Cookie Policy
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Short version: Financepedia uses only the storage it needs to work — no advertising cookies, no trackers, no analytics that follow you. This page lists every item we store, what it is for, and how to change your choice.
1. What cookies and similar technologies are
Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device. "Similar technologies" include local storage and session storage — areas in your browser where a site can keep small pieces of information — as well as pixels and scripts that record activity. This policy uses "cookies" to mean all of these.
Cookies can be first-party (set by the site you visit) or third-party (set by another domain), and session (deleted when you close the browser) or persistent (kept for a set period). They can be strictly necessary for a site to work, or used for optional purposes such as analytics or advertising.
2. Our approach
Financepedia deliberately uses only strictly necessary storage. We use no advertising cookies, no retargeting, no social-media pixels, no cross-site trackers, no fingerprinting and no third-party analytics that identify you. Reading the site as an anonymous visitor places, at most, your own preferences in your own browser.
Because strictly necessary storage is exempt from consent under the EU ePrivacy Directive, the UK PECR and equivalent rules, we could run the site without asking. We show a cookie notice anyway, so you know exactly what happens and can record your preference. If we ever introduce optional cookies, they will be off by default and will only be set after you actively opt in.
3. Full list of storage we use
| Name | Type | Purpose | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| financepedia-cookie-consent | Local storage | Remembers your choice in the cookie notice and a random consent ID used to match the consent record kept on our servers | Until you clear it or change it | Strictly necessary |
| financepedia-a11y | Local storage | Remembers your accessibility settings (text size, contrast, readable font, links, motion) | Until you reset or clear it | Strictly necessary (requested by you) |
| sb-…-auth-token | Local storage / cookie | Keeps editors and administrators signed in; set only after sign-in | Session, refreshed while active; removed on sign-out | Strictly necessary |
| CSRF / security token | Cookie | Protects forms against cross-site request forgery | Session | Strictly necessary |
| Hosting / CDN security | Cookie (provider) | May be set by our hosting network to detect bots and protect against attacks | Short-lived | Strictly necessary |
4. Readers versus editors
If you only read Financepedia, the only items we may store are your cookie choice and — if you use the accessibility menu — your accessibility settings, both kept in your browser and never sent to our servers. Authentication storage is created only when an editor or administrator signs in, and is removed when they sign out.
5. Third-party content and fonts
We load web fonts from Google Fonts so that English and Hebrew text is rendered consistently. When your browser downloads the fonts, Google receives your IP address and browser information as part of the request, as with any web resource; Google states that it does not set cookies for Fonts requests or use them to profile users. Our logos and images are delivered from our content-delivery network.
When you follow a link to a cited source, you leave Financepedia and the external site may set its own cookies under its own policy. We do not embed third-party video, social-media widgets or advertising.
6. Your choices and how to withdraw
The cookie notice offers two options: Accept and Essential only. Today both result in the same behaviour, because we use only essential storage; your choice is recorded so that any future optional feature respects it automatically.
You can reopen the notice and change your choice at any time using the "Cookie settings" link in the site footer. You can also clear site data in your browser, which removes all Financepedia storage, including your preferences.
Browser controls: every major browser lets you block or delete cookies and site data (usually under Settings → Privacy). Blocking all storage will not stop you reading Financepedia; the site will simply ask about cookies again and forget your accessibility settings each visit. Editors cannot sign in if storage is blocked.
7. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control
Because we do not track visitors across sites or sell or share personal data for advertising, there is no tracking for Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signals to switch off. We nonetheless honour such signals by treating them as a choice of "Essential only".
8. Changes and contact
If we change how we use cookies, we will update the table above and the "Last updated" date, and where the change requires consent we will ask for it before setting any new item. Questions: the "Suggest a correction" form on any entry, marked "privacy". See also our Privacy Policy.