What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device. They help pages load efficiently, remember choices, and
understand how the site is used. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, and pixels
that perform comparable storage or read operations. This policy uses “cookies” to refer to cookies and such
technologies unless we specify otherwise.
How we use cookies
We may use strictly necessary cookies needed for core functionality, and—if you consent—analytics or
preference cookies that are not strictly necessary. The cookie banner lets you accept or reject
non-essential cookies. Strictly necessary cookies may include those required for security, load
distribution, or to record that you have made a choice about optional cookies so we do not repeatedly prompt
you in the same browser.
Categories
Strictly necessary cookies support functions without which the service cannot be provided as intended, such
as maintaining session integrity on edge caches or mitigating basic bot traffic. Analytics cookies help us
understand aggregate traffic, referral sources, and approximate device mix. Preference cookies may remember
UI choices where we offer them. Marketing cookies, if ever used, would only fire with consent and would be
described before activation.
Session and persistent cookies
Session cookies expire when you close the browser (subject to browser settings). Persistent cookies remain
for a defined lifetime or until you delete them. We align lifetimes with the purpose: short-lived tokens for
security, longer-lived identifiers for analytics only where proportionate and lawful. You can inspect names
and durations using browser developer tools or vendor documentation linked from our subprocessor list when
published.
Your choices
You can change browser settings to block or delete cookies. Blocking some cookies may affect how the site
works. You can revisit your choice by clearing stored preferences and reloading the site to see the banner
again. Browser “Do Not Track” signals are not universally standardised; we prioritise the explicit choice
you make in our banner where UK rules require consent for non-essential cookies.
Third-party cookies
If we embed tools that set their own cookies, those providers process data under their policies. We aim to
minimise third-party tags and only use what we need to run the service. Where a tag is experimental, we will
gate it behind consent or remove it if it fails privacy review. Operators you visit after clicking outbound
links may set their own cookies; we do not control that environment.
Analytics specifics
Where analytics run, we prefer aggregated reporting and pseudonymous identifiers over persistent cross-site
tracking. IP addresses may be truncated or hashed by the provider. You may still see aggregate counts even
if you reject analytics, because server logs can contain coarse technical data independent of marketing
cookies.
Updates and records
We may update this Cookie Policy when we add or retire technologies. We maintain internal records of major
configuration changes to support accountability. If we materially expand non-essential processing, we will
refresh consent banners where required.
Contact
Questions: info@offset-list.com. If you need a list of specific
cookies active on a given date for a regulatory filing, include the page URL and approximate time of access
so we can narrow log review.