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What cookies this site sets, why each one exists, and how to manage or remove them. Short version: there are very few, and none are there for advertising.
Cookies are small text files that a website places in your browser when you visit. They are stored on your device and sent back to the site on subsequent visits. Cookies are used for a range of purposes — from keeping you logged in, to remembering your preferences, to measuring how many people visited a page.
This site uses a minimal number of cookies. There are no advertising cookies, no cross-site tracking, and no data sold to third parties.
One cookie is always set on this site, regardless of your consent choice. It stores your cookie preference so the consent banner does not reappear on every page load.
Purpose: stores your response to the cookie consent banner — either accepted or rejected.
Duration: 30 days. After expiry, the banner reappears and you are asked to make a new choice.
Set by: eryksavin.com (first-party cookie).
This cookie contains no personally identifiable information. It cannot be used to identify you or track your behaviour across other sites.
If you click "Accept cookies" in the consent banner, anonymised analytics cookies may be set to help understand how visitors use the site — which pages are visited, how long people stay, and what kind of device is used. This information is used only to improve the site.
Analytics data is aggregated and does not identify individual visitors. No personal profiles are built from it. If you click "Decline", no analytics cookies are set and no usage data is collected.
You can withdraw analytics consent at any time by clearing your browser cookies. The consent banner will reappear on your next visit, giving you the option to decline.
This site does not use advertising cookies of any kind. There is no Google Ads integration, no Meta Pixel, no TikTok Pixel, no retargeting scripts, and no behavioural advertising network. Your browsing activity on this site is not used to show you adverts elsewhere on the internet.
This site has no affiliate cookie tracking. Reviews are independent and no commission is earned from tool vendors based on visitor clicks or conversions.
No third-party social media scripts are loaded. There are no embedded share buttons or social tracking widgets.
You can manage cookies directly in your browser. All modern browsers allow you to view, block or delete cookies on a per-site or global basis. The relevant settings are usually found under Privacy, Security or Advanced settings in your browser's preferences.
Deleting all cookies from this site will remove your saved consent preference and any analytics cookies. The consent banner will reappear on your next visit. Blocking cookies from this site entirely will prevent the consent preference from being saved, meaning the banner may reappear on each visit.
You can also simply decline cookies using the banner shown on your first visit. If you accepted and then change your mind, clearing your browser cookies for this site is the most reliable way to reset your preference.
When you visit this site for the first time, a banner appears at the bottom of the screen. It offers two options: Accept cookies or Decline. Both options are equally prominent. Neither choice limits your access to any content on the site.
Your choice is recorded in the consent_status cookie and respected for 30 days. After that, the banner reappears to confirm your preference is still current. This approach is consistent with GDPR requirements for freely given, informed and revocable consent.
If you decline, only the consent_status cookie (with value rejected) is set. No analytics or other optional cookies are loaded.
If the cookies used on this site change materially — for example, if a new analytics tool is introduced — this policy will be updated and the date shown above will reflect the revision. For significant changes, the consent banner will be reset so that returning visitors are asked to make a fresh choice.
Continued use of the site after a policy update constitutes acceptance of the new version, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or about how your data is handled more broadly, use the contact form at eryksavin.com/contact/. For privacy-related matters see also the Privacy Policy.