A note on the cookies we use.

A small piece of memory, kept by your browser.

A cookie is a tiny piece of text a website asks your browser to remember between visits. Some of them are how a site keeps the door from forgetting you between rooms — a saved login, a language preference, a choice you made on a banner like the one we just showed you. Others are how the site keeps a quiet tally of who walked in and where they went. We use as few as we can, and we ask first.

Two categories. That's it.

We deliberately don't run advertising trackers, social-media pixels, A/B-test scripts, or session recorders. We only use what's listed below.

Essential · always on

• mib_consentlocalStorage
  Records the choice you made on the cookie banner — accept, reject, or your customised pick. Without this, we wouldn't know not to ask you again on every page.
  6 months

Analytics · only if you accept

• _gacookie
  Set by Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-VJ6ED97WRR). Distinguishes one anonymous visitor from another so we can see, in aggregate, which books readers find and which pages get visited.
  2 years
• _ga_VJ6ED97WRRcookie
  The session-state companion to _ga, also set by Google Analytics 4. Used to maintain the analytics session across pages within a visit.
  2 years

Analytics is aggregated and anonymised. We never share what we collect with advertisers, and we don't sell it.

Change your mind any time.

You picked something on the banner the first time you arrived. You can re-open it whenever you like — there's a Cookie preferences link in the footer of every page. Click it and the banner comes back, with your current pick already filled in.

If you'd rather close the door entirely, your browser settings let you block or delete cookies from any site, including this one. The exact menu varies by browser, but the search term "cookie settings" will get you there.

If you reject everything, the rest of the site still works. There is no paywall, no locked content, no nag. The home page is where most readers start.

Questions are welcome.

If you have a question about how we handle data — or anything else — we answer our own email. Write to hello@myinsightsbooks.com and a person will read it.