# Cookies and preferences

Effective 28 October 2026

Your browser may cache static pages, images and fonts as part of normal website delivery. These cached files are not advertising identifiers.

Google Analytics is optional and loads only if you choose to allow it. It uses cookies such as `_ga` and `_ga_*` to distinguish visitors and measure visits and interactions. The first-visit notice lets you accept or reject analytics and comparison memory; use Preferences to choose them separately. We do not use advertising trackers. Hosting security mechanisms, including protections provided by Vercel when needed, are separate from this preference.

## Optional comparison memory

Comparison tools work without persistent storage. If you choose to remember your selections, the browser saves up to four public model identifiers in `ember-compare` on this device. This does not contain a name, email, account token or research submission, and the application does not send it to an analytics service.

`anantam-preferences` records your save/disable choice so the website can honour it. Optional comparison storage is off until you explicitly enable it. A view's query string may still preserve selected models in the address; copying or reloading that address is separate from device storage.

## Manage your choice

Use the first-visit notice or the controls on this page to save your analytics and comparison preferences or clear this site's stored settings. Turning off analytics stops further analytics collection and removes Google Analytics cookies on this site. Open **About → Cookies & preferences** to change your choice later. Turning memory off removes saved comparison selections. Clearing data also removes the legacy `ember-theme` preference; the website has only a light theme. These controls do not clear other websites' data, your browser history or server-side hosting logs.

If your browser blocks storage, comparisons remain usable during the current visit. You can also use your browser's site-data settings to inspect or remove stored information. Local storage normally remains until you remove it or the browser clears it; no automatic expiry is promised.

## External services

Links to GitHub or another external website open services with their own cookie and privacy policies. We do not embed those services' tracking widgets. If you allow Google Analytics, Google receives analytics data as described in our privacy policy. Analytics is off until you opt in.

For questions, email [anantamlabs@gmail.com](mailto:anantamlabs@gmail.com). See the [privacy policy](privacy.html) for hosting data, correspondence and privacy rights.