Only the essentials — nothing more

Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device (computer, phone, or tablet) through your web browser. They are widely used to make websites work, remember your preferences, and provide information to website operators.

Cookies can be "first-party" (set by the website you visit) or "third-party" (set by other services embedded in the website). They can be "session" cookies (deleted when you close your browser) or "persistent" cookies (remain until they expire or you delete them).

This website uses one cookie, and only for admin authentication. Regular visitors browsing the website will never have this cookie set.

We want to be explicit about what we do not use:

• Analytics cookies. We do not use Google Analytics, Plausible, Fathom, or any other analytics service that sets cookies.
• Advertising cookies. We do not use Google Ads, Meta Pixel, or any advertising or remarketing cookies.
• Social media cookies. We do not embed social media widgets (Facebook Like, Twitter share) that set third-party cookies.
• Preference cookies. We do not store language preferences, theme choices, or other user preferences in cookies.
• Third-party tracking. No third-party service sets cookies through our website.

The Tell Me Your Story iOS app does not use cookies. The app stores your data locally on your device and in your private iCloud account using Apple's CloudKit framework. No web cookies are involved.

For information about how the iOS app handles your data, see our Privacy Policy.

This website does not embed third-party scripts or services that set cookies on your device. Specifically:

• No analytics scripts (Google Analytics, etc.)
• No advertising networks
• No social media embeds or share buttons that load external scripts
• No customer chat widgets
• No CDN-served fonts that set cookies (we use system and self-hosted fonts)

External links on this website (such as to the App Store or Apple's iCloud terms) will take you to third-party websites with their own cookie policies.

You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

• View which cookies are stored on your device
• Delete individual cookies or all cookies
• Block cookies from specific websites or all websites
• Set your browser to notify you when a cookie is being set

Since we only use one essential cookie (for admin login), blocking cookies will not affect your experience browsing this website as a visitor. If you are a site administrator, blocking cookies will prevent you from logging into the admin panel.

Under the ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC, as amended by 2009/136/EC), Article 5(3), consent is not required for cookies that are "strictly necessary" for a service explicitly requested by the user.

Our admin_session cookie falls under this exemption because it is strictly necessary for admin authentication — a service explicitly requested by the admin when they log in. It is not set for regular visitors.

Because we only use strictly necessary cookies, this website does not require a cookie consent banner or cookie wall under EU law.

If we ever add cookies beyond what is strictly necessary (which we currently have no plans to do), we will update this policy, implement appropriate consent mechanisms, and provide clear notice.

Any changes to this Cookie Policy will be reflected by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.

If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us: