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Policy / last updated September 5, 2026

Cookie and local storage policy

The site uses essential security functions, cookie-free Cloudflare Web Analytics, and optional Google Analytics. It does not use cross-context advertising.

Manhattan skyline viewed from the Empire State Building in 2018
Photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress.

Cookies and similar storage can support security, preferences, measurement, and advertising. This site uses essential security functions, Cloudflare Web Analytics, and optional Google Analytics as described below. It does not load advertising technology.

Essential storage

The hosting platform may use short-lived security storage. Cloudflare Turnstile runs only on the contact and privacy-rights pages and may use essential browser storage while it checks a submission for automated abuse. The widget is configured without pre-clearance, so it does not issue a clearance cookie for browsing other pages. The preference panel stores your analytics choice in localStorage for up to 180 days. Blocking essential Turnstile storage may cause a security check to repeat.

Analytics and advertising

Cloudflare Web Analytics is active and measures page use and performance. Cloudflare states that it does not use cookies or localStorage, fingerprint individual visitors, track individuals across sites, or log query strings. GDF uses aggregate reports to improve content and site performance. The reports are not used for advertising or automated decisions.

Cloudflare retains unsampled beacon data for seven days and then aggregates it. Web Analytics dashboard reports are available for the previous six months. Turnstile remains an essential form-security service and is not an advertising tool. Cross-context behavioral advertising is not part of the site.

Your control

Use Privacy and analytics in the footer to allow or decline Google Analytics. Declining stops Google collection and removes this site's Google Analytics cookies. Google Analytics loads only after your explicit choice. Its _ga cookies last up to 180 days. We send page paths, referring website origins, engagement, contact clicks, and confirmed inquiry events, without form contents or URL query strings. Advertising features and Google signals are disabled. Browser controls can also remove stored data. The site honors its no-sale and no-targeted-advertising position when a Global Privacy Control signal is present.

Primary and public sources

Review privacy and analytics

Review essential security, Cloudflare measurement, and your optional Google Analytics choice.