Cookies and similar storage

The short version

• We use your browser’s storage to remember your consent choice and your accessibility settings. Nothing else, by default.
• We use cookieless, privacy-friendly analytics (Plausible) by default — it sets no cookies and stores no personal data. Optional Google Analytics, which does set cookies, runs only if you turn it on.
• No advertising cookies, no tracking pixels, no social embeds.

What we store on your device

This site uses your browser’s localStorage, not traditional cookies. localStorage is similar: small bits of data the site keeps on your device. UK rules (PECR) treat both the same way.

1. Your consent choice — essential

When you make a choice in the welcome banner, we save it on your device under mycpc:consent. That stops the banner reappearing on every page. It records only your choice (analytics on or off) and the time you made it.

This is strictly necessary — without it we couldn’t honour your preference. Always on.

2. Accessibility preferences — strictly necessary functional storage

When you change the view mode or font — from the accessibility button in the top-right corner, or in the welcome banner — we save those choices on your device:

• mycpc:view-mode — Standard, High contrast, or Easy read
• mycpc:font — default body font, or Atkinson Hyperlegible

These are set by you, on your device, to make the site usable for you. Under PECR these count as strictly necessary functional storage and don’t require consent. They never leave your device — we don’t send them to any server.

3. Analytics — cookieless by default, cookies optional

We run two analytics tools, on two different legal bases:

• Plausible Analytics — on by default. Privacy-friendly and cookieless: it writes nothing to your device and counts page views in aggregate with no personal identifiers. Because it stores no information on your device and holds no personal data, UK rules (PECR) don’t require consent for it, so it runs for every visitor — that’s how we get a basic, honest visitor count without putting a cookie wall in your way.
• Google Analytics 4 — off unless you turn it on. This does set cookies on your device (for example _ga) so we can understand how the site is used across visits. We enable IP anonymisation. Google is a third party and processes this data on our behalf; see Google’s own privacy information for detail. Because it sets cookies, UK rules (PECR) require your consent first — so it stays off until you opt in via the welcome banner, and you can withdraw that consent at any time.

What we do not use

• No advertising cookies or ad networks.
• No third-party social embeds (no Facebook, X, LinkedIn pixels).
• No session replay, heatmaps, or fingerprinting.

Change your mind

Your choice is not final. Reopen it here, or use the Cookie settings link in the footer of any page.

You can also clear this site’s storage from your browser settings.

Related

• Privacy notice — how we handle the information you give us when you book a course.
• Accessibility statement — how the view modes work and how to give feedback.

Questions

If anything here isn’t clear, email info@my-cpc.online.