Cookie Policy

1. What cookies are

Cookies are small pieces of data stored by a browser. Similar technologies may store a preference, protect a session, prevent abuse or record an event when a configured service is used.

The final policy must match the technologies actually present on the production website.

2. Launch position

Non-essential analytics and advertising tags are disabled by default. They load only when the relevant service is configured and you have provided the required consent.

The website does not use fingerprinting.

3. Essential and security technologies

Essential technologies may support security, rate limiting, anti-spam verification, admin authentication, locale handling and consent records.

They should be limited to what is reasonably needed to operate or protect the requested service. The published cookie inventory must identify the technologies that are actually set.

4. Optional analytics and advertising

Analytics may be enabled in the future to understand aggregate website use. Advertising or measurement tags may be enabled in the future to assess configured campaigns.

Optional services must not load merely because an environment variable exists; the required consent state must also allow them. Provider names, purposes and retention periods must be added when a service is activated.

5. Your choices

Where optional technologies are offered, you should be able to accept or reject them by category and change that choice later through a visible preference control.

Browser settings can also block or delete cookies. Blocking an essential technology may prevent a protected feature, such as an admin session or anti-spam check, from working.

6. Third-party services

Some technologies may be set or read by a configured service provider. Those providers process information under their own terms and privacy notices.

The production policy must name each active provider and link to current supporting information rather than listing services that are not enabled.

7. Duration

A technology may last only for a browser session or for a stated period. The production cookie table must record the real duration observed in the deployed configuration.

Do not infer or invent a duration from a generic provider example.

8. Changes to this policy

This policy and the consent interface should be reviewed whenever a provider or tracking configuration changes. The published page should show an accurate effective or last-updated date.

9. Contact

Questions about cookies can be sent using the email address configured on the Contact page.