Cookie Policy
The cookies this site uses and how to control them.
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files stored by your browser. They let a website remember things between page loads — whether you have already seen a banner, for example, or which page you arrived from.
Cookies we use
- Essential: needed for the site to function and to keep it secure — cookies set while you are logged in, a security cookie from the firewall that guards the admin area, and a preference cookie if you leave a comment. None of these are set for an anonymous reader.
- Affiliate attribution: set by the retailer, not by us, when you follow an affiliate link, so a purchase can be attributed to this site.
That is the whole list. We do not run analytics, we do not run advertising or retargeting pixels, and there is no third-party tag manager on any page. If that changes, this page changes with it.
When you dismiss the cookie notice on this site, your acknowledgement is kept in your browser's local storage rather than in a cookie. It never leaves your device and we never see it.
Third-party cookies
We do not set advertising cookies ourselves. The retailers behind our affiliate links set their own cookies so a purchase can be credited to this site, and their policies — not ours — govern those cookies. They are set only after you follow a link to that retailer, never while you are reading here.
Controlling cookies
Every major browser lets you block or delete cookies in its settings, and most can be set to clear local storage when you close the window. Blocking all cookies may affect how parts of this site and other websites behave — on this site you may have to dismiss the cookie notice again on your next visit. For browser-specific instructions, see your browser's help documentation.