Strictly necessary technology
Hosting, security, fraud prevention, load balancing, and basic site delivery can require technical identifiers or logs. These functions keep the site available and secure.
Preferences
If the site stores a preference you explicitly choose—such as a consent choice—the value should be limited to what is needed to remember that preference.
Advertising cookies
If Google AdSense or another advertising network is enabled, advertising vendors may use cookies or similar technologies for ad delivery, measurement, frequency control, fraud prevention, and—where allowed and consented—personalization. The Privacy Policy describes the advertising disclosure at a higher level.
EEA, UK, and Switzerland launch gate
The codebase should not be treated as having completed regional ad-consent integration merely because this policy page exists. Before serving personalized Google ads in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, the production deployment must use a Google-certified consent management platform that supports the required IAB Transparency & Consent Framework flow.
Managing choices
When a consent platform is active, use its on-site privacy or consent control to review choices. Browser settings can also remove stored cookies, although doing so may reset remembered preferences.