Cookie Policy

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Updated October 2026

Essential

Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper function of the website.

wpconsent_preferences — stores your cookie consent preferences (30 days).

Comments

These cookies are needed for adding comments on this website.

comment_author, comment_author_email, comment_author_url — used to track the user across multiple sessions (session).

Statistics: Microsoft Clarity

Clarity is a web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic.

ANONCHK — indicates whether MUID is transferred to ANID; Clarity does not use ANID, so this is always 0 (session).
CLID — identifies the first time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity (12 months).
_clsk — connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording (12 months).
_clck — persists the Clarity user ID and preferences, unique to the site (12 months).

Statistics: Google Analytics

Google Analytics tracks and analyzes website traffic so we can understand which guides are useful.

_ga, _ga_ — identify users (2 years).
_gid — identifies users for 24 hours after last activity (24 hours).
_gat — monitors the number of Google Analytics server requests (1 minute).
_gali — determines which links on a page are being clicked (30 seconds).
_gac_ — marketing-campaign information, shared with Google Ads when accounts are linked (90 days).
__utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmt, __utmv, __utmx, __utmz — legacy Google Analytics cookies for sessions, traffic source and testing (10 minutes to 2 years).