We count visits using Cloudflare Web Analytics. It records which page was opened, which site referred you, your browser and operating system type, your country and how quickly the page loaded. It does that without cookies, without storing anything on your device and without building a profile of you. Nothing about it needs your permission, and we ask for none.
We also advertise. When we do, we need to know whether an advert actually brought someone here, otherwise we are paying for clicks we cannot account for. Measuring that requires Google Ads to set a cookie on your device, and that does need your permission — which is what the small panel in the corner asks for the first time you arrive.
Until you answer it, no advertising cookie is set. If you decline, none is ever set: the site behaves identically, you simply become invisible to our advertising reports. If you allow it, Google Ads stores an identifier that lets it match your enquiry back to the advert you clicked. It expires by itself, and you can clear it at any time by deleting cookies for this site, which also brings the panel back so you can change your mind.
Either way we do not use it to show you adverts elsewhere, we do not build a profile of you, and we do not sell anything to anyone. Beyond Google Ads there are no third-party trackers on this site, and no social media buttons that report your visit.