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Cookie Policy

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This Cookie Policy explains how My Blog uses cookies and similar technologies and how you control them. Please read it with our Privacy Policy.

Cookies and similar technologies

Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser. Similar technologies include your browser’s local storage and small pieces of code (pixels or tags) that send information to a service when a page loads. In this policy, “cookies” covers all of them.

How we ask

  • Only strictly necessary cookies are used without asking. Everything else, including analytics and advertising, stays off for every visitor worldwide until you allow it.
  • The consent banner offers “Accept all”, “Reject all” and “Preferences” with equal prominence. Rejecting is as easy as accepting.
  • You can change or withdraw your choice at any time with “Your Privacy Choices” at the bottom of every page.
  • If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal, analytics, advertising and social media tools stay off for that browser.
  • We ask again after 180 days, and whenever the list below changes.
  • We keep a record of your choices (a random consent ID, the choices, the date and the version of this list; no IP address) for two years.

The cookies used on this site

This list is generated automatically from the services switched on for this site.

Strictly necessary (always on)

ServicePurposeCookies and storage (lifetime)More
This website
Orbital Wire		Remember your privacy choices, keep the site secure and let administrators sign in.nr_consent (your choices, 180 days)
nr_consent_id (random ID that links your choices to our consent record, 180 days)
cmplz_* (the consent banner's record of your choices, 180 days)
nr_consent_logged (stops the same choice being recorded twice, 180 days)
wordpress_*, wordpress_logged_in_*, wp-settings-* (site administrators only, session to 1 year)
local storage nr_reacted_<article> (stops the same browser reacting twice; until you clear it)		—

Preferences (only if you ask)

ServicePurposeCookies and storage (lifetime)More
Comment form
Orbital Wire		Only if you tick "Save my name, email, and website in this browser": fills in the comment form next time.comment_author_*, comment_author_email_*, comment_author_url_* (about 1 year)—

Statistics (only with your consent)

ServicePurposeCookies and storage (lifetime)More
Google Analytics 4
Google LLC / Google Ireland Ltd		Measures which articles are read and how (pages viewed, scrolling, clicks on sources and share buttons)._ga (13 months)
_ga_<ID> (13 months)		Privacy policy

Embedded content (only when you load it)

ServicePurposeCookies and storage (lifetime)More
Embedded media (YouTube, X, Vimeo, …)
The service named on the embed		Only after you press "Load" on an embed: plays or shows the content from that service, which may set its own cookies.set by the embedded service when you load it (for YouTube we use youtube-nocookie.com)—

Not used on this site at the moment: Microsoft Clarity, Meta Pixel, Advertising (Google AdSense or the configured ad network).

Browser controls

You can also block or delete cookies and local storage in your browser settings. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may stop parts of the site, such as remembering your choices, from working.

Changes and contact

We update this policy when the cookies we use change; the date at the top shows the latest version. Questions: our contact page.