Cookies

Your choice

Your choice is saved in your browser, so it shows here when JavaScript is on.

You can also use “cookie settings” at the bottom of any page. Your choice lasts 12 months, then I’ll ask again. I’ll also ask again sooner if what’s on this page changes.

Always on, because the site needs them

These don’t need your agreement under the law, because the site can’t do what you’ve asked without them. None of them track you across other sites.

• Your cookie choice. Saved in your browser’s local storage for 12 months, so you’re not asked on every page.
• Course sign-in. If you have a course account, the course portal keeps you signed in using your browser’s local storage. It’s run through Supabase and stays until you sign out.
• The course sign-up form. Keeps what you typed in step one while that tab is open, so a reload doesn’t lose it. It goes when you close the tab.
• The What’s On planner. Remembers the postcode and distance you last searched, on your device only.
• Hosting and security. The site runs on Cloudflare, which protects it from bots. Its bot protection sets a __cf_bm cookie, which expires after 30 minutes of inactivity. If you’re asked to pass a security check, it also sets a cf_clearance cookie that lasts 30 minutes. Both are security cookies, and neither tracks you across other sites.

Only if you press Accept

• Google Analytics. Counts visits so I can see which pages people read and which links brought them here, such as a link in my newsletter or on LinkedIn. Google sets a _ga cookie and a _ga_FH33R3CQG3 cookie, which last up to two years. I see totals, not who you are. If you reject after accepting, the site deletes those cookies.
• Video and podcast players. The speaking page and the Openr page have players from YouTube (in its privacy-enhanced mode) and Spotify. They set their own cookies, so they stay switched off until you press Accept. Until then you’ll see a note where each player goes, and you can still use the link under it to watch or listen on YouTube or Spotify.
• Advertising cookies from LinkedIn and Meta. These would let me show adverts for my course to people who have visited the site, and see whether those adverts work. LinkedIn and Meta set them, and may link them to your accounts with them. Neither is switched on yet. When they are, they’ll only load after you press Accept.

Press Reject and the site works the same, apart from the players. If you change your mind after accepting, the players switch off straight away, and anything else already loaded stops when you next load a page. Cookies YouTube or Spotify have already set stay in your browser until you clear them.

Other people’s services on some pages

• Newsletter sign-up. The form is provided by Kit, my email provider. Kit may set its own cookies when the form loads or when you subscribe. Kit’s privacy policy explains how it uses them.
• Fonts. These load from Google Fonts. Google sees your IP address so it can send them, but sets no cookies.

The YouTube and Spotify players are other people’s services too. They’re covered above, because they only load if you press Accept.

Questions

This site is run by Dan Brookman, in Sheffield. If you have a question about any of this, email hello@danbrookman.co.uk and I’ll answer it myself. You can also clear everything the site has stored at any time from your browser’s settings.