Cookie policy

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Performance (optional)

Aggregated analytics showing which articles are read, where errors occur, and how fast pages load. We do not use optional analytics to profile you for unrelated advertising on this site.

Attribution (optional)

When you arrive from an advertisement, we may store campaign identifiers (for example Google Click ID) in first-party cookies or local storage so affiliate partners can credit referrals correctly. Our link-handler script only adjusts exit links to /go/ paths and approved tracker domains. It does not modify charity or unrelated external sites.

Session cookies expire when you close the browser. Persistent cookies remain until their expiry date or until you delete them. We keep persistent lifetimes as short as practical for each purpose.

Content delivery or analytics providers may set their own cookies when enabled. Those vendors process data under their privacy policies and should respect the consent signal shown on our banner.

• Use the cookie banner on your next visit after clearing site data
• Block or delete cookies in your browser settings
• Remove the local storage key "itcsConsentV1" to reset our in-site preference

Besides cookies, we may store consent status and marketing parameters in local storage for up to 90 days so repeat visits do not lose attribution needed for partner reporting. You can clear this via browser dev tools or site-data settings.