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Cookie Policy

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This policy explains what cookies and similar technologies the Datascales website uses, and how you can control them. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.

In short

  • We do not use analytics, advertising, social media or other tracking cookies.
  • The site stores one small item in your browser so the cookie notice stays closed once you dismiss it.
  • Because nothing optional is used, there is nothing to opt in to. If that changes, we will ask for your consent first.

1. What cookies are

Cookies are small text files a website places on your device. Similar technologies, such as your browser's local storage, work in much the same way. Under the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), a site must ask for your consent before using them, unless they are strictly necessary for a service you have asked for.

2. What we use

This is the complete list of what the website itself stores on your device:

NameTypePurposeDuration
ds-cookie-notice-v1Local storage (strictly necessary)Remembers that you have closed the cookie notice, so it is not shown on every page.Until you clear your browser data

This item contains no personal information, is never sent to us, and is not used to identify or track you.

3. What we do not use

  • analytics or statistics cookies, such as Google Analytics;
  • advertising, retargeting or tracking pixels;
  • social media plugins or embedded content that sets its own cookies; or
  • fingerprinting or any other technique to recognise you across visits.

4. Our hosting provider

Our hosting provider, Vercel, may set strictly necessary cookies to protect the site against attacks and abuse. These do not track you for analytics or advertising. [Confirm with the hosting provider whether any cookies are set, and list them above.]

5. How to control cookies

You can block or delete cookies and local storage through your browser settings. Blocking the item listed above only means the cookie notice will appear again on your next visit. The rest of the site will work normally. The ICO's guidance on cookies, at ico.org.uk, explains your options in more detail.

6. Changes to this policy

If we ever introduce optional cookies, such as analytics, we will update this policy and ask for your consent before setting them. You will be able to change your choice at any time. The date at the top shows when this policy last changed.