Cookies Policy
The short version
- This site sets no cookie. Not one — not for statistics, not for advertising, not for anything else.
- That is why you have never seen a consent banner here.
- A single preference — light or dark theme — is stored in your browser, and never leaves it.
What a cookie is
A cookie is a small file a site asks your browser to store, and which your browser sends back on every later request. It is what lets a site recognise you from one page to the next — to keep you signed in, but also, on most sites, to count you, follow you across pages or target advertising at you.
Cookies used by this site
None. Reading an article on this blog sets nothing on your device: the
server’s response contains no cookie at all. You can check for yourself — open your
browser’s developer tools, look at the network response headers for any page of this site,
and you will find no Set-Cookie.
There is no audience measurement here (no Google Analytics, no Matomo, no equivalent), no advertising, no social network button, and no comment form — which is precisely why there is nothing to store.
What is stored in your browser
One preference is kept, and it uses local storage rather than a cookie. The difference matters: local storage stays on your device and is never sent to the server, whereas a cookie travels with every request.
| Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
sbg-theme |
Local storage | Remembers whether you chose the light or the dark version of the site | Until you clear your browser data |
This entry holds a single word — light or dark. It identifies
nothing and nobody. If you never touch the theme switch, it is never written at all: the
site simply follows the preference your operating system already advertises.
Signing in to the administration
WordPress does set cookies, but only for the person who signs in to administer the blog, and only to keep that session open. As a reader you never receive them.
Third parties
The site’s typeface is loaded from Google’s servers. Google sets no cookie for that request, but it does receive your IP address, as any server must to deliver a file. This is described in the Privacy Policy.
Links pointing to other sites are another matter: once you follow one, you are subject to that site’s own cookie practices, over which we have no control.
Why there is no consent banner
Consent is required for trackers that are not strictly necessary to providing the service you asked for. This site uses none, so there is nothing to ask you about. A banner would only be a click to dismiss, for no purpose.
Controlling cookies yourself
Every browser lets you view, block and delete cookies and local storage, usually under privacy or site-data settings. Clearing site data for this domain removes the theme preference described above; nothing else will be lost, and the site will keep working exactly as before.
If this changes
Should this blog ever add something that requires cookies — audience measurement or comments, for instance — this page will be updated before that feature goes live, and a consent mechanism will be put in place where the law requires one. The date at the top of this page always shows the latest revision.
Contact
Any question about this page: g.bernard@itgwada.com.