Last updated: 29 July 2026
This site is operated by Wayne Visser, who is the data controller. This policy sits alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains everything else we do with personal data.
Cookies are small text files a website stores on your device. They let a site remember things between page loads, hold your preferences, or count visitors. Other technologies do a similar job without being cookies, including browser local storage. The law treats those the same way, and so does this policy.
The site is deliberately light. It runs no advertising trackers, no social media pixels, and at present no analytics. Everything it stores is listed below.
Set for every visitor. No consent is required, because the site cannot work without them.
| Name | Set by | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
__dpl | This site | Pins your session to the correct deployment of the site so pages stay consistent | End of session |
session-id | This site | Keeps your browsing session consistent across page loads | End of session |
wv-cookie-consent-v1 | This site, in browser local storage rather than as a cookie | Records the cookie choices you made, so you are not asked on every page. Exempt from consent because it exists only to deliver the choice you asked for | 12 months, then we ask again |
None today. The site embeds no third-party content on any page, so nothing that needs your consent is set on your device. Newsletter sign-ups are ordinary links out to Substack and LinkedIn — nothing is stored until you click one, and once you do you are on their site under their own policy.
No analytics cookies are set today. Nothing on this site measures your visit.
We plan to add Google Analytics 4. When we do, it will load only after you accept analytics cookies, and it will set:
| Name | Set by | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Distinguishes one visitor from another | 2 years | |
_ga_<container-id> | Keeps track of the current session | 2 years |
Google Analytics data is processed by Google LLC in the United States. Google LLC is certified under the UK Extension to the EU–US Data Privacy Framework, which is the basis for that transfer. If you decline analytics cookies, no request is made to Google at all and none of these cookies exist. We will update this policy on the day analytics goes live.
Links to Amazon, Routledge, Lulu, LinkedIn, YouTube, Substack and BlueSky are ordinary links. Nothing is stored on your device until you click one, and once you do you are on their site under their policy.
No advertising or retargeting cookies. No Meta, LinkedIn or X pixels. No cross-site tracking. No fingerprinting. We do not sell or share data with data brokers.
Through the banner. You are asked on your first visit, before anything non-essential loads. Nothing non-essential is set unless you accept.
Changing your mind. Use the Manage Cookie Preferences button below. It is as easy to withdraw consent as it was to give it, and this page is linked from the footer of every page on the site.
Through your browser. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may stop parts of the site working.
We will update this policy whenever the set of cookies changes, and in particular before analytics goes live. The "Last updated" date shows when it last changed.
Questions about cookies? Reach us through our contact page.