Cookie Policy

Last updated: October 2026

Anomyst uses a limited number of technologies that may store or process information on a visitor's device. This page explains what cookies are, which services used by Anomyst may use cookies, and what they are used for.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website or third-party service may store in your web browser.

They can serve different purposes, including supporting website functionality, remembering certain settings, analytics, or displaying advertisements.

Cookies on Anomyst

Anomyst itself does not use first-party cookies for user login, tracking visitors across the website, or creating visitor profiles.

However, certain third-party services used on the website may use cookies or similar technologies.

Anomyst uses Google AdSense to display advertisements.

Google and its partners may use cookies and similar technologies in connection with displaying, measuring, and personalizing advertisements.

Cookies may, among other things, support certain advertising functions, help measure ad performance, and allow more relevant advertising to be shown, in accordance with user settings and applicable requirements.

The type and use of cookies may vary depending on your location, settings, and the type of advertising being displayed.

Cloudflare Web Analytics

Anomyst uses Cloudflare Web Analytics to measure website performance.

The Cloudflare Web Analytics Beacon does not use cookies for its analytics. It also does not use localStorage or sessionStorage for this purpose.

The analytics system relies on technical information available through the browser, including data from the Performance API, to measure how quickly and reliably pages load.

Google Analytics

Anomyst does not use Google Analytics.

YouTube and Other Services

On articles that contain a YouTube video, the player does not load immediately. Before playback, only the thumbnail is shown, and it loads from Google's domain i.ytimg.com.

The video itself loads only when the visitor starts it by clicking, through the youtube-nocookie.com domain (privacy-enhanced mode). According to Google, cookies are not set in that mode before playback.

If a third-party service that uses cookies or similar technologies is added to the website in the future, this policy may be updated accordingly.

Managing Cookies

Most web browsers allow you to view, restrict, or delete cookies through their settings.

Disabling certain cookies may affect the way some services or advertisements are displayed.

Where applicable law requires prior consent for a particular type of cookie or similar technology, that consent is handled through the appropriate consent mechanism.

Changes to This Policy

This Cookie Policy may be updated when the technologies used by Anomyst, third-party services, or applicable requirements change.

The date of the latest update will always be shown at the top of this page.

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Aron Corvin: Author and Editor