Cookie Policy

What cookies are

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your device when you visit. It usually holds a short piece of information, such as a setting you chose or an anonymous identifier, so it can be read again on your next page or your next visit.

Cookies cannot run programs and cannot read the other files on your device. Some are deleted the moment you close your browser, and some stay for a set period before expiring. Similar technologies, such as local storage and small tracking pixels inside images, do a comparable job, and everything said here about cookies applies to those too.

Types of cookies this site may use

Depending on how the site is currently configured, these are the categories that may apply.

Advertising cookies

Where advertising is shown on the site, the advertising provider may set its own cookies to choose which advertisements you see, to limit how often the same one appears, and to measure whether they were viewed. These are set by that provider rather than by us, and they are optional in the same way analytics cookies are.

How cookies are used

Where cookies are in use on this site, the purpose is limited to:

• keeping the site working and remembering your cookie choice;
• understanding general traffic patterns, such as how many people visited a page;
• remembering simple preferences, where such a feature exists;
• displaying and measuring advertisements, where advertising is shown;
• helping to protect the site against spam and abuse.

Cookies are not used to record the options you type into the decision tool. Those stay in the page you have open and are cleared when you refresh or close the tab. We do not build a profile of your decisions, and we do not sell information collected through cookies.

Third-party cookies

Some cookies come from other companies whose services the site relies on, rather than from us. Depending on the current setup, that may include an analytics provider, an advertising network, a content delivery network, or an embedded element from another site.

We do not control these cookies, and the company that sets one decides what it contains and how long it lasts. Each provider handles that data under its own privacy terms. Many advertising providers also offer their own settings page where you can turn off personalised advertising across the sites they serve.

Managing your cookie preferences

Where a consent banner is shown on this site, your choice there decides which optional cookies are allowed. You can change your mind later by clearing this site’s cookies in your browser, which brings the banner back on your next visit.

Turning optional cookies off does not limit what you can do here. The decision tool, every page and every link work exactly the same either way.

Browser controls

Your browser gives you direct control over cookies, independently of anything on this site. In the settings or preferences of most browsers you can:

• see which cookies are stored and delete them, individually or all at once;
• block cookies from all sites, or only from third parties;
• clear cookies automatically each time you close the browser;
• browse in a private or incognito window, which discards cookies when you close it.

Look for a section named Privacy, Cookies, or Site settings. The exact wording differs between Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge and others, and mobile browsers place it in a similar spot.

One thing worth knowing: blocking all cookies everywhere can break sign-in and shopping features on other websites. It will not affect anything on this one.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated if the services used by the site change, for example if analytics or advertising is added, replaced or removed. When that happens, the revised version appears on this page and the date at the top is updated.

It is worth checking back occasionally if this is something you follow closely.