Last updated: 9 November 2026.
The short version
Nothing is set until you agree to it. There are two things that would use cookies on this site — analytics and advertising — and both stay switched off until you tick them. If you choose "Essential only", this site stores one small cookie to remember that choice, and nothing else.
Essential
One cookie, wrs_consent, stores your answer so you are not asked again. It holds no identifier and is not shared. It expires after six months, or when you clear it.
Analytics
If you allow it, we load Google Analytics 4 to count visits — how many people read a review, roughly which pages are used, and which country traffic comes from. IP addresses are anonymised before storage. We use it to decide what to write next; we do not use it to identify anyone.
Cookies: _ga and _ga_*, set by Google, lasting up to two years.
Advertising
If you allow it, Google AdSense may set cookies to serve and measure advertising. Those are set by Google, not by us, and we cannot read them.
Google's use of advertising cookies is described at policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
Affiliate links
When you click through to Amazon, Amazon sets its own cookies to attribute the referral. Those are set on Amazon's domain and governed by Amazon's privacy notice.
Changing your mind
Use Cookie settings in the footer at any time. Turning analytics or advertising off stops anything new being set; clear your browser's cookies to remove what is already there.
Browser controls
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