1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website when you visit it. They allow the website to recognise your browser on subsequent visits and remember certain preferences or actions. Cookies do not typically contain personally identifiable information on their own and cannot execute programmes or carry known pathogens.
Arumon Almanac uses cookies to support the basic functioning of the site and, where consent is provided, to understand how readers engage with editorial content. The publication does not use cookies for commercial advertising purposes.
2. How We Use Cookies
Cookies used by Arumon Almanac serve three purposes:
- Essential functioning: Certain cookies are necessary for the site to load and display correctly, to remember your cookie consent choice, and to support security-related functions such as session integrity.
- Analytics: Where consent is given, analytics cookies collect aggregate data on which pages are visited and how readers navigate the publication. This data is used in aggregate form only to inform editorial planning. No individual reader is identified.
- Functional preferences: Functional cookies may retain display preferences or reading position data to improve the reading experience on return visits.
3. Cookie Categories
Essential Cookies
Always Active
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be disabled. They are typically set in response to actions you take, such as recording your cookie consent preference or maintaining session continuity.
| Cookie Name |
Purpose |
Duration |
| cookie_consent | Records cookie consent preference | 12 months |
| session_id | Maintains session continuity | Session |
| csrf_token | Protects form submissions | Session |
Analytics Cookies
Consent Required
These cookies collect aggregate data on site usage to help the editorial team understand which content is most relevant to readers. Individual readers are not identified. These cookies are only set where you have given consent via the cookie banner.
| Cookie Name |
Purpose |
Duration |
| _ga | Aggregate visitor analytics | 2 years |
| _ga_* | Session and page analytics | 2 years |
Functional Cookies
Consent Required
Functional cookies remember preferences that improve the reading experience. This includes display settings and navigation state retained between sessions. These cookies are only set where you have given consent.
| Cookie Name |
Purpose |
Duration |
| pref_display | Remembers display preference | 6 months |
| nav_state | Remembers navigation state | Session |
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on the Arumon Almanac site are set by third-party services whose resources the site loads. These include:
- Google Fonts: May set browser-level cache entries to support typeface delivery. This does not typically set persistent cookies.
- Google Maps: The embedded map on the contact page may set cookies used by Google's mapping service. These are subject to Google's own privacy and cookie policies.
- CDN providers (jsDelivr, Cloudflare, unpkg): Script delivery services may log access data for performance and security purposes. No persistent cookies are typically set.
Arumon Almanac does not place advertising cookies, retargeting cookies, or cookies used for cross-site behavioural profiling. No third-party advertising network has access to data collected through this site.
5. Managing Cookies
Cookie preferences for the Arumon Almanac site can be managed in two ways:
Via the cookie consent banner: On your first visit, the banner at the bottom of the page presents three options — Accept All, Accept Selected, or Essential Only. Your choice is recorded in the cookie_consent cookie for 12 months.
Via Cookie Settings in the footer: The "Cookie Settings" link in the page footer reopens the consent banner at any time, allowing you to change your preference.
Via your browser settings: All modern browsers allow you to view, block, and delete cookies from within the browser's settings panel. Note that blocking essential cookies may affect site functionality.
6. Opt-Out Options
In addition to the in-site controls described above, the following tools provide broader opt-out options for analytics and third-party cookies:
- Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on: available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
- Your browser's built-in privacy controls (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge all provide cookie management under Settings)
- Device-level privacy settings on iOS (Safari) and Android (Chrome) for restricting third-party cookies