Cookie policy
What is stored in your browser, and how to change your mind.
How the choice works
When you first visit, a banner offers three buttons of equal weight: Accept All, Essential Only and Manage. Nothing optional is switched on before you choose. Your choice is kept for up to six months and then we ask again. You can reopen the banner at any time with , here or in the footer of any page.
What we use
| Name | Type | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| ht_consent_v1 | Essential (browser storage, first party) | Remembers the choice you made in the banner. | Up to 6 months |
| Statistics cookies | Optional (consent) | Anonymous counts of page views, used to see which stories are read. Loaded only after you accept statistics, and only when a statistics tool is switched on for the site. | Set by the provider; typically up to 2 years |
| Advertising measurement cookies | Optional (consent) | Lets the advertising network that referred you count the visit. Loaded only after you accept advertising measurement, and only when a tag is switched on for the site. | Set by the provider |
Cookies set by other sites
If you follow a link to a seller, you leave this site. The seller and the affiliate network it uses may set their own cookies to record that you arrived from us. Those are covered by their policies, not ours.
Blocking cookies in your browser
You can also delete or block cookies in your browser settings. The site works without optional cookies. Blocking browser storage entirely means the banner will appear on every visit, because we cannot remember your answer.