ViewSynapse Digital
Cookie Policy

How this site uses cookies and similar technologies

This policy explains how ViewSynapse Digital uses cookies and similar technologies on viewsynapse.digital, what categories of cookies may be set, and how you can control them.

Read it together with the Privacy Policy, which describes how personal data is handled more broadly.

The short version
  • Some cookies are needed for the site to load, stay secure and remember your choices. They stay on.
  • Analytics and functional cookies are optional and can be blocked in your browser at any time.
  • Settings are per browser and per device, so each one you use needs its own choice.
Definition

What cookies are

Cookies are small text files stored by your browser when you visit a website. They allow a site to remember information between page loads, such as your preferences or whether you have already seen a notice. A cookie on its own usually holds a short identifier and a few settings; it is not a program that runs on your device.

Similar technologies, including local storage and session storage, work in comparable ways — they keep small pieces of information in your browser so a page can behave consistently across visits. This policy covers both cookies and those comparable storage methods, and when it says cookies it means both.

Cookies fall into two broad groups by lifespan. Session cookies are deleted when you close the browser tab or window. Persistent cookies remain for a set period, which may be a few hours, a few days or longer, and they are the ones that remember a preference between separate visits. Either kind can be set by us or by a third-party service that a page relies on.

Always on

Strictly necessary cookies

Some cookies are required for the site to function. They support basic features such as page delivery, security, and remembering your cookie choices. They cannot be switched off through the site because the site cannot operate correctly without them. They do not track you across other websites, and they are not used to build a profile of your browsing.

Because these cookies are essential, the site does not ask for consent before setting them. If you block them in your browser, expect pages to load incorrectly or parts of the site to stop responding. That is a trade-off you are free to make, but it is worth knowing before you change the setting.

What they handle
  • Page delivery

    Keeping a page load consistent from the first request to the last, so the layout and content arrive together.

  • Site security

    Recognising repeated requests from the same browser so that basic abuse protection can work.

  • Your choices

    Storing the cookie decision you made so the notice does not reappear on every page you open.

Optional

Analytics cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand which pages are visited and how visitors move through the site. This information is used in aggregate to improve the content and structure of the site — for example, to see whether a guide is being read through to the end or where readers lose interest and leave.

Where analytics cookies are in use, they may be set by a third-party service acting on our behalf. You can block them through your browser settings or any consent control provided on the site. Blocking analytics does not remove content from the site; it only means we stop receiving the aggregate reports that help us decide what to write next and where to improve the reading experience.

What they never do

Analytics data is reviewed as aggregate counts and trends, not as a personal record of what a named visitor read. It is not used to decide prices, to target advertising on this site, or to identify you as an individual.

Functional cookies remember choices you make, such as display preferences, so you do not have to set them again on each visit. These are optional. If they are disabled, parts of the site may behave differently — a preference you set yesterday may not be there today — though the core content remains accessible.

Typical examples include a remembered reading width, a collapsed or expanded navigation state, or a language and region preference. None of these are needed to read the guides and articles on the site; they exist to save you a few clicks on a return visit. When you clear your browser cookies, functional preferences are the first thing to disappear.

Optional

Functional cookies

Set by others

Third-party cookies

Some features may rely on third-party services, which can set their own cookies when those features load. We do not control the cookies set by third parties, and their use is governed by their own policies. Where such services are used, this policy identifies the categories involved so you know what to look for in your browser's cookie list.

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Categories you may see
  • Analytics services that count page visits and summarise reading behaviour in aggregate.
  • Embedded media players that remember playback position or display settings when a clip loads.
  • Support and feedback tools that keep a conversation or a submitted message attached to the right session.
Your control

Managing cookies in your browser

Most browsers let you view, delete and block cookies through their settings, usually under a privacy or site-data heading. The exact steps vary by browser and device, so check the help pages for the browser you are using rather than following a fixed set of clicks.

Blocking all cookies may affect how the site works, and clearing cookies will remove any preferences you have set. If you use more than one browser or device, you will need to set your preferences in each one — a choice made in one browser does not carry across to another.

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What each setting does
  • Viewing shows the cookies already stored, which helps you spot a site you do not recognise.
  • Deleting clears stored data now, including any preferences you set on this site.
  • Blocking prevents new cookies being set, but it can stop pages that depend on them from working properly.
Updates

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy if the cookies used on the site change or if applicable requirements change. The revised version will be published on this page, and the date below records when it last changed. Where a change is significant, we will make that clear on the site rather than relying on you to notice a quiet edit.

Continuing to use the site after a revised policy is published means the updated version applies. If you disagree with a change, you can adjust your browser settings or stop using the site.

Document record
Last updated
2 November 2026
Applies to
viewsynapse.digital
Covers
Cookies and local storage