an opened FAQ entry. | Up to 12 months |
| Analytics | Aggregate readership — which sections are read and where attention drops. | Up to 26 months |
| Affiliate attribution | Recording that an outbound click began here so the referral is credited. | 30 – 90 days |
No advertising profiles are assembled here and no cookie data leaves us for sale.
3. Third-party cookies
Analytics and affiliate scripts set their own. So does any operator, once you are on its domain and under its policy.
4. Disabling them
Turning off analytics and attribution costs you no content at all.
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Third-party cookies.
- Safari: Settings → Privacy → Manage Website Data.
- Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data.
- Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions.
- Mobile: browser settings → privacy → clear browsing data.
Private windows drop everything on close.
5. Do Not Track
There is no agreed standard for honouring the header, so your cookie settings are what we act on.
6. Updates
New tool, new row in that table. Questions: [email protected].