Cookies: one, and only for security
By ReputationKiln Editorial · Published
Most sites greet you with a cookie banner because they want to set cookies that track you, and the law makes them ask first. We do not set those cookies, so there is no banner to click through. This site uses a single cookie, and only to keep itself secure.
That is the whole of it. The detail below is here so you can confirm it rather than take our word for it, which is rather the point of this place.
The one cookie we use
There is exactly one cookie. It is set by our security provider, Cloudflare, its technical name is __cf_bm, its purpose is to tell genuine visitors apart from automated bots and protect the site from abuse, and it lasts about thirty minutes before it expires. It is classed as strictly necessary, which means the site relies on it to stay available and safe. It does not track you across other sites and it is not used for advertising or analytics.
Why there is no consent banner
Under the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations and the equivalent ePrivacy rules elsewhere, cookies that are strictly necessary to deliver and secure a service do not require your consent. The security cookie above is the only cookie we set, and it falls squarely into that category, so there is nothing else for you to agree to. We deliberately set no cookies that would require a banner.
What we do not set
We set no analytics cookies, no advertising or retargeting cookies, no social media cookies, and no cross-site identifiers. There are no third-party trackers loaded on these pages. If you have an ad or tracker blocker, you will find almost nothing here for it to block, which is by design.
Managing cookies
You remain in control. You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Blocking the security cookie may affect how well the site can protect itself, but it will not expose any personal data of yours to us, because we do not collect any either way. Questions about cookies: hello@kilnguides.co.uk.