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Three kinds are set for readers. Strictly necessary: our caching layer and WordPress may set cookies needed to serve pages correctly. Analytics: Google Analytics 4, connected through Google Site Kit, uses cookies to tell one visitor from another and to measure which guides are read and for how long. Advertising: Mediavine, which sells and serves the ads on this site, and the advertising partners it works with may set cookies and similar identifiers to select ads, limit how often you see the same one, and measure whether an ad was seen.
Where the law requires your permission first, advertising cookies are not loaded until you give it. Mediavine provides the consent control: depending on your location it appears at the bottom of the page as Manage Preferences or Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, and you can change your choice at any time. To stop Analytics, use Google’s opt-out add-on. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings — the guides work perfectly well without them. The privacy policy has the detail.
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