This policy explains what information this website collects, how it is used, and the choices you have. It applies to the site at this domain and to our newsletter.
Advertising and Mediavine
This site works with Mediavine to manage third-party, interest-based advertising. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the website.
First-party cookies are created by the website you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our site.
The website may use cookies and other technologies to collect information and build a profile of your interests. This information may include, for example, your IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, and timestamps. In the course of serving advertisements, Mediavine may collect and use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. You can opt out of interest-based advertising through the Network Advertising Initiative or Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out pages. Opting out does not mean you will no longer see advertising; it means advertising will be less relevant to you.
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising Partners: Mediavine partners with a number of advertising exchanges and demand partners. A current list, and Mediavine’s own policy, is available at mediavine.com/privacy-policy.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand which articles are read and how visitors arrive. IP addresses are anonymised. You can opt out with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Information you give us
If you subscribe to the newsletter we hold your email address for that purpose only. Unsubscribe links are in every message. If you contact us we keep the correspondence for as long as needed to deal with it.
Your rights
Depending on where you live you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal information we hold, and to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. California residents have rights under the CCPA/CPRA; residents of the EU and UK have rights under the GDPR. To exercise any of these rights, use the contact page. The consent banner shown on your first visit lets you set or change your advertising preferences at any time.
Children
This site is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect information from them.
Changes
We will post any changes to this policy on this page and update the date below.
Last updated: October 2026. Replace the contact details and review this text with a lawyer before relying on it — state and international requirements vary.