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# Cookie Policy

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# Cookie Policy

 This page explains how we use cookies to improve your browsing experience, understand site performance and keep the site working. Cookies are small text files stored on your device. For how we handle personal data, see our [Privacy Policy](/privacy-policy/).

 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.

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**_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).

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