Cookie policy
What cookies and similar storage we use, what they do, and how to control them. Plain-language companion to our privacy policy.
Last updated 2026-06-04
What this page covers
"Cookies" here means cookies and any equivalent browser storage — localStorage, sessionStorage, etag-based fingerprints. This page lists what we use, what each is for, and how to turn them off. Read it alongside the privacy policy, which covers data more broadly.
Strictly necessary
One small piece of session storage records which market you came from (US/UK/IT/NL/DE/FR/DK) so that if you click through to a market-neutral page like a brand review, we keep your locale's colour palette intact for the rest of the session. It is purged when you close the browser. No identifier, no tracking ID, no third party.
Analytics
We use privacy-friendly analytics that count page views without setting a persistent cookie or attempting to identify you across visits. We measure aggregate signal — what gets read, what gets read for longer, which markets the readership comes from — not individual journeys. No third-party advertising tags, no behavioural-retargeting trackers.
Affiliate clicks
When you click an affiliate link, the operator's own affiliate network may set a cookie on their domain so that the operator can attribute your sign-up to this site. We don't read or write to that cookie ourselves — it lives on the operator's side. The operator's own cookie policy applies once you leave us.
Third-party content
Pages may embed Reddit's permalink iframe-free quotes, Google web fonts, and similar standard third-party assets. These services may log requests in their own server logs. Where reasonable we self-host fonts to limit this; where we don't, we list it on the privacy page.
How to control cookies
The simplest tool is your browser. Every modern browser lets you block, allow per-site, or clear cookies on demand: in Chrome and Edge under Settings → Privacy & Security, in Firefox under Settings → Privacy & Security, in Safari under Settings → Privacy. You can also block JavaScript on this domain via uBlock Origin or similar — the site is built so that the editorial content remains readable without it.
Do Not Track
If your browser sends a Do Not Track header, we treat it as an opt-out from non-essential storage on this domain. Strictly-necessary session storage still runs because the site needs it to function; everything else stops.
Changes
If we materially change what we use this page changes too — the last-updated date at the top is authoritative. Questions go via the contact us.