Necessary storage keeps your account secure, saves your cookie choices, and protects work in progress. Optional storage remains disabled until you allow it.
| Category | What it does | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Necessary | Sign-in, security, consent choices, and form recovery. | Session to one year. |
| Preferences | Remembers your appearance choices. | Up to one year. |
| Analytics | Anonymous page activity and unique forum view counts. | Published retention policy; viewer identifier up to one year. |
| Marketing | No active marketing storage. | Not currently used. |
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You can change or withdraw optional consent at any time. Withdrawal stops optional requests and removes optional identifiers where they exist.
See our Privacy Policy for account data, retention, and your rights.