How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to ensure essential site functionality, remember your cookie consent choice, and (with your permission) understand how visitors use our site through analytics. Our news section (the news page and articles) also shows ads from Google AdSense, which may use cookies to choose and measure those ads.
Types of Cookies We Use
The table below describes the cookies used on this website.
| Category | Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | spindepth_cookie_consent | Stores your cookie consent preference | 1 year |
| Essential | spindepth_theme | Remembers your interface theme preference | Persistent |
| Analytics | _ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics. Collects anonymised data on site usage including pages visited, session duration, and approximate location | 2 years |
| Analytics | _clck, _clsk | Microsoft Clarity. Records how pages are used, as aggregated heatmaps and anonymised session replays, so we can see where a layout is failing readers. Text you type is masked and never recorded | 1 year / 1 day |
| Advertising | __gads, __gpi, __eoi, IDE | Google AdSense, on the news page and articles only. Shows ads, limits how often you see the same one and measures them. Ads are personalised only if you accept cookies | Up to 13 months |
Essential cookies are required for the site to function and are set automatically. Analytics cookies run unless you decline them, except for visitors in Europe, where nothing is stored until you accept. Advertising cookies and personalised ads need you to accept; if you decline or do not answer, the ads you see are not personalised. Either way the banner lets you choose, and your choice is remembered.
Third-Party Cookies
We use Google Analytics (operated by Google LLC) to understand how visitors interact with our site. Google Analytics may set cookies on your device. Data collected is processed in accordance with Google's privacy policies and our data processing agreements with Google.
We also use Microsoft Clarity (operated by Microsoft Corporation) to see which parts of a page readers actually use, through heatmaps and anonymised session replays. Clarity masks the text you type, so form entries, email addresses and messages are never captured. It runs only if you accept analytics cookies, and never on any part of the site that is not public.
Our news page and articles show ads served by Google AdSense (operated by Google LLC). Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this and other sites. Google explains how it uses information from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, or opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at www.aboutads.info/choices.
Google provides tools to opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites. Visit tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout to install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Managing Your Preferences
When you first visit our site, a consent banner allows you to accept or decline non-essential (analytics and advertising) cookies. You can change your preferences at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting the site.
You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse new cookies, delete existing cookies, or warn you when a new cookie is set. Note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of this website.
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Changes to This Notice
We may update this Cookie Notice from time to time as our practices change or as required by law. When we make changes, we will revise the "last updated" date above. We recommend reviewing this notice periodically.
Contact
For questions about our use of cookies or this notice, please contact:
SpinDepth
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