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Cookie and Similar Technologies Policy
Effective: November 12, 2026
In short
- No analytics or advertising cookies. Nobody tracks you from this site.
- We only use what's needed to run and protect the site (Cloudflare and Turnstile) and to remember your preferences (light or dark theme, and your cookie choice).
- Fonts are hosted on our own site, with no connection to Google Fonts.
- We honour Global Privacy Control (GPC).
- You can change your choice at any time with "Cookie settings" at the bottom of every page.
C.1 What they are
Cookies are small files a website stores in your browser. Browser storage (localStorage and sessionStorage) works in a similar way. In this policy, "cookies" covers all of these technologies.
C.2 Why we don't ask permission for these
EU law (the ePrivacy Directive and GDPR), UK law, and Canadian and US norms allow, without consent, technologies that are strictly necessary to provide a service you asked for (showing the site securely and sending the form), and those that store a preference you chose (theme, or your cookie decision). Anything else, such as analytics or advertising, would only be turned on if you accept it. We don't use any of that today.
C.3 What we use today
| Name | Type | Set by | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
jostrive_consent | localStorage | jostrive.com | Remembers your cookie choice (version, date, and whether you accept analytics) | 12 months |
jostrive-theme | localStorage | jostrive.com | Remembers whether you picked the light or dark theme. Removed if you choose "System" | Until you change it or clear your browser data |
jostrive_lang_hint_dismissed | sessionStorage | jostrive.com | Stops the language suggestion (Spanish/English) from reappearing after you close it | Until you close the tab |
| Cloudflare Turnstile | Script and iframe from challenges.cloudflare.com | Cloudflare | Checks that whoever submits the form is a person. It may use browser storage or cookies on its own domain and analyze technical browser signals. Cloudflare says it doesn't use this for advertising or to track you across sites | Short (session) |
__cf_bm, cf_clearance and similar | Cookies | Cloudflare | May be set when Cloudflare security features (bot protection, challenges) are active. They tell people from bots and remember that you passed a check | 30 minutes to a few days |
We don't use: analytics, advertising or social media cookies, or third-party trackers. We don't load fonts from Google or any other external service.
C.4 Categories
- Necessary and preferences: always on. These are the items in the table above.
- Analytics: none today. The category exists in case we later measure visits in aggregate. Before turning it on, we'll update this policy and name the provider, and it will only work if you accept it.
- Advertising and marketing: we don't use any.
C.5 How to change your choice
- Use the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of every page.
- In your browser, clear this site's data or block cookies. If you block the necessary ones, the form may not work (Turnstile won't be able to verify you).
C.6 Global Privacy Control (GPC)
If your browser sends a GPC signal, we treat it as a "no" to the sale or sharing of your information and to any non-necessary cookie, even if you haven't touched the banner. We don't sell or share information and have no non-necessary cookies today, so in practice you're already covered.
C.7 Contact
Questions: [email protected].