cookies and storage
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Last updated 2 August 2026
This page is called cookies because that is what people look for in a footer. The accurate word is storage, because the site does not set a single cookie. What it keeps is seven small preference values in your own browser, none of which are sent anywhere, and all of which you can erase below.
Why there is no consent wall
Under PECR, consent is needed for storage that is not strictly necessary for a service you asked for. Remembering that you chose dark mode, or that you closed a prompt and would rather not see it again, is exactly that kind of necessary. There is nothing here to consent to.
Plenty of sites show a full consent wall regardless, because they are also loading analytics and advertising behind it. This one is not, so putting a wall in front of you would be describing tracking that does not exist. You get a one line notice instead, and these controls.
Everything that is stored
hts-themelocal storageLight or dark, when you override your system setting. Absent while you leave it on system.hts-viewlocal storageWhich deck layout you picked, so the choice survives a reload.hts-nl-donelocal storageThat you already subscribed, so the prompt never appears again.hts-nl-xlocal storageWhen you last dismissed the newsletter prompt, so it waits before asking again.hts-nl-pvsession storageHow many pages you have seen this visit, so the prompt is not the first thing that happens.hts-nl-shownsession storageThat the prompt already appeared this visit.hts-consentlocal storageYour answer on this page, and the policy version it was given against.
Session storage is discarded when you close the tab. Local storage persists until you clear it.
Change or erase it
Opens the same panel as the footer link. Forgetting everything removes all seven keys; the site then behaves as it would for a first time visitor.
Your browser can do the same thing from its own site settings, and blocking storage entirely does not break anything here. You simply lose the preferences.
If that ever changes
If analytics is added, the toggle in the panel becomes real, it stays off until you turn it on, and this page names the tool before it ships. The gate is already written: measurement has to check your answer before it may run.
The wider picture is on the privacy page.