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Cookies

Under the ePrivacy rules, cookies that are strictly necessary to deliver a service you asked for do not need consent; anything else does. Everything below is in the first group, which is why the banner has no "reject" that would break the site — there is nothing optional to reject yet.

NamePurposeTypeLifetime
wp_session Keeps you signed in. Holds a random identifier — no personal data. Strictly necessary 14 days
wp_flash Carries a one-line confirmation message across a redirect. Strictly necessary 60 seconds
wp_consent Remembers your answer to the banner so it stops asking. Strictly necessary 180 days
wp_pending Only when you set up a monitor before signing up: holds it until you have an account. Strictly necessary 6 hours
wp_oauth Only during Google sign-in: ties the redirect back to your browser. Strictly necessary 15 minutes
wp_totp Only between password and two-factor code. Strictly necessary 10 minutes
wp_device Set when you sign in. Lets this browser keep signing in to your account while sign-ins from other browsers are paused after many wrong passwords. It holds nothing about you, only a signed mark. Strictly necessary 1 year

Forms also carry a hidden security token that stops other websites submitting them as you. It lives in the page and in your session on our side, not in a cookie of its own.

No third-party cookies

There are none, because there is no third-party content: no embedded fonts, no CDN, no analytics, no social buttons, no ads. Choosing "Allow all" on the banner therefore currently enables nothing extra — it records a preference for the day analytics might be added, and until then it changes nothing.

Changing your mind

Delete the wp_consent cookie in your browser and the banner comes back. Clearing all cookies for this site also signs you out, which is the intended effect.

Only the cookies the site needs: signing you in and remembering this choice. No trackers, no third parties. What we store.