1. Why You Don’t See an Annoying Cookie Banner
Under European data protection standards (Directive 2002/58/EC “ePrivacy” and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 “GDPR”), websites must obtain prior affirmative consent from visitors before placing or reading non-essential cookies, tracking pixels, or cross-site advertising identifiers.
nazarene.dev does not display a blocking cookie consent banner because we do not use any non-essential or advertising cookies.
Our analytics run in strict cookieless mode, and the only state saved on your browser consists of strictly necessary functional preferences (such as your chosen dark mode theme, sound effects preference, and poll voting integrity token). Under EDPB and national regulator guidance, strictly necessary operational cookies and anonymous cookieless analytics do not require prior consent modals.
2. Complete Inventory of Cookies and Storage
The table below lists every cookie and local storage key that may be read or written by this Website:
| Key / Cookie Name | Type | Lifespan | Purpose & Necessity |
|---|---|---|---|
| poll_<id> | HTTP Cookie (HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite=Lax) | 1 year | Strictly Necessary. Set only when you choose to cast a ballot in an article choice poll. Prevents duplicate votes and verifies your vote hash at the edge. |
| poll-voter | Local Storage | Persistent | Functional. Stores a random 20-character pseudonym generated on your client device, enabling you to inspect or retract your vote later. |
| portfolio:analytics-opt-out | Local Storage | Persistent | Functional Preference. Remembers whether you clicked the “Opt out of analytics” button, preventing any future metric dispatch. |
| data-theme | Local Storage | Persistent | Functional Preference. Saves your chosen interface theme (light or dark) to eliminate screen flash on subsequent visits. |
| portfolio:sound | Local Storage | Persistent | Functional Preference. Remembers whether you toggled the sound effects audio toggle on or off. |
3. Third-Party Analytics Architecture
Many analytics platforms drop third-party tracking cookies to identify visitors across multiple websites. We reject that approach:
- Cookieless PostHog: Ingested through our own origin reverse proxy (
/ingest), initialized withcookieless_mode: 'always'. No PostHog cookies are created or stored on your machine, and person profiling is permanently disabled (person_profiles: 'never'). - Cloudflare Web Analytics: Injected via a lightweight edge script (
static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js). It does not use any cookies or local storage, collecting only non-identifying aggregate metrics at the edge. - Disabled Third Parties: Commercial tracking suites (Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, Mixpanel) are strictly disabled in production builds.
4. Managing and Clearing Your Preferences
You retain absolute control over your local browser storage at all times:
- Instant Analytics Opt-Out: Click the “Opt out of analytics” button in the footer of any page to disable all metric dispatch immediately without leaving this page.
Browser Controls & Clearing Steps
You can wipe cookies, cached data, and local storage directly through your browser’s native privacy settings at any time. Follow the specific step-by-step navigation below for your browser:
Chrome / Brave / Edge
Chromium Engine
Safari
WebKit (macOS & iOS)
Firefox
Gecko Engine
5. Contact
For any technical questions regarding how cookies and local state operate on this site, contact [email protected] or read our Privacy Policy.
