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Cookies
Last updated 10 November 2026. Written in plain language, and short on purpose.
Essential cookies
One session cookie keeps you signed in if you are a member. It is set when you sign in and cleared when you sign out. Without it, member pages cannot work, so it is set whether or not you would like it: it carries the session and nothing else.
Preference cookies
A preference cookie may record a choice you have made about how the register displays — a dismissed notice, for instance — so that you are not asked again. It identifies nothing about you beyond that choice and is never shared.
What is not set
No advertising cookies, no third-party tracking cookies, no analytics cookie belonging to another company, and no cookie set for the purpose of building a profile of you across sites.
If that changes
If the register ever sets a cookie beyond the essential and preference kinds described here, this page will say what it is, what it is for and how long it lasts before it is set, and the change will be noted in the following issue.