Cookies

Last updated 23 August 2026

Two kinds, and only one of them needs asking about. That one is why you were shown a small bar at the bottom of the page.

What the site stores by itself

Whether you chose the light or the dark version of the page, and whether you answered that bar. Both stay in your own browser, are sent nowhere and identify nobody. Neither needs consent — without them the site couldn’t remember what you just told it.

What loads only if you accept

I pay to advertise this site on Google. If you accept, Google’s advertising tag loads and can report back that somebody who clicked one of my adverts went on to send an enquiry. That is the entire reason it is here: without it I am paying for adverts and guessing which of them work.

It reports the fact, not the contents — Google is told that an enquiry happened, never what you wrote in it.

What happens if you decline

Nothing loads. Not the tag, not a cookie, not so much as a request to Google. The page behaves exactly the same and I count you as an ordinary visitor, which is to say I don’t count you at all.

Changing your mind

Clear this site’s data in your browser — in most of them, the padlock beside the address bar, then site settings — and the bar comes back on your next visit.

What still doesn’t happen

No Google Analytics, no Facebook pixel, no third party buying anything about you from me. One tag, one purpose, and only with your say-so.

Why there is a bar at all

The law asks for consent before cookies that aren’t strictly necessary, and an advertising tag is squarely one of those. Plenty of sites show a bar they don’t need; this one shows it because I chose to advertise. My guide on what the law actually wants makes the same point from the other side.