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This page explains which cookies and similar technologies we use, what each group does, and how you can change your mind.
Last updated: 18 September 2026
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores in your browser so that it can recognise your device on a later page or visit. Similar technologies, such as local storage and pixels, do the same job in a different way. In this policy, "cookies" covers all of them.
These make the site work: they remember your cookie choice, balance traffic between servers and help protect against abuse. They cannot be switched off, and they are set without consent because the site cannot be delivered without them.
These tell us which articles are read, how far down the page people get and where a page fails to load properly. They are set only after you agree. We use them in aggregate; we are not trying to identify individual readers.
Where an article is delivered through an advertising platform, that platform may set cookies to measure whether its campaign worked and to limit how often the same advertisement is shown to you. These are also set only after you agree.
Some cookies are set by providers acting for us, including analytics and session-measurement services and advertising platforms. Those providers process data under their own privacy terms as well as our contract with them. Blocking their cookies does not stop you reading the site.
Session cookies disappear when you close the browser. Persistent cookies stay until they expire or you delete them; on this site they last no longer than 13 months, after which consent is requested again.
If something here is unclear, write to [email protected]. For the wider picture of how we handle personal data, see our Privacy Policy.