Privacy and cookies

What this site collects

You can read everything on this site without giving any personal details. There are no accounts, forms or comment boxes, and the site does not show advertising.

As with any website, the servers that deliver the pages receive your IP address and basic details about your browser in order to send you the page you asked for.

Analytics

If you accept analytics cookies, the site uses Google Analytics to count visits and see which pages people read. This helps show which pages are useful and which need improving.

Google Analytics records things such as:

• the pages you visit and how long you spend on them;
• how you arrived at the site, for example from a search engine;
• the type of device and browser you are using;
• your approximate location, such as your country or city.

It does not tell us your name or contact details, and the site does not use the information for advertising. The information is processed by Google on the site’s behalf. You can read more in Google’s privacy policy.

Cookies

Cookies are small files that a website stores in your browser. This site sets cookies only if you accept analytics. In that case Google Analytics sets:

• _ga, which lasts up to two years and tells one visitor apart from another;
• _ga_ followed by an ID, which lasts up to two years and keeps track of your current visit.

Your answer to the cookie question is remembered in your browser’s local storage, so no cookie is needed if you say no.

Change your choice

You can change your mind at any time. If you reject analytics, the Google Analytics cookies are removed from this browser.