Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies

A cookie is a small text file that a website places on your computer, phone, or other device when you visit it. Cookies are widely used to make websites work, to make them work more efficiently, and to provide information to website operators.

Cookies are stored in your browser's storage. They can be read back by the website that set them on your next visit. Some cookies expire when you close your browser (session cookies); others persist on your device for a defined period (persistent cookies).

Cookies are not executable programs. They cannot carry viruses or install software on your device. They are plain text files. However, they can contain identifiers that allow a website or a third party to recognise your browser across visits.

2. How We Use Cookies

Taldore Almanac uses cookies for the following purposes:

• Essential site functionality. Certain cookies are necessary for the website to function correctly. These include cookies that remember your cookie consent choice and cookies that support basic navigation.
• Analytics. Where you have given consent, we use analytics cookies to understand how visitors interact with this site — which pages are read most, how long visitors stay, and where they came from. This information is used only in aggregate form to improve editorial content.
• Preference storage. Where relevant, we may use cookies to remember display preferences you have set, such as your consent choices.

We do not use cookies for advertising, targeted marketing, social media tracking, or cross-site profiling. We do not sell cookie-derived data to any third party.

3. Cookie Categories

The cookies on this site fall into three categories. Your consent determines which categories are active:

4. Specific Cookies Used on This Site

The table below lists the specific cookies set by taldore.info and their properties:

5. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on this site are set by third-party services that appear on our pages. We use the following third-party services, which may set cookies where you have provided your consent:

• Google Analytics — analytics cookies (_ga, _gid, _ga_*) that collect pseudonymised data about site usage. Google's privacy policy applies to the data Google processes: policies.google.com/privacy.
• Google Maps — the embedded map on our contact page may set cookies related to the Google Maps service if you interact with the map. Google's privacy policy governs this data.
• Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) — static assets such as fonts and icon libraries are loaded from third-party CDN providers (Google Fonts, jsDelivr, Cloudflare). These providers may log requests for performance and security purposes under their own privacy policies.

We have no control over the cookies set by third-party services and are not responsible for the content of their privacy policies. Where third-party cookies require consent under applicable law, we seek that consent before loading the relevant service.

6. Managing Cookies

You have several options for controlling cookies:

6.1 Using Our Cookie Settings Panel

You can update your consent preferences at any time by clicking the Cookie Settings link in the footer of any page on this site. This allows you to accept or withdraw consent for specific cookie categories without affecting your ability to read articles on this site.

6.2 Through Your Browser Settings

All major browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically find cookie controls under Privacy, Security, or Advanced settings. Options available include blocking all cookies, blocking third-party cookies only, deleting all existing cookies, and being notified when a cookie is being set. Browser-level cookie blocking may affect the functionality of some parts of this site, including the cookie preference panel itself.

Browser-specific guidance for managing cookies:

• Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data
• Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data
• Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies

6.3 Opting Out of Google Analytics

You can prevent Google Analytics from tracking your visits across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

7. Your Consent

When you first visit taldore.info, a cookie consent banner appears at the bottom of the page. You have three choices:

• Accept All — functional, analytics, and performance cookies are all enabled.
• Accept Partial — functional and performance cookies are enabled; analytics cookies that require consent are not set.
• Functional Only — only strictly necessary functional cookies are set. No analytics or performance cookies are activated.

Your choice is stored in a cookie named taldore_consent for twelve months. You can change your preference at any time using the Cookie Settings link in the footer.

Continuing to browse the site without making a selection does not constitute consent to non-essential cookies. Non-essential cookies will not be set until you actively choose to accept them.

8. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when we change the cookies we use or when applicable regulations change. The date of the most recent revision is shown at the top of this page. Significant changes will be accompanied by a re-prompt of the cookie consent banner so that you can review the updated information before making a new choice.

9. Contact

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or about how we handle cookie-related data, please contact us:

Further information about cookies and your rights under UK data protection law is available from the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.