Cookies
Browsing and reading this site — every question, answer, verdict, search, and listing page — loads no third-party scripts and sets no cookies on its own. The only cookies this site ever sets are the three below: one essential cookie remembering your accept/reject choice from the banner, set as soon as you make that choice; the reCAPTCHA ones, only set if you accept them; and the admin session cookie, only set once an administrator signs in.
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
cookie_preference |
This site (first-party) | Remembers whether you accepted or rejected the reCAPTCHA cookies below, so you aren't asked again on every page. Accepting also lets the contact form and a question's "flag this grading" form actually load reCAPTCHA; rejecting keeps them showing a prompt instead. | Strictly necessary — remembering a cookie choice is itself exempt from needing consent. | 180 days |
_GRECAPTCHA, NID, and others Google may set |
Google (google.com) — third-party | Google reCAPTCHA's own risk-analysis cookies, used to tell humans from bots so the contact form and a question's "flag this grading" form can reject spam. Exact cookie names and durations are Google's own and may change without our knowledge — see Google's privacy policy and reCAPTCHA's FAQ. | Functional, not essential — only set if you accept them. Until you do, the contact form and feedback forms show a prompt instead of loading reCAPTCHA. | Set and controlled by Google |
session |
This site (first-party) | Keeps an administrator signed in to the admin area. | Strictly necessary. Ordinary visitors never see or receive this cookie — it's only set once someone actually signs in at /admin. |
Deleted when you close your browser |
Like most websites, the hosting infrastructure may generate standard technical server logs (e.g. IP address, page requested) purely for operating and securing the service — this isn't a cookie, and nothing beyond that is collected about visitors who are just browsing. See Privacy for more.