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Cookie policy
This website uses no analytics, advertising or tracking cookies. The few cookies that can be set are functional, and this page lists them.
Last updated: September 26, 2026
The short version
You can read every page on this website without accepting any cookies, because none that require consent are set. There is no cookie banner here for the same reason: a banner asking you to accept things we do not use would be theatre rather than compliance.
What a cookie is
A cookie is a small file a website asks your browser to store, which the browser sends back on later requests. They are useful for remembering that you are logged in; they are also the usual mechanism behind advertising tracking. The difference is what the cookie is used for, not the technology itself.
Cookies this website may set
| Cookie | When it is set | Purpose and duration |
|---|---|---|
comment_author_* |
Only if you submit a comment on an article | Remembers the name and email you entered so you do not retype them. Set by WordPress, typically for around one year. |
wordpress_logged_in_* |
Only if you log in to the administration area | Keeps an administrator signed in. Irrelevant to ordinary visitors, who never log in. |
wp-settings-* |
Only for logged-in administrators | Remembers administration screen preferences. |
wordpress_test_cookie |
Briefly, at the login screen | Checks whether your browser accepts cookies at all. Session only. |
All of the above are functional cookies set by WordPress itself, and none is set simply by browsing the site as a visitor.
What this website does not use
- No analytics service and no visitor measurement cookies.
- No advertising or remarketing pixels.
- No social media tracking buttons.
- No embedded video players that set cookies on page load.
- No session recording or heatmap tools.
Third-party requests
This website loads two typefaces from Google Fonts. That is a request to Google's servers, which means your IP address is visible to Google as part of delivering the font files. Google states that it does not set cookies for Google Fonts requests. Nothing else on the site is loaded from a third party.
The WhatsApp buttons on this website are ordinary links. Nothing is loaded from WhatsApp or Meta until you choose to follow one, at which point you leave this site.
Managing cookies
Every major browser lets you view, block and delete cookies from its settings or privacy section. Because this website sets no non-essential cookies, blocking them will not affect your ability to read any page here.