What cookies are
Cookies are small files your browser stores when you visit a site, so that it remembers a few things from page to page or from one visit to the next.
The cookies we use
| Cookie | Type | Duration | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
bynix_session |
Essential | 2 hours | Keeps your session as you move from page to page. |
XSRF-TOKEN |
Essential | 2 hours | Protects the forms from submissions you didn’t make. |
bx_consent_analytics |
Essential | 12 months | Remembers whether you accepted statistics, so we don’t ask again. |
user_locale_preference |
Functional | 12 months | Remembers the site’s language. |
vt_visitor |
Statistics | 12 months | Only with your consent: a pseudonymous identifier to count visits. |
_ga |
Statistics | Up to 2 years | Google Analytics (Google), only with your consent: tells visitors apart, so we can count how many come. |
_ga_0KP2C2S3BJ |
Statistics | Up to 2 years | Google Analytics (Google), only with your consent: keeps track of the current visit (pages, duration). |
Essential
Without these the site doesn’t work properly: they keep your session, protect the forms and remember your cookie choice. They don’t need consent.
Statistics
Only if you press “Accept” are the statistics cookies set: one of our own, which helps us count visits and see which pages are read, and two from Google Analytics (Google), which show us where visitors come from and how many write to us or call.
Before you press “Accept”, Google Analytics doesn’t load at all and nothing is sent to Google. Our own statistics stay on our own servers. We don’t use Google Analytics for advertising, and we never send it your name, email, phone or message.
Storage in your browser
Besides cookies, the site keeps a couple of small preferences in your browser, which never leave your device:
| Key | Where | What it does |
|---|---|---|
bx-theme |
localStorage | Remembers whether you chose the light or the dark theme. |
bx-seen |
sessionStorage | Remembers you already saw the site’s intro, while the tab is open. |
bx-flood |
sessionStorage | Makes the move from page to page smooth. |
bx-read |
sessionStorage | Remembers the last article you read on this visit, so that if you write to us we know what interested you. |
bx-ticks:… |
localStorage | Remembers which items you ticked in an article’s checklists. |
Third parties
We don’t use advertising cookies or social network pixels. Google Analytics sets its cookies only with your consent (see “Statistics”). Cloudflare, which protects the site, may set a security cookie (such as __cf_bm) when it needs to tell people apart from bots.
How to change your choice
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time, with the “Cookie settings” button here or at the bottom of every page. Once you withdraw it, the statistics cookies are deleted and Google Analytics stops.
You can also delete or block cookies in your browser’s settings.