Essential, always on
A small amount of storage keeps the site working and remembers the choice you make here. It cannot be switched off, because without it the site cannot function or remember what you told it, and asking again on every page would be worse for you rather than better.
It is not used to identify you, it is not shared, and it stays in this browser on this device.
Measurement, only if you accept
Google Analytics, and only that. It tells us which pages are read and which are not, so the guides on this site can be written for the questions people actually arrive with rather than the ones we guessed at.
If you choose Essential only, the analytics script is never added to the page. This is not a script that loads and then behaves itself; it is a script that is not there at all.
No advertising tracking
There is no advertising or social media pixel on this site. If one is ever added it will be gated by the same choice, and this page will say so before it runs rather than after.
Changing your mind
Use the buttons above. The change takes effect immediately, not on the next page. Clearing your browsing data also clears the choice, and the banner will ask again.