Cookie Policy

This page explains what this website stores on your device. Cookies are small text files a site can save in your browser; some sites also use related browser storage, and both are covered here.

This site sets no advertising cookies and shares nothing with advertisers. Everything listed below is first-party. Two items are strictly necessary and are always stored; the analytics cookies are set only if you accept them, and nothing analytics-related is loaded before you do. For how I handle personal data more broadly, see the Privacy Policy.

What this site stores

Name	Type	Purpose	Expires
se_seen	Cookie	Records that you have already seen the short opening animation, so it plays once rather than on every visit.	1 year
theme	Local storage	Remembers whether you chose the light or dark appearance.	Until you clear your browser storage
cc_cookie	Cookie	Records the cookie choice you made on the banner, so you are not asked again on every page.	6 months
_ga	Cookie — analytics, only with your consent	Google Analytics. Distinguishes one browser from another so a returning reader is not counted as a new one.	2 years
_ga_5SKPSPZ8MN	Cookie — analytics, only with your consent	Google Analytics. Holds the state of your current visit for this site's property.	2 years

Analytics

Two things measure this site. Cloudflare Web Analytics runs at the server and sets no cookies at all — it cannot identify you, so it needs no consent and there is nothing to opt out of. Google Analytics 4 is the one that needs your permission, and it is off until you give it.

"Off" here means genuinely off, not merely cookie-less: if you decline, or if you simply ignore the banner, Google's script is never downloaded and your browser makes no request to Google at all. Advertising, ad-personalisation and ad-user-data signals are switched off permanently, for everybody, whatever you choose — this site does no advertising and never shares your data with advertisers.

Changing your mind

Use the Cookie settings link in the footer of any page. Withdrawing is as easy as consenting: turning analytics off deletes the Google Analytics cookies immediately and stops any further measurement.

Managing what is stored

You can also clear or block cookies and site storage in your browser settings at any time. If you remove them, the opening animation will play again on your next visit, the site will revert to matching your system light or dark preference, and the cookie banner will ask you again — nothing else changes.