1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device — computer, tablet, or mobile — when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your device on subsequent visits and to store certain information about how you have used the site.

Cookies are widely used by websites to make them function, to work more efficiently, and to provide information to the owners and operators of those sites. They do not generally contain personally identifiable information, though in some cases they may be associated with data that can identify you indirectly.

Cookies placed on your device by this website are governed by the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).

2. How We Use Cookies

Flunder Almanac uses cookies for the following purposes:

To ensure the website functions correctly (strictly necessary cookies).
To remember your cookie consent preference so we do not ask you again on subsequent visits.
To collect anonymised analytics data about how visitors use the publication, where you have consented to analytical cookies.
To support third-party advertising networks that may place cookies on your device to deliver relevant advertising, where you have consented to advertising cookies.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary

Always Active

These cookies are essential for the website to function. They include cookies that record your cookie consent preference and session cookies that maintain the basic operation of the site. They cannot be disabled because the website would not function properly without them.

Analytical / Performance

Requires Consent

These cookies collect anonymised information about how visitors use the publication — which pages are read most, how long readers spend on each article, and from which sources they arrive. This data is used to improve the editorial experience. No personally identifiable data is collected through these cookies.

Advertising / Targeting

Requires Consent

These cookies are placed by third-party advertising networks and are used to deliver advertising that is relevant to your interests. They may track your browsing activity across multiple websites. Flunder Almanac does not have direct control over these cookies, which are governed by the respective advertising networks' privacy frameworks.

4. Cookie List

The following cookies are currently set by flunder.info or by third-party services operating on this site:

Name	Provider	Purpose	Duration	Type
flunder_consent	flunder.info	Stores your cookie consent preference	180 days	Strictly Necessary
_ga	Google Analytics	Distinguishes unique users for analytics reporting	2 years	Analytical
_ga_*	Google Analytics	Persists session state for Google Analytics 4	2 years	Analytical
_gid	Google Analytics	Distinguishes users for a 24-hour analytics window	24 hours	Analytical
IDE	Google DoubleClick	Used by Google to register and report actions after viewing or clicking an ad	1 year	Advertising

5. Third-Party Cookies

Some pages of this website include content or scripts loaded from third-party services. These services may place their own cookies on your device. Flunder Almanac does not control these cookies, and they are subject to the respective third party's own privacy and cookie policies.

Third-party services active on this site include Google Analytics (analytics), Google Maps (contact page map embed), Google Fonts (typography), and third-party CDN providers (jsDelivr, unpkg) for loading open-source scripts. Each provider's relevant policies are linked in our Privacy Policy.

6. Managing Cookies

You can manage your cookie preferences in the following ways:

Via Cookie Settings on This Site

Use the Cookie Settings link in the footer of any page to update your preferences at any time. Your updated preference will be stored in the flunder_consent cookie for 180 days.

Via Your Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies through their settings. The exact process varies by browser. The following links provide guidance for the most common browsers:

Please note that disabling cookies through your browser settings may affect the functionality of this and other websites. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be refused through the cookie consent banner, as they are required for the site to operate.

7. Your Consent

On your first visit to flunder.info, a cookie consent banner is displayed at the bottom of the page. The banner gives you the following options:

Accept All — consents to strictly necessary, analytical, and advertising cookies.
Accept Selected — consents to strictly necessary and analytical cookies only.
Functional Only — consents to strictly necessary cookies only.

Your consent is recorded in a cookie on your device and is valid for 180 days. After this period, the consent banner will be displayed again. You may update your preference at any time using the Cookie Settings link in the footer.

8. Changes to This Policy

This Cookie Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or changes in applicable law. The date of the most recent revision is shown at the top of this page.

Where changes are material — such as the addition of a new category of cookie or a new third-party provider — we will notify readers by posting a notice on the homepage for thirty days following the update. Where your consent is required for any new cookies, we will request fresh consent through the cookie consent banner.

9. Contact

For any questions about this Cookie Policy or about how we use cookies on this website, contact the editorial team:

Flunder Almanac

53 Wigmore Street

W1U 1QR London, United Kingdom

[email protected]