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Cookie Notice
What cookies and local browser storage this website uses, why, and how you can manage them.
At a glance
The short version.
A plain summary. The full text below is what applies.
Only necessary cookies by default
We set only what the site needs to function until you choose otherwise.
No cross-site ad tracking
We do not sell cookie data and do not run third-party advertising trackers.
Choice is remembered
Your preference is saved in local storage so you are not asked every page.
You can change your mind
Clear your browser storage or use your browser controls at any time.
01What cookies are#
Websites can keep small pieces of data on your device. Some are cookies, which your browser sends back to the site with every request. Others use browser storage (such as local storage), which the page can read on your device but which is not sent with requests. This page lists every one this site uses, and every outside script that can set or read one.
The legal rule in one paragraph
In the EU and UK, storing information on a person’s device, or reading information already stored there, needs the person’s prior consent unless it is strictly necessary to provide a service they asked for (ePrivacy Directive, Article 5(3), and national laws such as PECR in the UK). The rule covers cookies and also local storage, pixels and similar tools. Consent under the GDPR must be freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous, by a clear affirmative act, and as easy to withdraw as to give. Other countries, including India under the DPDP Act, 2023, apply their own consent and notice rules to the personal data that such tools collect. This page is written to that standard.
It forms part of the Privacy Policy, which explains how personal data is handled more broadly.
02How we group them, and which need consent#
| Category | Purpose | Consent needed? | Used on this site? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Make the site work as you asked, for example keep you signed in or hold a basket | No | None are set. The site has no sign-in or basket |
| Preferences (functionality) | Remember a choice you made, such as language, theme or name | Not where the storage is needed to give you the choice you asked for. Regulators read this narrowly | Yes. Four items, listed in Section 3 |
| Analytics | Measure how pages are used so we can improve them | Yes in the EU and UK, and under consent-based laws generally | Only if you accept. Microsoft Clarity. See Section 4 |
| Advertising and tracking | Show ads or follow you across sites | Yes | None. We do not run advertising |
| Third-party resources | Fonts and similar files loaded from other providers | Depends on whether the provider reads or sets data on your device. See Section 5 | Yes. Google Fonts |
03What we save: the complete list#
| Name | Type | What it holds | Why | Set when | How long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
iictp-visitor-name | Local storage (first party) | The first name you gave | To greet you and fill your name in on pages | Only when you enter a name | Until you remove it |
iictp-language | Local storage (first party) | Your chosen language | To show the site in that language | When you choose or the site picks a language | Until you clear it |
iictp-theme | Local storage (first party) | Light or dark | To keep your display choice | When you switch theme | Until you clear it |
iictp-consent | Local storage (first party) | Whether you accepted or rejected analytics | To remember your choice so we do not ask again and do not start analytics without it | When you press Accept or Reject | Until you clear it |
Plain facts that can be checked
- All three are set by this site’s own code, on this site’s own address. None is placed by an outside party.
- Local storage has no expiry date of its own. It stays until you or your browser remove it. We state “until you clear it” rather than claim a period that does not exist.
- None is a tracking identifier. None is used for advertising, and none is combined with other data to follow you.
- The name is stored only if you give one. Without it, nothing is stored for that item.
Why we say preferences do not need a consent banner
You ask for each of these by acting: you type a name, pick a language or switch the theme. The storage exists only to carry out that request, and is not used for anything else. That is the basis on which regulators accept functionality storage without prior consent. If the site ever used the same items for another purpose, that exemption would be lost and this page would change first.
04Analytics and performance#
The site includes the code for Microsoft Clarity. When that code runs it may set cookies in your browser to recognise a visit across pages, and it sends usage data (clicks, scrolling, device details and screen recordings of a visit) to Microsoft. Cookie names and lifetimes are set by Microsoft and may change, so we do not list them as fixed. Microsoft describes them in its own documentation. [The exact names and lifetimes seen on the live site are to be recorded here after testing.]
When it starts
Only after you press “Accept analytics”. Until then the Clarity code is not loaded and no analytics cookie is set. Rejecting, or ignoring the notice, keeps it off. The notice offers “Accept” and “Reject” with equal prominence, and the site works the same either way. It also never runs on a local development address.
05Fonts from other providers#
The site’s typefaces are served by Google Fonts. When a page loads, your browser asks Google’s servers for the font files directly. Google therefore receives your IP address and browser details, whether or not you have agreed to anything, because the request cannot be made without them. Google does not set tracking cookies for this on our behalf, but Google’s own documentation governs what it does with the request.
Why this matters legally
A German court has held that loading fonts from Google’s servers, without consent, can disclose a visitor’s IP address to a third party and found a breach of the GDPR on that ground. We tell you plainly so you can decide. If you block requests to Google Fonts, the site still works and uses the fonts on your device.
06Your choices, and how to withdraw#
On this site
- Name: open “Hi, name” in the header to change it or remove it.
- Theme: use the sun and moon button in the header to switch.
- Language: use the language menu in the header to change it.
In your browser
Every major browser lets you view, block and delete cookies and site data, and lets you browse in a private window that discards them when it closes. Browsers and extensions can also block analytics scripts. If you block or clear what is in Section 3, the site still works, but it forgets your name, language and theme.
Withdrawing consent
You can withdraw consent at any time, as easily as you gave it, with “Cookie settings” in the footer of every page. Withdrawing reloads the page so that Clarity stops running. It does not make earlier use unlawful, but it stops further use.
07Browser signals#
Some browsers send a Do Not Track signal or a Global Privacy Control signal to say you do not want to be tracked or to have your data sold or shared. Global Privacy Control is legally recognised as an opt-out request in some places, for example under California law. The site does not sell or share personal data for advertising, so there is nothing for such a signal to switch off in that respect. Analytics runs only if you choose to accept it, so these signals do not add anything to what is collected.
08Proof of what we told you#
Because the lawfulness of cookies depends on what was disclosed and what was agreed, we keep this page’s version history. The table at the foot shows the text that applied on each date. The site records only your accepted or rejected choice, in your browser. The GDPR (Article 7(1)) requires a party relying on consent to be able to demonstrate it, so counsel must decide whether a fuller record (time, page version) is kept on a server.
09Changes to this notice#
If the site starts to save or read something new, this page will be updated first, or at the same time. Where the new item needs consent, we will ask for it rather than assume it. The version history at the foot of the page shows what changed and when.
↺Version history
| Version | Date | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 0.11 | 16 October 2026 | First published. |
| 0.10 | 16 October 2026 | First published. |
| 0.9 | 16 October 2026 | First published. |