Optional reading memory is a choice, not a condition of reading.
The article-topic selector does not remember its selection. Reading-position memory is separate and starts off. No analytics or advertising storage is supplied by this publication.
Open cookie settings to choose or withdraw optional memory.
Exact storage inventory
Reading-feature storage
- sht_privacy_v1 · first-party cookie
- Records preference version, reading choice and timestamp after a deliberate saved choice. Maximum 180 days, scoped to this website path. A later choice replaces it; browser site-data controls can remove it.
- sht_reading_v1 · localStorage
- Optional article paths, reading positions and timestamps. Initialized only after reading-position consent, including an empty record on non-article pages. Entries at least 180 days old are ignored when read. Expired entries are removed on the next saved reading-position write, where browser access permits; each such write saves at most 30 records. Reading alone does not rewrite localStorage. Rejecting or disabling the option attempts to remove the record. Unused localStorage may remain until a later saved reading-position write, rejection or removal through browser controls.
- Question type, work topic and preparation selections
- Current-page memory only. The question-building exercise does not persist these inputs; Reset removes them from the current page.
Other website technologies
The question-building exercise and reading controls do not include analytics, advertising tags or third-party media players. Other WordPress plugins, embedded content and hosting services can operate separately. Reading-preference controls govern only the reading feature; they do not control those services or establish a complete inventory of the website.
WordPress sign-in and administration may use separate authentication cookies for signed-in users. These reading controls do not remove authentication cookies, email, server logs or records at linked websites. This list describes reading-feature storage and any additional details the publisher has supplied.
Equal control
Accept optional, Reject optional and Settings receive equal visual treatment in the initial notice. Reopening settings is available from the footer. Rejecting or withdrawing removes this publication’s optional reading records, not unrelated browser data.
Unavailable storage
If a preference cannot be saved, optional memory remains off and reading still works. Browser cleanup or private browsing may remove the preference and make the notice appear again.
Limits of these controls
The preference cookie travels with matching website requests; article positions stay in localStorage. These controls do not govern external sites, extensions or later integrations. See the Privacy Policy for ordinary delivery, search and correspondence.