Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help the site function properly, remember your preferences, and, where you've consented, help us understand how visitors use the site. This policy also covers similar technologies (such as local storage) that may be used by a custom-built analytics system in the future, wherever they serve the same purpose as a cookie.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: required for the website to function (e.g. security, load balancing, remembering your cookie consent choice). These cannot be disabled and don't require consent.
• Analytics Cookies: help us understand how visitors use the site (e.g. which pages are viewed, how long visitors stay) so we can improve performance and content. These are only set with your consent.
• Functional Cookies: remember choices you make (e.g. display preferences, or remembering your name and email for the blog comment form) to improve your experience. These are only set with your consent.

We do not use advertising or marketing cookies. Consistent with our Privacy Policy, we don't run third-party ad tracking, retargeting pixels, or sell your data to advertisers, so there's no advertising cookie category on this site.

3. Third-Party and Custom Analytics

We do not currently run any analytics tracking on this site. This section will be updated, with a new “Last Updated” date, before any analytics tool goes live, whether that's Google Analytics, a custom-built analytics system, or both. Once active, this section will name the specific tool(s) in use and link to their privacy documentation where applicable. Analytics cookies (or similar tracking technologies, such as local storage, if a self-hosted system is used) will only be set with your consent through the banner described below.

4. How to Control Cookies

You can manage your cookie preferences at any time using the “Cookie Preferences” link in the site footer, which reopens the consent banner described below. You can also block or delete cookies through your browser settings, though disabling strictly necessary cookies may affect site functionality.

5. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by an updated “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.