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Cookie Policy
Last updated 17 October 2026
This site sets no cookies of its own for listeners, and none for advertising. It keeps a few settings in your browser, listed below, so that features such as resuming an episode work. The Buzzsprout, Apple Podcasts and YouTube players can set their own cookies, but they load only after you allow them. We count page views and a few actions anonymously, with nothing kept in your browser; if you allow analytics, we also measure how the site is used with Google Analytics, as explained below.
What this site keeps in your browser
If you come back, the site picks up where you left off. The settings below stay in your browser. Apart from the two analytics codes, which exist only if you allow analytics, none of them is sent to us or anyone else. Clearing this site’s data in your browser removes them all, and the site then treats you as a first-time visitor.
Kept so the site works as you use it
| Name | Purpose | Kept |
|---|---|---|
| mm:consent | Your choices about embedded players and analytics. | Until you change them |
| mm:theme | Light or dark mode, if you pick one. | Until you change it |
| mm:player:v1 | The episode you started on the homepage, where you stopped and your playback speed, so you can resume. | Deleted when you finish the episode; not offered after 60 days |
| mm:finished:v1 | Episodes you have listened to the end, so they are not offered for resuming. | Until browser storage is cleared |
| mm:visit:v1 | Set each time you open the homepage, so it can welcome you back and point out a new episode. It never leaves your browser. | Until browser storage is cleared |
Only with your permission
| Name | Purpose | Kept |
|---|---|---|
| mm:analytics-id | A random code that lets Google Analytics recognise your browser when you come back. Only if you allow analytics. | Until you turn analytics off |
| mm:analytics-session | The time your current visit started, so Google Analytics can group that visit’s page views. Only if you allow analytics. | Until you close the tab or turn analytics off |
Analytics, only if you allow it
If you allow analytics, our server tells Google Analytics which pages you view, the website that linked you here, and what you use on the pages: links, players, filters and the copy-link button, and when you sign up for the Briefing, send the contact form or claim a GiveCard. Each event carries the two codes shown in the table above. It never includes your name, email address, anything you type or your IP address, and it tells Google not to use the data for advertising. Turning analytics off in Cookie settings stops this and deletes both codes from your browser. Reports already made are not erased. More detail is in the Privacy Policy.
If you have not allowed analytics, our server sends Google Analytics only an anonymous count of each page viewed: the page, the website that linked to it, and whether you declined analytics or have not chosen yet. No code, IP address or device details go with it, and nothing is kept in your browser for it.
Embedded players
Episodes and trailers on this site play from the services below. Nothing loads from them until you press play or turn players on, with Accept in the cookie bar or in Cookie settings. If players are off, we ask first when you press play, and you can play once without changing your setting. Once players are on, a trailer may start on its own, muted. When a player loads, that service receives your IP address and may set cookies, under its own privacy policy. Trailer stills are served from our own site, so showing them does not contact YouTube.
| Service | Used for | Their policy |
|---|---|---|
| Buzzsprout | Episode audio, on the Audio tab and in the homepage player | Privacy policy |
| Apple Podcasts | The Apple Podcasts player | Privacy policy |
| YouTube (Google) | Episode videos and trailers | Privacy policy |
Your choice
On your first visit, a bar at the foot of the page offers Accept, Reject and Customise. Accept turns on the players and analytics. Reject keeps both off, and the site keeps only the settings under “Kept so the site works as you use it”. Customise lets you turn players and analytics on or off separately before you save. Your answer is kept in mm:consent, so you are not asked again, and you can change your mind whenever you like in Cookie settings, at the foot of every page. Turning players off closes any player that is open. Cookies and other data a service has already stored stay until you clear them in your browser. Turning analytics off deletes its two codes from your browser straight away.
Spam checks
When you reveal Suvo’s email address, ask for a verification code or send the contact form, Cloudflare Turnstile checks that you are a person rather than a bot. Nothing loads from Cloudflare before you do one of these. See Cloudflare’s Turnstile privacy policy.
Questions
How we handle what you send through our forms is in the Privacy Policy. Questions: contact Suvo.