Legal
Cookies and your choices
Last updated October 2026
Draft for legal review
This text was prepared as a starting point and has not been reviewed by a lawyer. It must be checked and completed (operator details, governing law, contact points) before launch.
We only use cookies we need. There are no advertising, social or third-party tracking cookies.
| Cookie | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|
atn.session_token (and related atn.*) | Keeps you signed in; protects sign-in against forgery | Up to 30 days |
theme | Remembers light or dark mode if you choose one | 1 year |
consent | Remembers your privacy choice below | 1 year |
view | Remembers compact view for community feeds if you choose it | 1 year |
atn_age_block | After an under-age answer, pauses sign-up in this browser | 24 hours |
The spam check (Cloudflare Turnstile) runs on sign-in and a few other forms to tell people from bots; Cloudflare processes technical signals for that purpose only.
Anonymous page counts
If you allow it, your browser tells us “someone viewed this page”. We add one to a daily total for that page. On the first page of a visit it also says which site sent you (its name only, like “google.com”, never the full address) and any campaign tags in the link; on the search page, what was searched for. Each goes into a daily total. No cookie, no identifier, no IP address is stored. A Global Privacy Control signal counts as “no”.
Your current choice: not chosen yet (essential only)