Last reviewed 12 July 2026
Cookie policy
This site sets no cookies at all. Not one. What it does is store two small values in your browser's local storage, and because most people file that under the same heading, we describe both here by their exact names.
The difference, briefly
A cookie is a small piece of text that your browser attaches to every request it makes to a website, which means the server sees it. Local storage is a small piece of text that stays in your browser and is never attached to anything. Nothing in local storage reaches us unless a script deliberately sends it, and no script on this site does.
That distinction matters here because it is the entire reason we can say honestly that we do not know who visits this site or how often.
Everything this site stores
Two entries, both listed below with the names you will see if you open your browser's developer tools and look at local storage for this domain.
| Name | Typical value | Purpose | Set when | Necessary? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
fx.notice.ack |
all or essential |
Records that you have dismissed the notice strip, and which button you pressed, so it does not reappear | You press either button on the strip | Yes — strictly necessary to honour your own choice |
fx.visits.tally |
A plain number, for example 7 |
Counts how many pages of this site you have opened. Never transmitted; a private curiosity only you can read | Only if you pressed Fine by me | No — entirely optional |
What each button does
Pressing Fine by me stores fx.notice.ack with the value all and begins the optional page tally. Pressing Essential only stores fx.notice.ack with the value essential and no tally is ever created. Either way the strip disappears and does not come back until you clear site data.
If you ignore the strip entirely and simply keep reading, nothing is stored at all — the strip will reappear on your next visit, which is mildly annoying but is the honest consequence of not having recorded a choice.
What we do not use
To be explicit, because most cookie policies are a list of things being done rather than a list of things being avoided, this site contains no analytics of any kind, no advertising or advertising identifiers, no social media buttons or embeds, no video or map embeds, no fonts or scripts loaded from another domain, no session or authentication cookies, no A/B testing, no heatmapping, no fingerprinting, and no third-party tags of any description.
Every stylesheet, script, font file, icon set and image this site loads is stored alongside the pages themselves. You can confirm that in your browser's network panel: every request goes to this domain and no other.
Removing the two values
Both entries are yours to delete and nothing on the site breaks if you do — the notice strip will simply appear once more. Clearing site data or cookies for this domain in any browser removes them.
| Browser | Route |
|---|---|
| Chrome, Edge, Brave | Settings › Privacy and security › Third-party cookies › See all site data and permissions, then find this domain |
| Firefox | Settings › Privacy & Security › Cookies and Site Data › Manage Data, then search for this domain |
| Safari on macOS | Safari › Settings › Privacy › Manage Website Data, then select this domain |
| Safari on iOS or iPadOS | Settings › Safari › Advanced › Website Data, then swipe to remove this domain |
| Any browser, quickest route | Open developer tools, find Local Storage under Application or Storage, and delete the two fx. entries directly |
Using private or incognito browsing has the same effect automatically: the values are created for the session and discarded when you close the window. If your browser blocks storage entirely, the site handles that quietly and continues to work — the strip will just be shown each visit.
Server logs
Separately from anything in your browser, the hosting provider that serves these files keeps ordinary web server logs containing IP addresses and requested filenames, as every web server does. Those are the host's records, kept under their own retention schedule for security and reliability, and we do not read them or receive copies. This is described further in section 4 of our privacy policy.
Changes
If we ever add anything that stores data in your browser, it will be listed in the table above before it ships, and the review date at the top of this page will change. The previous version of this page, dated 04 January 2026, used different names for both values; they were renamed to fx.notice.ack and fx.visits.tally so that the names on this page match exactly what you will find in your browser.
Questions about any of this can go to [email protected] and will be answered by one of the two of us.